The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
Chicago Judge Orders Yer.
dict Of "Not Guilty."
GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL
Word to That Effect Comes from
Washington Stay Of Execution
for Companies Fined 100000 by
State Of Missouri.

dered the jury to find the Standard
OIL Company not guilty. Simultane.
ously the jury was called back into
court This meant that all but two Of
the pending indictments against the
Standard company are void, and will
be abandoned by the government.
These two not affected are cases in.
volvtng shipments of 1915 carloads of
oil from Whiting, Ind, to Evansville,
Ind. by way of BOLTON junction, Ill.,,
over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroad.
Six Cases Affected.
The six cases that are affected in.
volve the indictments for shipments
over the Chicago & Alton railroad and
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail-
way, and the indictments, too, that
have to do with the storage charges
alleged to have been allowed illegally
TO the Standard Oil Company by the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road.
The attitude taken by Judge Ander-
son is in direct opposition to that
SohSA Wy AIS PCA oOAAl 11AC1lu, Juu6c
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, who upon
the first trial of the case imposed the
$29,240,00O fine upon the oil company.
1t was Judge Lands who directed
the case to be taken before Judge An
derson when Judge Bethea declined
to hear 1t after the supreme court
of the United States decided to allow
the reversal of Judge Landis' decision
by the United States circuit court of
appeals to stand undisturbed.
Beginning of the Prosecution.
The big Standard OIL prosecution
had Its beginning August 81, 1906. On
that date ten indictments were re.
turned by federal grand jury, charg~
ing the Standard Oil Company of In
diana with accepting concessions from
railways in shipments of oil from
Whiting, Ind. DemMrrers to two of
these, involving shipments over the
Chicago e. Eastern Illinois railroad
and connecting roads to Grand juno
ton, Tenn, were sustained and the
indictments were quashed shortly af-
ter they had been returned. The
eight remaining bills were demurred
to, but the demurrers were overruled.
Two of the eight indictments In
volye shipments over the Chicago &
Alton railroad from Whiting, Ind. to
East st. Louis, ILL.,, and st. Louis, one
containing 1908 counts and tho other
1874 counts.
1t was the 1,908-count indictment on
which the oil company prosecution ia
now based. With TAG counts allowed
to stand, the case went to trial first
before Judge Lands March 4, 1907.
The trial consumed six weeks and re-
suited in verdict Of guilty April 13,
1907.
Appeal to Be Taken.
Washington, Mar. 1.-THE under
standing here is that an appeal will
lie from Judge Anderson's court to
the circuit court of appeals. Also an
appeal would lie from the circuit court
Of appeals to the supreme court of the
United States in the event that the
decision in the former tribunal should
be against the company.
In fact, that is a best reason for stating
that the whole issue will come before
the supreme court of the United States
very coon through an unexpected and
novel move by the department Of Jus
tice.
The decision Of Judge Anderson was
read with the closest interest by the
officials Of the department Of justice.
Get Stay Of Execution.
Jefferson City, Mo-, March 11.-An
appeal bond Of 100000 will be the
basis upon which writ of error for
an appeal to the supreme court of
the United States will be granted to
the Standard OIL Company OF Indiana
and the Republic Oil Company of
Ohio, according to action taken by
the supreme court of Missouri yester-
day.
The attitude of the state toward the
appeal was indicated by Atty Gen.
Major, who said that as soon as he
receives proper notice that the case
has reached the supreme court In
Washington he will enter motion
for the dismissal Of the writ of error
on the ground that no, federal question
is involved. The appeal acts as a
stay of execution on the judgment
announced by the court, by which
the custer DEGREES. against the COM
panies were affirmed. Both the In
diana and Republic companies will
have the right to continue business
in the state pending decision by the
federal tribunal.