The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-02
TOCOURT FOR PACKERS BOOKS
q tRi ~ tSkS ron ORDER ron
THEIR PRODt CTiON.

Warrants Tor Packers VAN Ne Ready for
the ShertW TO-siEy GsON. foSt Wtll
Help In ENtradIiIsn 70 Necessary maj
( introduced IN 4 ORgreSs bS Mr. fenrO.
TRENTON. y J.. March 1 Prosecutor
/ Garveh of Hudson county applied 20
Justice Swayzs to-day for an order
: compelling the National Packing Com
pany. Swift A Co. Armour Co. and
I Morris A Co. to produce forthwith their
books and minutes for inspection oy the
Grand Jury which has been investigating
cold storage plants IN Jersey City. Justice
Swayze reserved decision.
The Prosecutor also called upon
Gov Fort and informed him thas
be vas ready to place in the hands
Of tho Sheriff warrants for the ar
rest % the indicted directors The
Governor assured MIR Garven that should
u he necessary he would sign reQuiai-
tiOn papers Tor the exIradition OF the
dirrctors who are outside the state.
Mr. Garvsn believes that tWo OF tho
indicted meu are nov in New Jersey.
though he would mention no names pend
ing the serving OF the warrants.
MAsHINGroN. March Tho indicted
packers will be declared tugittves from
justice ana their eEtradition TO New Jersey
will he compelled ia bill introduced in tho
House to-day by Representative Henry
OF Texas. member OF the Committee
On the Judiciary. becomes n Law.
The individuals composing the hees
trust who have been indicted by New
jersey Grand Jury are endeavoring.'
said he. TO dodge behind tho proposition
that they have transacted no business
in the State Of New Jersey and therefore
could not have committed a crime there.
S be- =! they xeTs not Personally Prssent,
method IT escaping punishment.
1t may lie true. he added. that they
have not been personally present IN New
Jersey. hut they have organized q NO
farious trust IN the State Of Illinois and
projected Il through their agents and
employees into the State Of New Jersey.
and they are thereby evadinR the laws
under which they are indicted.
The capIas list IN the case Of he twenty
one packers and the six corporations in
dicted for conspiracy was placed IN the
hands 81 County Clerk John Rotterdam
81 Hudson county by the Prosecutors
office just before the ofticial closing hour
at the Court House in Jersey City yester-
day afternoon Deputy County Clerk
Edward W Gritten said that the capiases,
which are warrants Of arrest. will be
signed and scaled to-day after. which
they will I've turned over to sheriff James
J Kelly for execution.
As mono Of the defendants lives in Hud-
son county the sheriff will make formal
return setting forth that he cannot find
any ~ them and Prosecutor Garven will
then proceed with his programme to
eXtradite u he can.
The Hudson county Grand Jury will
continue probing into cold storage
methods at Its sstni-weekly session this
afternoon. Among the witnesses who
have h~en subpPnAed are the representa-
'ives " the Jersey City Board of Health
Who have heen inspecting cold storage
plants in Jersey City
II 10 probable that the Prosecutor will
next AJAX the Grand Jury to indict cold
storage concerns II there IL suflcient
proof that the public health has been in
iured by the consumption 81 foodatuys
kept IN freezing rooms for long periods
Of time