Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05
Alleged Combines Controlling
Meat, Milk and Coal to
Be Investigated.
LAND CASE COMES UP AGAIN
dod Trial of Kettcnbacb Timber
Fraud Case Begins Feb. 10 Be-
/forc Judge Dietrich.
1suocIaI correspondence


oIsE. Feb. s.-one of the most
HI y important grand jury probes
1H ever conducted in the north
- western country is now on In
"a, ,i,v under the direction of the
uns court. Matters of great I'M
s,ance TO the general public includ-
investigation into the alleged
eeot ne milk and coal trusts OF this city
NIL are thought TO be existing in
Ut n".ot violation of the anti trust law
tha state. Other matters to be con-
s,aorod are the McClintick murder case,
-horoin I.afe Roc was bound over 10
,ho district court. and the Chinese as
/ sau,t case, in which three members OF
,he Louie family figure as defendants
and the "Tuscarora Blll' Heatoh as
sault case. wherein the manager of the
county poor farm was pauly CUT up
uth a table knife.
I,,aro Wood has announced that the
h;ob nrice of living Is a subject that
nrust be given thorough consideration
and this subject will be the main OBJ
sac, NJ consideration. looking to the
sxtermination OF the alleged local COM
hInatons formed in restraint of trade.
Tho state Will also take hand in the
natter II it is found necessary. Said
Attorney General McDougall: Il am
willing and ready to do my part In
determining whether the laws have
been violated, and. if so. in bringing
the guilty TO justice. The investiga-
ton has very properly started through
County Attorney Mccarthy. we can
not take part under such circum-
stances unless our assistance Is asked
for. or It should be shown that a prose-
-r&1r moo NOT doing his duty
The personnel of the grand jury is
az follows: o. B. Johnson, Herman
n Grover. Timothy Regan, w. w.
Goble, Earl D. Painter Edward Stein.
Fred Brose. Thomas Moran, Charles
Story. Albert Ostner, Andrew E. Frost
George NJ. Pcthtel, John RAIDER, w. T.
Booth. ]. Fl. Oakes and Charles Collin.
John RAIDER was appointed foreman.
Judge Woods instructions were
purely of a statutory nature and dealt
with offenses on which the defendants
whose cases are to come up are held-
All prisoners were brought into court
and asked concerning any objection
they might have TO any member of the
pancl. but none were made, after which
they were rcmanded again to the GUS
tody OF the sheriff.
JURY FOR TIMBER CASES.
For the trlai OF tIle lUoSl lilpoi tdhe
case on the docket of the United States
district court trial jury of so talesmen
has been drawn upon an order from
Judge F S. Dietrich. The jurors are
summoned to appear in court at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning, Feb. ID. the
date for trial OF the Kettcnbach tim
her fraud cases, when Kettenbach,
Kester and Dwyer Will be arraigned
and tried for conspiracy to defraud the
government out of valuable timber
lands located along the Clearwater
river
The defendants will be tried on the
two counts OF the Indictment returned
against them five years ago. There
were five counts in the indictment
They were tried and acquitted on three
OF these. The other two were appealed
BY the defendants to the United States
circuit court OF appeals and remanded
back TO the district court for retrial,
1t is upon these two counts that the
defendants will be arraigned. Claiming
that prejudice exists In the north, where
the alleged fraudulent actions were
committed, the defendants petitioned
for q change Of venue from Moscow to
| Boise, which was granted.