New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Indictment Is
Returned In
| Building Probe
u.vward Tells of Sitting
Lockwood Evidence
4 Months Hearing of
The Special Grand Jury
More True Bills Expected
y.u,es To Be Revealed Next
week; 81 Defendants
Accused by Committee

rolonsl William Hayward. United
80. Attorney for this district, an
..,red Yesterday that the Federal au-
ss.,,t;4s have been sitting the revela-
-. made by the Lockwood committee
!. ~. last six weeks with an eye to
'.a;.tments under the Sherman anti
,-,,.. law, that a special grand jury
:, heen sitting for a month to hear
.s.rr.s Of illegal combination in the
s.;,S;nr trades and that at least one
..s,sa Indictment already has been re-
arnsd.
rbe names of those mentioned In this
,.d;etment will not be revealed until
.srt week, probably Tuesday. There
- known 70 be sixty-two defendants,
s;rtv of which are corporations and
Airfr two individuals. All are said to
Z lsrse concerns in the East engaged
n furnishing building supplies and ma
This is the first original indictment
,sturned by the special grand jury, as
Ia action with regard to the cement
interests revealed Wednesday was a
nuerceding Indictment designed to
INIT the investigation by the Federal
authorities here to the Eastern part of
he country. Three similar suppressed
nr indictments based upon the Lock
|. Rood revelations are expected shortly
Ia other districts.
- Many Indictments Expected
Colonel Hayward declared that many
ddit;onal Federal indictments in the
milding trades will be revealed soon.
special grand jury is expected to sit
br at least two months more to hear
harees which Colonel Hayward and mis-
drea special assistants have prepared.
Thase special assistant were retained
nEiy in July and since then have de-
3sed all their time TO the indictment
roeeedings. They are David L. Po-
hu. Leland B. Duer and Benjamin
Kirsh, all of whom took prominent
mr. in the litigation which arose out
i the Lockwood investigation last win
er.
Mr. Podell recently successfully ar-
med for the tenants the constitution
.Iity Of the rent laws in the Supreme
Court Of the United States and the
sourt Of Appeals. He likewise repre-
,ensed the tenants and fought in sup
)ort Of the rent laws in all the other
1tate and Federal courts where the
question Of constitu tionality of the
ent laws was involved.
Mr.. Duer was special counsel in the
prosecution of Nettrick, the Plumbers
Association and StadmulIer and Moran.
Ill cases which grew out of the Lock
good Investigation. Mr.. Kirsh was as
lociated with Mr.. Podell in the prep
ration Of the briefs in support of the
New York rent laws.
Not TO Overlap State
Colonel Hayward, in discussing the
jitustion yesterday, declared that it
s not the intention of the Federal au-
:horisies to duplicate or overlap the
york Of the state prosecutors, where
ia sssociations or individuals have
,sen indicted and punished. There
VII be 10 prosecutions against them
n tie Federal court unless it appears
hat they are pursuing the same tac-
;ics and are violating the Sherman
aw
All Of the records of the Lockwood
:oninittee," he said, "including al
sestilnony and exhibits, have beer
placed at the disposal of this Office
There is the fullest cooperation be
'ween the state and Federal authori
;ies and the Lockwood committee. w.