Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1910 — IMPORTANT WITNESS FOUND [ARTICLE]

IMPORTANT WITNESS FOUND

Will Bare Secrets If Personal Immunity Is Granted, It le Said. Chicago, Feb. 4. —That an Important witness for the government in its effort to discover tangible evidence that the Sherman anti-trust law is being violated by the big packers, and that his evidence will be submitted to the federal grand jury soon upon a pledge of personal immunity was a report circulated in the federal building. The name of the witness is withheld. When the grand jury went into session Ralph Crowe, general counsel for the National Packing company, who already has been interrogated several times, returned to the jury room, carrying another bundle of books. Arthur Coldby, assistant treasurer of the National, also was recalled. Rollin A. Stearns, a clerk of Swift & Co., and Arthur E. Rogers, department manager, were also examined.