Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1907 — Pierce Must Face Trial. [ARTICLE]

Pierce Must Face Trial.

In the federal court, St. Lonis, Judge Adams denied the application of H. Clay Pierce, head of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, for a writ of habeas corpus, and ordered that he be remanded to the custody of the chief of police to be delivered to Sheriff Matthews of Travis county, Texas, for extradition. Pierce is wanted there to answer an indictment charging perjury in an affidavit made in May, 1900, to the effect that the WatersPierce company was n9t a party to any pool, trust, confederation or combind tion in restraint of trade. In hio decision Judge Adams gaid the was irresistible that the indictment contained the substance of an offense, and that technicalities should not stand in the way of Justice. Pierce, who was in court at the time of the decision, showed that he was laboring under great mental stress, while his attorney, Priest, was visibly disconcerted, as shown by ths trembling of his hands. Priest gave no tice of two appeals that would be taken, one to the Circuit Court of Appeals and one to the United States Supreme Court, and Pierce was admitted to bond in ths sum of $20,000.