Every proposition to continue the case was fiercely resisted by Edwin
Walker, special counsel of the government and general counsel of the
railroads.
Clarence S. Darrow objected to Mr. Walker’s appearing in that dual
capacity, representing at the same time the government and the
railroads—the supposed justice of the one and the vengeful spirit of the
other—but Judge Grosscup overruled the objection.
The trial was postponed again and again, the interest in it gradually
subsiding, and many months afterward, when it was almost forgotten, the
case was quietly stricken from the docket.