Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-03
AFTER THE WHISKY TR UsT.
Several of Its Officers and Directors Al
rested on Warrants.

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CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. 29.-It was
learned here to-day that the United
States grand jury at Boston on Feb
ruary 18th indicted all of the officers
and directors of the Cattle Feeding and
Distilling Company, better known as
the whisky trust, for violation of the
Sherman Antitrust law. The list of
indicted men includes Joseph b. Green
hut of Peoria, president Of the trust;
Herbert l.. Terrell of New York, vice
president and director; William N.
Hobart of Cincinnati, treasurer and a
director; Warren Fl. Corning of Cleve-
land, a director; Julius =. French Of
Cleveland, director; Nelson Morris of
Chicago, director; George j. Gibson,
ex-secretary and director, and Peter
j. Hennessy of Chicago, secretary and
director.
Warrants for the arrest of these Off
GERS of the trust residing in this district
were issued ON Saturday last by United
States Commissioner Hoyne. The war
rants issued were for the apprehension
OF Greenhut, Gibson, Morris and Hen
messy. The last-named were arrested
this morning and officers are now hunt
ing for Morris and Gibson. Greenhut
lives in Peoria, where officers effected
his arrest. Both gave bail in $4,000.
! CINCINNATI, Feb. 20.-William N.
Hobart, treasurer of the Distillers and
Cattle Feeders Trust, and Lewis H.
Green, "a prominent distiller, were ar
rested to-day for violation of the Sher-
man Antitrust law. They were released
IN $4,000 bond for their appearance in
Boston to answer to the charge.
Treasurer William II. Hobart and
Director l.. II. Green OF the Cattle
Feeding and Distilling Company, were
nominally arrested here to-day by being
requested to appear before Commits
sioner Hooper. The warrant requires
their appearance at Boston forthwith.
They are using tho telegraph to-day
with a view of going in body If that is
necessary. Mr.. Hobart says some deal
| ers in Boston who handled some of the
rebate have also been indicted The in
dictment is of an ominous character,
making its charges against the officers
and directors in q body. 1t is returned
as OF date of the second Tuesday in
December last. The violations of the
law are charged as having been continu-
Gus since February, 1890. The defend
ants purchased, rented or leased the
properties of competing distilling COM
panies to the number of 10 from August
LIST, 1890, up to the time of finding in
dictments, controlled the output of these
distilleries and sold G6,000000 gallons at
prices fixed by them. This they did I'M
justly, unlawfully and oppressively
TO monopolize the distilling and cattle
feeding to the aforesaid manufacture
and sale of high wines, alcohol, spirits,
gins and WHISTLES. The Indictment sets
out agreements between the trusts and
Dexter t. Mills, Erastus Il. Giffield and
John Joyce, whereby, in consideration
of their purchase of trust goods, they
were to receive rebates Of two cents pei
gallon. The prices charged, the indict
ment says, were largely in excess of the
usual prices at which goods of the kind
were sold previous to the organization
of the trust. The defendants in so doing
did, it is alleged, unlawfully and op
!, pressively prevent and counterfeit til,
J effects of free competition on the price
, of said spirits and unlawfully exac
| and procure great sums of money il
said district from the said Mills ant
Giffield, as copartners, and from TIL,
said Joyce, and from divers other per
sons contrary to law. The warrant TO
the arrest of the whisky magnates wa
J sworn outby Judge g. M. Horton of til,
! department of justice, at Boston.
The defence Of the trust officials will
be that they are regularly incorpo
rated company on large scale ant
doing business under charter from tn
state of Illinois, and that one compan,
cannot combine to create trust or EN-
) ploy.
BosToN, Feb. 20.-Charles A. Prince
counsel for the whisky trust, when seei
! this afternoon, had received no offlcia
notification of the arrests in Chicag
) and was unable to obtain any iron
9 United States District Attorney Allen
I Mr.. Prince said ~ fail to see the neces
: sity of being so secretive about thi
e matter. 1t is not to be supposed tina
i. men who are connected with big OF
!, ganization like this are going to ru
: away because they fear possible ares
e 1t is absurd. We are not afraid to hav
c this matter tested, and Is it likely tina
i we will run away from it? J. cannot sa
Il of course, who might be made parties {
Q this matter locally, or what arrest
might be made"