Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
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| chants who give discounts for prompt pay
ment Of bills. A merchant will always max
better arrangements with retail dealers VIII
will agree to buy all their goods of certail
class from him.
The Action of the Boston Jury.
The United States District Attorney o
Boston has taken the matter up and pre-
duced for the grand jury witnesses VIII
have testified to the arrangement betweel
the Distilling Company and the distributor
| of its product, and under his advice which
according to CUSTOM is given in such cases
and his Interpretation of the law, ha
caused indictments to be found against th'
officers and directors Of the company
Capiases have been issued and sent for ser
| districts in which the indicted officials live
| They are required to give bail in Boston II
plead to the Indictment, and when they dt
so. new bail will be required for an appear
| ance for trial.
1nasmuch as the new law has never beer
passed upon by the courts, the questions in
volved in the present litigation will, O.
course. relate to the constltutionality and
legal force of the statute. 1t will, also, have
| to be determined whether the facts alleged
| in the Indictment constitute the violation o.
the law. 1t can be easily seen, therefore
quire many months of litigation, and that
before the points raised are finally de
termlned ter they will have to be presented M s &c
GD0 court OF laSC fcSOrC-nam0ly, Tile Su
preme Court of the United States.
What the Indictment Charges.
The indictment is of an omnibus charac
ter, makil- G its charges against the officers
and direc tors in body. 1t is returned a.
of date of the second Tuesday in December
last The violations of the law are charged
as having been continuous since February,
1890, when the defendants purchased
rented or leased the properties Of compel
ing distilling companies to the number
of 70
From August l, 1890. up to the time of find
ing the indictments, the combination con
trolled the output Of these distflleries and
sold SO 1000, 900 gallons at prices fixed by them
pressive1y to monopolize distifling and
cattle feeding, to the aforesaid the manu-,
facture and sale of high wines, alcohol,
spirits, gins and whiskies.
The indictment then sets forth agree
ments between the trust and Dexter T.
Mills, Erastus 7. Gifield and John Joyce,
whereby, in consideration of their purchase
of trust goods, they were to receive rebates
of cents per gallon. The Indictment says:
The prices charged 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-
fects of free competition on the price Of said
spirits, and did unlawfully exact and pro-
cure great sums of money in said district
from the said Mills and Giffeld as co-part-
ners, and from the said Joyce and from
divers other persons contrary to law.
The Names of the Victims.
The following named persons are indicted:
Joseph B. Greenhut, of Peoria, President
of the trust; Herbert L. Terrell, of New
York, Vice President; William n Hobart,
Of Cincinnati, Treasurer; Warren H. Corn
ing, Julius E. French. Of Cleveland, O.. !;
Lewis II. Greene, of Cincinnati; Nelson H.
Morris, George J. Gibson and Peter j. Hen
messy, of Chicago, Directors.
Mr.. Greenhut, President, was arrested
this morning at Peoria, and gave bail there
in the sum of $40, 600 for his appearance be-
fore the United States Court in Boston next
Monday, where it is understood the cases
are all to be tried Mr.. Hennessy appeared
before United States Commissioner Haine
this afternoon and was released on SIC, 900
bail. Mr. Gibson was not at his place of
business when the officer went there with
the warrant, and was not, therefore, ar
rested. It was decided to make the arrests
at this time, as Mr.. Greenhut contemplated
going on q visit to Europe within day or
two.
Gibson, 1t is learned, went to Peoria
Saturday, and telegram has been sent to
the deputy there to arrest him.
The defence of the trust officials will be
that they are regularly incorporated COM
pany on large scale and doing business
under charter from the State of Illinois,
and that the company cannot combine to
create trust
Tho Arrests in Cincinnati.
A special telegram to The DISPATCH
from Cincinnati says: William w. Hobart,
Treasurer, and Lewis n. Greene, trustee,
of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com
pany, were arrested to-day by Deputy Mar
shal williams. The warrant had been
issued by United States Commissioner
Bruce, based on the Massachusetts indict-
ment against the Whisky Trust directors.
Both gave bond in 81, 900 for their appear
ance in the United States District Court at
Boston. Mr.. Hobart glanced through the
indictment and said:
see that one of the points in the indfct-
ment is concerning the issuing of rebate
vouchers, which is held to be fraudulent.
these rebate vouchers out, and if we are
guilty of a separate offense on each, YOU can
easily figure out how long fellow might re-
main in jail. And another thing-this COM
pany was organized about four years before
Mr. Sherman's law was passed.
Mr. Greene wanted to know what it was
all about, anyway. and, taking up the in
dictment, he glanced over page or two of
its voluminous folds, and then laid it down
with weary expression. He wanted to
know if man could not be tried where he
resided. He was informed to the contrary.
Mr.. Hobart will communicate with all the
other parties to the indictment in order to
ascertain what day all can go on to Boston.
Mr.. Hobart Is Made Hero,
When Mr.. Hobart appeared on Change
he was at once the central figure of crowd
of earnest and excited whisky men who ex-
tended their sympathy in the most en-
phatic language. The news Of the arrest
had by this time got abroad and was the
leading subject of talk. Mr. Hobart is one
Of the well-known distilling house Of Mad
dux, Hobart B Co., and Mr.. Greene is
Treasurer of the Mill Greek Distilling Com
pany.
A dispatch from Boston sayss Charles A.
Prince, counsel for the Whisky Trust, when
seen this afternoon, had received no official
notification Of the arrests In Chicago, and
was unable to obtain any from United States
District Attorney Allen. Mr. Prince said!
IT fail to see the necessity of being 30 score
tive about this matter. Is it to be supposed
that men who are connected with big or
ganization like this are going to run swey
because they fear possible srrest7 It ID ab-
anrd Va Ara not afraid fn have <hf. y,,.<