St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-01
MAY BUST The TRUST.
A Massachusetts, Grand Jury
Indiets the Whisky Trust
Officials.
President Greenhut and Sew
epal Others Arrested in
Different Cities.
Heavy Bonds Given in Each
CaSe--NelsOn Morris Is on
the List.
Daring American Thief Capt
ured in a Bold Robbery
in England.

CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-It is at last def
nitely known that the federal grand
Jury at Boston on Feb. II 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. Today
United States Marshal HitchcOck'S
deputies are engaged in serving war
rants for the arrest of the indicted men.
The following named persons are the
indicted:
Joseph p. Greenhut, of Peoria. presi-
dent of the trust; Hurbert l.. Terrall, of
New York, vice president; William n.
Hobart, of Cincinnati, treasurer: War
ren b. earning, and Julius X. French,
of Cleveland, o.: Lewis II. Greene, of
Cincinnati; Nelson Morris, George y.
Gibson and Peter j. HenneSSey. of Chi
cago, directors. Hennessey is also sec
retary. The other warrants issued in
this district are for Greenhut, Gibson
and Morris. Gibson is supposed to be
in this city and Greenhut is in Peoria;
but Morris IS in California.
Mr.. EIenneSsey appeared before United
States Commissioner oyne this after
noon and was released on $4,000 bail.
L.
ness when the officer went there with
the warrant, and was not. therefore. ar
rested
.he indictment is of All omnibus char
acter, making the charges against the
officers and directors in a body. 1t is
returned as of date of the second Tues
day III December last. The violations
of the law are charged as having been
continuous since Feb. II, 1890. 1t
charges that during 1890 the defendants
purchased, rented or leased the proper
Ties of the competing distilfing con-
panies to the number of seventy. From
Aug. l., $780, up to the time of the find
ing of the indictment, they controlled
the output of these distilleries and sold
66,000,000 gallons at prices fixed by
them. This they did "unjustly, I'M
lawfully and oppreSslyeiy, to monopo-4
lie to the distilling aid cattle-feedlng
and aforesaid the Manufacture and sale
Of high wines, alcohol, spirits, gins and
whiskies." tff}-z'
The indictments then set out agree
mentS xbetWeen the trust and Dexter L.
Mills, Efastns g., Gaffield and John
Joyce, whereby, in consideration OF
their purchase of trust goods, they were
to receive rebates of two cents per gal
Ion. The prices charged, the+indctment
says, were largely i'll 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, unlawfulIy and oppressive
ly prevent and counterfeit the effects of
free competition on the price of said
spirits, and did unlawfully exact and
procure great sums of money in said
districts from the said Mills and CAT
field, as cOpartnerS, and from the said
Joyce and from divers other persons
contrary to law" The papers will
either be forwarded to the federal
Mr.. Morris, or he will be notified and
allowed to make his way to Boston and
give bail there.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Feb. ga deputy
United States marshal this afternoon az
rested j. B. Greenhut. president of the
whisky trust, on the Indictment found
against him by the federal grand jury at
Boston. He expected this and promptly
announced that he would give any bond
for his appearance in court. He takes
things philosopbically and says he pre-
sumes the indictments are due to the
pressure brought to bear for political
reasons in the administration. He con-
slders the indictments the result OF the
Sherman antitrust law and in all prob
ability based on the rebate system. He
thinks the matter will simmer down to
a civil suit and does not propose to post
pone his European tour. The cases will
be fought to the end.
CINcINNATI, Feb. 90. = Treasurer
William Hobart and Director l.. III.
Greene. of the Cattle Feeding and Dis
tllling company, were normally arrest
ed here today by being requested to APP
pear before Commissioner Hooper. The
warrant requires their appearance at
Boston forthwith. They are using the
telegraph today with view of going in
body if that is necessary. Mr.. Hobart
says some dealers in Boston who
handled some of the rebate have also
been indicted.
CLEVELAND, o.. Feb. 29.-Warren E.
Corning and Julius French, the two
directors of the whisky trust living in
Cleveland, arrived home today from the
East. They were met at the train by a
United States deputy marshal. who in
formed them that he held warrants for
their arrest. They went at once before
Judge Rick, of the United States court,
and surrendered themselves, giving
appearance in Boston whenever they
shall be wanted.
Boston, Feb. 29.-CharleS A. Prince,
counsel for the whisky trust, when seen
this afternoon had received no official
of the arrests in Chicago
and was unable to obtain any from
United States District Attorney Allen.
Mr.. Prince asked: 81 fail to see the
necessity of being so secretive about
this matter. Is it to be supposed that
men who are connected with big Or
1ganization like this are going to run
away because they fear possible arrest?
iltis absurd. We are not afraid to have
this matter tested. i cannot say, of
course, who might be made parties to
this matter or what arrests might be
made"
J Late this afternoon District Attorney
ALLEN said he believed that never in the
history of courts had there been case
presented where so much pressure was
brought to bear upon the district at
torney not to prosecute as in this partic
ular instance. He further stated that the
indictments were reported on the 23d
OF February and placed on the secret
files and the strictest instructions given
to the clerks of the court not to divulge
the fact of the finding of an Indictment,
lest the newspapers should publish the
fact and the persons proposed to be ar
rested escape. Mr.. Allen, in reply to
an inquiry, said that he knew that some
of the officers had intended to leave the
cOuntrV.