The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-01
WHISKY TRUST IN TROUBLE.
IT'S OFFICIALS INDICTED BY THE
FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
They Violated the Sherman Antitrust
Law-Heavy Bonds Exacted
Their Defense.
Special to the REooRD-UN1ox.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
! CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-Itis definitely known
that the Federal Grand Jury at Boston,
February 18th, indicted all the officers
and directors of attle-Feeding and Dis
tilling Company whisky trust for viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law. To-
day United States Marshal Hitchcock
deputies were engaged in serving war
rants for the arrest of the indicted men.
| Following were indicted: Joseph B.
| Greenhut, Peoria. President; Herbert &.
| Terrill, New ork, Vice President; Will
lam n. Hobart Cincinnati, Treasurer:
| Warren 81. Corning, julius +. French OF
/ Cleveland, Lewis II. Greene of Cincin-
natl, Nelson Morris, George J. Gibson
ana Peter j. Hennessey of Chicago, direct
ors. HennesSey was also Secretary. He
| was arrested this morning.
Word has been received from Peoria
saying that Greenhut has been arrested
and gave bail in SO, 900 to appear in court
Ill Boston next Monday. HennesSey did
| likewise.
The indictment is of an ominous char
acter, making its charges against the
| officers and directors in a body. 1t is re-
| turned as Of date the second Tuesday of
! December last. The violations of law are
| charged as having been continuous since
| February IL, 1890. 1t charges that dur
| ing 1890 defendants purchased, rented or
| leased properties of competing diStilling
companies to the number Of seventy
| From August l, 1890, up to the time of
| finding the indictment they controlled
the output of these distilleries, and sold
| 65,0O0,0J0 gallons at prices fixed by them
| This they did unjustly, unlawfully and
! oppreSslyely, to monopolize the distilling
and cattle-Ieedlng companies aforesaid
and their manufacture and sale of hiph
| WInRS alcohol SnIrifC
| kleS. The indictments then set out the
| agreements between the trust and Dexter
| L. Mills, ErastuS &. Garfield and John
| Joyce. whereby, in consideration of their
| purchase OF trust goods they were to re-
ceiye rebates of cents per gallon. The
prices charged, the Indictment says, were
largely in excess of the usual prices at
which goods of the kind were sold prev
| louS To the organization of the trust The
/ defendants in so doing did, it is alleged.
unlawIully and oppressively prevent and
| counteract the effects Of the free COMPETE
ton on the price OF said spirits, and did
unlawfu!ly exact and procure great sums
of money in said district from said Mills
| and Garfield, and as co-partners from
said Joyce and from divers other parties.
1t is said Gibson has gone to Peoria,
and a deputy has been sent there tc ar
rest him. Morris is in California. PAPERS
| Will either be forwarded TO the Federal
authorities in California for service on
Morris, or he will be notified and allowed
TO make his way to Boston and give bail
! there.
1t is understood that the defense of the
officials OF the trust will be that they are
a regularly Incorporated company on a
| large scale, and doing business under q
charter from the State of Illinois, and
that enc company cannot combine to
create trust or monopoly.
MORE ARRESTS.
CINCINNATI (O.l, Feb. 29.-Treasurer
Hobart and Director Greene of the Cattle
/ Feeding and Distilling Company were
| arrested here to-day by being requested
to appear before Commissioner HooDer.
The warrant requires their appearance at
Boston forthwith. Hobart SAYS some OF
| the dealers in Boston who handled some
of the rebates have also been indicted.
CLEVELAND (Ohio), Feb. 29.-Warner
| Z. Cording and Julius French, two di-
rector of the whisky trust, arrived here
to-day from the East. They were placed
under arrest by a Deputy Marshal and
gave bail in $4,000 each.
PRESIDENT GREENHUT ARRESTED.
PEORIA (Ill.), Feb. 29.-Deputy United
States Marshal Charles this afternoon
arrested President Greenhut of the wins
Ky trust Oh the indictment found against
him by the Federal Grand Jury in Bos-
ton. Greenbut says he considers the in
dictments the result OF the Sherman anti
trust law and in all probability based on
the rebate system. He thinks the matter
viii simmer down to civil suit and
does not propose 10 postpone his Euro
pean tour. The cases, he SAYS. will be
fought TO the end.