Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-01
Federal Grand Jury at Chicago
Today Returns Indictments
In Beef Trust Cases
ARMovRs, sw,FTs AND cuDAHy
All tho Big Packers ar. ,ne'ud.d IN
tho lndictments-Eishteen Officials
and Four Corporations arc Accused
Of Violation Of tho Antitrust Law
History Of tho Investigation.

Chicago, July LIN expectation Of
the return of indictments in the beef
cases, following one Of the most thor
ough Investigations ever made by the
United, States government, at q cost
Of about 100000, the federal district
court was crowded today with peopl0
directly or Indirectly interested. It
was expected indictments would be
returned against eighteen men, all OF
them leaders in the packing industry.
Indictment was voted against eight
teen persons. officials OF four packing
corporations. The indictments cover
charges including combination In res
straint of trade, conspiracy to mono-
police trade, receiving and granting .
rebates. The trials Of those under In
dictment probably will begin In the Ju-t
ly term OF the United States district
court.
The following persons were indicted;
J. Ogden Armour.
Charles w. Armour.
Edward Morris.
Ira N. Morris.
Louis +. Swift.
Edwin +. Swift.
I i. A. Carton.
d. Z. Hartwell.
Edward A. Cudahy.
A. =. Stevens, attorney.
r G McManus, attorney
a H. ,veeder.
Patrick A. valetino.
4. ]. Conners.
Edwin Tilden.
Arthur Meeker.
Charles N. Swift
Samuel McRoberts.
Samuel We'll.
Beth S. Cusey.
G. T.. Todd.
v. ID. Skipworth.
The corporations indicted are::
Armour & Co.
Swift & Co.
Cudahy Packing Co.
Norris & Co.
Six months ago United States Dig
trict Attorney Bethea reported after
investigation, that the Injunction Of
Juege Grosscup. restraining the larger
packing firms from combining in re-
straint OF trade. was being violated In
Chicago. Conferences with ATTORNEY
General Moody at Washington. and
President Roosevelt were held, and A
large corps Of secret service men were
kept at work. Deputy Marshal Ed
ward st. Clair was made a special
agent of the treasury department and
placed In charge of the secret sery-
ice. The investigation widened daily
and soon st. Clair was receiving re-
ports from his agents In all parts Of
the world concerning the packing in.
Gustry, actions Of the heads OF pack
ing concerns. underground agreements !,
and the like. The preliminary stage
of the investigation came to climax
last February. when 1856 subpoenas
were sent to fifteen large cities thruout
lue States AIlt1 On FeDruary IL
deputy marshals began serving papers.
Later the number Of witnesses called
for reached the total Of ESQ. The at
tack of the government on the so-call-
ed beef trust created CONSERVATION
in many quarters. but although 1t was
sudden, many men desired as Witness
es escaped service. Some have been
found In Canada, some in Europe, 9TH
ers in various parts Of the world where
they are safe from the subpoenas,
which are still in the hands OF the
deputy marshals.
The leading packers were shadowed
and on one occasion q stenographlc
report Of a conversation between two
leading packers in the lobby OF a
Gown town hotel was taken by a de-
tective At this time 1t was discov-
cred private detectives, acting for the
packers, were following the federal
officials and secret service operators,
ana making daily reports to their em-
ployers. In their turn the governs
ment had these detectives followed.