The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-06
INDICTMENTS
FOR PACKERS.
Officials of Four Leading Corporations
to Be Tried in Federal
Court.

Chicago. ILL.,, July Am Indictment
was voted against eighteen persons. oil
Gals Of four packing corporations by the,
federal grand jury today. This ended
the investigation. which has lasted over
three months and brought out testimony
Of over 100 witnesses. One indictment
of more than sixty typewriter pages was
voted, covering charges including combi-
nation in restraint of trade, conspiracy
To m0nopolZe trade and receiving anc
granting rebates. The vote on the eight
cen individuals and four corporations was
unanimous for Indictment.
The trials of those under indictment
will probably begin in the July term of
the district court. The United States
district attorneys, although somewhat
reticcnt. admitted that the heads OF the
chief packing companies are ON the III
dictment list.
Tho following persons were indicted to-
day 10y the federal grand jury invesugat'
ing the su-ca He'd beef trust:
j. ogden Armour, Charles w. Armour,
Edward Morris, Ira \. Morris LOUIS
Swift, Edward swift i,,n.d -.
CuGany, A. T. Evans, attorney r. 9. Ne
Mauus. attorney; y. H. Needcr. T. A. Val
entime T. !. C"Hnors. Edwin IlId'n' Afih,|
I,dd, '. ,. SkipWorth.
In addition to the individuals indicted.
the f. owing corporations are indicted
Aurolr 4 Co, Swift X Co.. Cudahy
Packing Co.., and Morris y 60.
Injunction Violated.
six months ago $. H. Bcthca. then
United States district attorney, reported
after an investigation that the injunction
Of Judge Peter =. GroSccup, restrain
Ing the larger packing firms from com
hning in restraint of trade was being
violated in Chicago. Conferences with
Attorney General Moody at Washing
ton aud President Roosevelt were held
ana Il large corps of secret service men
kept at work United States Deputy
Marshal Edward st. Clair was made
special agent of the treasury depart
Inent and placed in charge of the secret
service work.
The investigation widencd daily and
reports from his agents i'll all parts oil
the world concerning the identity OF men
who could testify To certain facts CON
corning the packing industry, the actions
of heads of tie packing concerns. under
ground agreements and the like. The
preliminary stage of the investigation
came to Il climax last February when
1Sl subpoenaS were sent to fifteen large
cities throughout the Cnited states. With
instructions that at 10 o'clock on the
morning of February u, deputy mar
shals should begin serving the papers
Great Investigation.
At the hour stated the hearings, which
resulted in one of the largest investiEa~
tions ever engaged in by the government
were begun as concerted movement IN
various parts Of the country. Later the
number of witnesses called for reached
a total of go. The attack of the GOV
eminent on the so-called beef trust ere
ated CONSERVATION in many quar-
tiers. but although it was sudden
many men desired as witnesses
escaped service. Some have been found
in Canada, some in Europe and others
in various parts of the world, where they
are safe from the subpoenaS which arc
still in the hands of deputy marshals.
On one occasion stenngraphic report of
n conversation between two leading
hackers in the lobby of a downtown hotel
was taken hy "A detective.
The investigation is calculated to cost
the government 100000.