Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-09-28
THEY ESCAPED JAIL.
Four of the Indicted Packers Plead
Guilty In Chicago.
-Omcials of schwar.schiids & sai.-
berger Charged with Conspiracy
Throw Themselves ON Mercy
OF Court-Fined $2s,OOO.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Four officials OF
the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Pack
ing company Of Chicago. were fined an
aggregate Of $4,000 by Judge Hum
phrey In the United States District
Court here Thursday. The fines fol-
lowed a plea of guilty to indictments
charging conspiracy to accept railroad
rebates. The defendants we're Samuel
Well of New York, vice-president OF
the company, B. 8. Cuscy, trafic man
.ager: Vance d. Skipworth and Chess
e. Todd, assistant traffic manager.
Mr., We'll was fined $4,000 the other
three 5000 each.
With the entering Of the pleas tho
declaration was made that unless
at least one of the cases is Immediate
" settled the life Of Samuel Well who
is vice president Of the company and
is one of the defendants, is in Jeopardy.
He is said to be in a nervous wreck
and fears were entertained for his lie
II he had been allowed to continue un-
der the stigma Of an indictment. The
plea was entered, II is declared. after
complete understanding had been
reached between counsel for the de-
PENDANTS and Attorney General Will
liam H. Moody. While in Chicago, the
attorney general was apprised Of the
condition of Vice President Well
and it Is said, agreed to the entry
of q plea of guilty with the I'M
derstanding that the jail provision OF
the law under which the indictment
was returned should be waived and
merely a fine imposed. The same con-
cession was made in the case OF the
other three defendants.
The four defendants Were charged
with unlawfully combining and agree
ing TO solicit rebates for the Schwartz
.schild & Sulzberger company from the
Michigan Central Railroad company.
the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, the
Grand Trunk Western railroad, tho
Lehigh Valley Railroad company, the
Boston & Maine Railroad company
and the Mobile & Ohio Railroad COM
pany.
Charges were made that the de-
PENDANTS conspired with each other In
presenting supposed claims for dam
ages which we're in reality claims for
rebates.
The plea made Thursday does not In
any way affect the charge OF inter-
ference with government witnesses
made in a previous indictment returned
against Cusey and other Schwarzscild
g. Sulzberger men. The four defendants
were in the federal court building and
all but We'll appeared before Judge
Humphrey. They were accompanied
by Attorney Weisserbach and Attor-
neys 7. NJ. Bcycson and ]. ]. Herrick.
The fines carried with them a pro-
vision that the defendants be confined
in Jail until the fines were paid. The
fines, however, were paid Immediately.
Mr.. Max Sulzberger giving his check
for the total amount, $4,000. Tho
check after being duly certified, was
accepted as payment Of the fines and
the defendants then left the court
room.
Silver Industry Still Prosperous.
Mexico City, Sept. 22.-Excellent re-
ports on crops are being received
from all over the republic and very
large cotton crop is predicted. The
mining industry shows a particularly
bright outlook and all predictions OF
the ruin of the silver mining industry
owing to the adoption of gold stand
ard have been contradicted by the
steady progress making in that indus
try.