Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-22
Geo. L. Thomas Of New York
Fined $4,000 and Four Months
In Prison.
1 r. Taggart $4,000 and Three Months
Government Got Seven Conyic-.
lions out OF Eleven Cases.

PENDANTS recently convicted IN TINS
eou-t Of making concessions ana ac-
ees,ing and conspiring to accept re-
hates on shipments. Judgments I'm
the nature Of fines were assessed as
follows:
Swift & Co, $4,000
Cudahy Packing company $4,000.
The Armour Packing company $lj-
600.
Nelson Morris & Co. $4,000
Chicago Burlington and quincy rail-
way, $4,000.
George l. Thomas Of New York
was fned $1,000 and sentenced to
four months IN the peniteutiary
/. b. Taggart OF New York was
fined $4,000 and sentenced 10 three
months IN the penilentlary.
The fine Of $4,000 assessed against
the Burlington covered all four counts,
the aggregate amount ~ the fines in
the seven cases totalng SIS. 0oO
Appeals were filed In each case. AMI
stay Of execution was granted until
June %. The bonds In the case Of
Thomas and Taggart We're fixed at
5000 each. These two men appeared
IN court personally, and upon being
sentenced promptly furnished the re-
quired bonds The bonds IN the case
~ the packing companies and the Bur
lington were fixed al $4,000 each.
Before sentence was passed IN the
various cases. motions for new trials
were made by John @ CoWan Of Oma-
Ia and Frank Hagerman Of Kansas
City for the packers, and by Judge o.
VI. Spencer Of 81. Joseph. upon behalf
Of the Burlington railroad. and Thomas
and Taggart All these motions were
oyerruled.
END OF THE CASES.
The appearance IN the federal court
here today for sentence Of the repre-
sentativcs Of four meat packing COM
panles. one railway and two individual
defendants, recently convicted Of vio-
latiRg the ElBns law. marked the end |
q the rebate cases to be tried AZ this |
term Of court. one other case. that /
u the Chicago q Alton and two Of its 4
officers, has, been reset for trial I'm 4
September. THE indictments upon /
which the various defendants wero
tried were returned In Kansas City
by the grand jury on Dec 10. 1905.
The cases have been handled for the
NNNfA AlAiAiA ny ~ - az 1lh'lI- ]
GJrgh, the district attorney. and his
assistant, Leslie LIMOS. while the de-
PENDANTS have been represented BY /
some Of the ablest counsel IN the west.
on the II cases brought up 40 this
seven convictions. one defendant was
scqultted and three cases were dis
missed.
THOMAS AND TAGGART
George L. Thomas OF New York City.
. freight broker. and his chief CLERK.
J. g. Taggart, whose case was the first
10 be tried, were convicted Of securing
rebates from railways on shipments
from New York 10 ST. Louis and Kan.
sas city dry goods concerns
AZ their trial several prominent mel. |
chants, who admitted they had signed |
contracts with Thomas. testified %
receiving az various times sums OF
money from mysterious sources. Many
thousands Of dollars were thus received
and some OF the witnesses admitted !
the likelihood Of Il having come from
Thomas. The penalty provided Is a fine
OF not less than $1,000 nor more than
10000 or imprisonment IN the peni-
tenllaTy Tor not more than two years
or both fine and imprisonment.
GEO. II. CROSBY DISCHARGED.
George Il. Crosby. former assistant
freight traffic manager Of the Chicago
blI ilnston a Quincy railroad. who was
charged win consplrng with Thomas
and IdgRaft 10 pay concessions. was
discharged by Judge Mcpherson. Tn. |
couri sustained a demurrer. presented
py Juage o. NJ Spencer OF 81. Joseph
general solicitor OF the railway VINO
ooH'enled that no evidence had hee,,
pilese'ted 10 connect Crosby with the
alleged conspiracy.
THE BIG FOUR.
The Armour Packing company Swift,
= 90. Cudahy g. Co.. and the Nelson
motifs Packing company were tried
lvhly ana convicted on the charge OF
ioeepting concessions from the BurFng-
.oA ialiroad, IN connection with COZ.
.ung lines, on packinghouse prod
1-'a TOT export via New York ,
THE BURLINGTON {
ne Burlington Railroad company y
vas convicted on four counts Of grant. i
lE concessions 10 The packing cOmps 4
..es OF Armour, Swift. Cudahy ana
Neson'Morris The penalty provided n
y lhe case OF the packers and thu / Il
lHI Hngton Involves a fine OF from 81 0op | q
t49.oto on each count, but not in.- 81
riionmcnt. y
THE MILWAUKEE, AND ALTON ?
The cases Of the Chicago, Milwaukee e
No 81 Paul and the Chicago and Al
ll railway companies. charged with \ y,
Iering concessions. and n. d. Rresky. "a
freight broker Of Kansas CITY. vi
larged with oonspiring 10 secure con- e
'ssions nom these railways were dis
used upon the suggestion OF Dist
NY Van NalkenburR. who stated that
believed the railroads had IN this Ju
'se been imposed upon As the case mi
salnst kresky was predcaied upon ,l
al against The railways e was useless ~
try him I'M
CASES CONTINUED. ~,
IN the case OF the Chicago a Alton IA
allNay company and J. y. FalthOrn. | no
FORMER vice president. and p. 4. cel
pm its former assistant tramc maa- Of
~ charged with having given con.
{flons 70 the SchwarzChild a Sulze--
Ver Packing company. the defend. !
SET up plea Of immunity upon mi
ground that some OF their en-. pa
Hes had testified before federal IN,
pc jury AZ Chicago concerning the ses
pc transactions for which they later col
~ indicted az Kansas City. Judge "
emerson sustained the governments tos
murrer 10 this plea. but continued the mo
'es over until next fall. when the 1