The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-23

4 Shipments Judgments In the nature O
mes were assessed as follows. swift 9
CO., sI5,0oos Cudahy Packing company Y. ~,
M nix mn. AZ rfno,lr Packing Company, Sio,VVs
Mason Morris & Co., Slot0V9; chicago
u burlington and quincy Railway, Sl5'ooo
d S;eorpe Z. Thomas. OF new York WIS
tl,,en 500 and Sentenced to four n,onuis
n III tl1e penitentlary; i, -. Taga, T. OF New
York. was fined $4,000 and sentenced tc
ilfstI months In the penttcntialy
II Seven Convicted.
Tba anpearance In the Federal Court
jicre to day for sentence of the repre-
4 sentatiyes OF four meat packtnS conpa-
n nies, one railway and two Individual de-
PENDANTS, recently convicted of Viola ting
the Elkins law, marked the end 81 'ns
q Relate cages to he tried at this term OF
tourt. One other dase, ,tnat OF the
1 Chicago and Alton, and two OF ITS Oil
L fiols. has been reset for trial IN sop
Il TENDER.
n The indictments upon which the various
{dcfendnnts were tried were returned IN
Kansas City by tho grand jury OH De
I ccmber 10. 1906. Tic cases nave pee ~
ihandlcd for the government D! q. ..
Wan valkenburgh, the district attorney,
md his assistant, Leslie. Lyons, Wnlle
ltne Qp1GHualllS iiuNC
! BY some OF the ablest counsel IN the
fsvest. or the eleven cases brought up
sAt fthis term. tho government secured
sseven indictments, one defendant was
ehcnuittcd and three cases we're us
missed. 40.
M George l.. Thomas, OF New York CITY,
"a freight broker, and his chlet CLERK,
II. I3, Taggnrt, whose case was the NJ ~ 81
Ito he tried, were convicted oil securli.s
rebates from railways on shipments iro ..
New York to ST. Louis and Kansas CITY
dry goods concerns. At their trial sew
arf,l prominent merchants, who admitted
having signed contracts with Ihomas,
testified to receiving at various times
sums OF money from mysterious sources sources.
Many thousands of dollars were mus
received. and some of the witnesses 40.
nitted the likelihood Of it having come
from Thomas. The penalty provided Is
IA nne Of not less than $1,000 nor n'ore
than 10000, or Imprisonment IN tho pen
itentiary for not more than Two yea . = g
both fine and Imprisonment.
Accepted Concessions.
George II. Crosby, former assistant
freight traffic manager OF the C ill..'
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, VINO was
charged with conspirlng with THOMAS
and Taggart 10 pay concessions, was dis
sustained q demurrer presented by Judge.
So.t Spencer, of ST. Joseph, general sollcl-
tor OF the railway, who contended 1hat
no evidence had been presented to con-
meet Crosby with the alleged conspiracy.
Tho Armour Packing Company, Swift
&. Company, Cudahy & Company ana the
Nelson Morris Packing Company were
tried Jointly and convicted on the charge
Of accepting concessions from the bur
lington Railroad, In connection win con
meeting lines, on packing house products
for export via New York.
The burlington Railroad Company was
convicted on four counts OF granting con-
:cessions to the packing companies OF
Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Nelson Nor
rls. The penalty provided In the case OF
the packers and the Burlington involves
n fine Of from $1,000 to 100000 on each
& count, but not imprisonment. 5
M The cases OF the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st, Paul and the Chicago and Alton
Railroad Companies, charged with Offer
ing concessions. and D. II. Kresky,$
freight broker Of Kansas City, charged
with conspiring to secure conces sions
from thes .erailways, were dismissed upon
the suggestion of District Attorney Van
3Valkenburgh, who stated that he believed
the railroad had, in this case, been Inn
posed upon. AS 3lIlo Gdscs fh5hlA'oS' - SoiN1
was predicated upon that against the rail-
roads, it was useless to try him.
All Will Appeal.
In the case OF the Chicago and Alton
Railway Company and ]. N. Fnithorn. Its
4 former vice-presldent, and r a. Wann,
Its former assistant traffic manager,
charged with having given concessions to
THE schwarzschld & Sulzberger Packing
nj oP
Immunity upon the ground that some OF
their Employees had testified before a Fed
4 eral grand jury at Chicago concerning the
z same transactions for which they latter
were indicted In Kansas City.
Judge Mcpherson sustained the gov
I ernment's demurrer to this plea. but con-
#tinued the cases over until next fall, when
the similar cases at Chicago probably
s will have been disposed Of This Alton
case is distinct from that in which kres-
ky was concerned.
"A fine of $1,000 assessed against the
sBurAagton, covered all four counts, the
aggregate amount Of the fines In the
z seven cases totaling $4,000 Appeals We're
s5fleG1n each case and a stay OF execution
was granted until June 20. until they could
sbe perfected. The bonds In the case Of
4 Thomas and Taggart were fixed at s6Vsv
each gIhese Two men appeared IN court
personally, and upon being sentenced,
promptly furnished the required bonds.
The bonds in the case OF the packing
sat $1,000 each. Motions for new trials
for the packers. the Burlington railroad
and Thomas and Taggart were all over
ruled.
GOAL HEARING HAS
ENDED FOR SUMMER