Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-22
BURLINGTON ROAD THE SAME.
Geo. [. Thomas Of New York
Fined $4,000 and Four Months
In Prison.
a TaRrart $1,000 and Three Months
Government Got Seven Convic-A.
lions Out Of Eleven Cases.


s..n district court here this morning,
1ras. Mcpherson OF Red oak, Iowa,
,s.sA sentence upon the seven de-
,,,ssnS recently convicted IN this
,opr Of making concessions ana ac-
eating and conspiring 10 accept re-
hates ON shipments. Judgments IN
N, nature Of fines were assessed as
follows
Swift & Co., $4,000.
Cudahy Packing company $4,000.
The armour Packing company slj-
t00
Nelson Morris & Co. $4,000.
Chicago Burlington and quincy rail-
way $4,000.
George L. Thomas Of New York
was fined $4,000 and sentenced 10
four months I'm the penitentiary.
L b Taggart Of New York was
fined $4,000 and sentenced % three
months In the penitentiary.
The fine cf sl6.cO0 assessed against
The Burlington covered all four counts.
,hs aggregate amount " the fines in
he seven cases totaling SIS 600
Appeals were filed In each case. AMI
q stay Of execution was granted until
June g. The bonds IN the case of
Thomas and Taggart were fixed AZ
WtN each. These two men appeared
IN court personally, and upon being
sentenced promptly furnished the TO-
CURED bonds The bonds IN the case /
a The packing companies and the Bur /
nngton were fixed al $4,000 each.
Before sentence was passed I'm the /
various cases, motions for new trials /
were made by John @. Cowan Of Omn-
IA and Frank Hagerman Of Kansas
City. for the packers. and By Judge q.
u Spencer OF ST. Joseph, upon behalf !
q the Burlington railroad. and Thomas |
and Taggart. All these motions were
oyeuulsd.
END OF THE CASES.
The appearance "a the federal court !
here today for sentence OF the repre-
senlatives Of four meat packing COM
ptnes. one railway and two individual
isiendants, recently convicted OF VIC.
hilng the Elkins law. marked the end
4 the rebate cases TO be tried al this |
tan Of court one other case. that
4 the Chicago q Alton and two Of its |
o-cers has. been reset FOR trial I'm
SEPTEMBER. THE indictments upon
which the various defendants were
tried were returned In Kansas cts
By the grand jury on Dec 10, 1905
The cases have been handled for the
government by A. s. Van Yalken-
burgh. 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 az this
seven convictions one defendant was
acquitted and three cases were dis
missed
THOMAS AND TAGGART
George l. Thomas OF New York City.
0 freight broker. and his chief CLERK.
J. i. Taggart, whose case was the 0rst
20 Do tried were convicted OF securing =
rebates from railways on shipments
ffom New York % st. Louis and Kan
tas city dry goods concerns.
N their trial several prominent mer. ,
chants, who admitted they had signed
contracts with Thomas. testified %
tecelying az various times sums oi
money from MYSTERIES sources. Many
thousands OF dollars we've thus received
ana some o. the witnesses admitted
ihe likelihood OF IL having come from
Ihomas. The penalty provided q a fine
or not less than fl00 nor more than
lOv9l or Imprisonment in the penl-
uenliaiy ior not more than two wears
OF no'h Inc and Imprisonment
GEO II. CROSBY DISCHARGED. G
George Il. Crosby former assistant O
nneIsshl lfaHlc manager OF the Cbicsen
5..iIl..s'on q quincy railroad. who Was
"a 81 WIN conspirlng with Thomas
~. l-ssaIi "a paw concessions Vas O
' o,,.naIgei by Judge McPherson IN. q
touit sustained a demurrer rr.ssnte6 Z
~ yulse .. w. Spencer OF 81 Josenh {
5000 s'.s'a, solicitor Of the railway Mo q
, l..l That no evidence bad hoe. .
'N'ge1 conspiracy. WI" '"e e
THE BIC FOUR. II
ne ne Armour Packing company. swln 6,
49,. IslslY a Co.. and the Nelson -
~ facklng company were tried !,
..Il dhQ convicted on tho cbargo ~ u
t'plllg concessions from The Rurl,s. a.
=. .ial'roao, In connection with COZ. :.
.u.s lines. on packlnebousc nrnI. az
W. 4oF export Via New York -
TIE BURLINGTON. n
me Burlington Rauroad cor,r.,,. 60
!, ,....lcted on four counts Of grant. u,
!, 'esslons 10 The packing comps. IN
s. ,AIInour. Swift. Cudahy ana
~. MOTHS. The penalty provided m
,,iraA ot the packers and thu M
~, t1on Involves a nne OF from 81 Oa1 81
,,lv on each count. but not in otl
~ MILWAUKEE AND ALTON. pa
=, cases Of the Chicago. Milwaukee sd
~ raul and the Chicago ana Al. q
.".""y companies. charged with pei
,,.i Concessions. and II. ID. Kresky. eat
.Hkh' broker Of Kansas CIV vh
go With conspiring 70 secure con, 60,
,s lIom these railways were ais.
+. upon the suggestion of Dist
ah Nalkenbure, who stated that a
.lr'el The railroads had I'm This Ia.
n.y., IN Imposed upon As the case ma
hfesky was predicated upon No
=, -tslhst he railways Il was useless 40
"'''' sic
CASES CONTINUED. "
'ne case Of the Chicago a. Alton IN
~ company and J. n. Faithorn no
wy Iner vice president, aud r. A. cen
"L .ls former assistant traflc man. Of
/ charged with having given con.
.,a 70 the sohwarzchild a Sulze..
y. fecking company. tho defend. ],
et up plea Of immunity upon full
Nvund that some OF their en-. rar
~ had testified before federal IN,
- Jufy at Chicago concerning the sess
,.Isnsaetions for which they later cor
indicted at Kansas City. Judge \
s nsIson sustained the governments tos,
! -, -. 70 ms plea. but continued the mot
''e' until hext fan. when the In