Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-23
MEAT PACKERS HEAVILY FINED
Two Men Are Sentenced to Jail
Railroad Gets Same Treatment as
the Beef kinss-AlI of the Con.
vIoted Persons and Concerns Take
an Appeal to Higher Tribunal.
tBy Associat III Press.)

KANSAS CITY. June 22.-In the
United States District Court here to-
day Judge Smith Mcpherson, of Red
Oak. H., passed sentence upon the
seven defendants recently convicted
i'm this court of making concessions
and accepting and conspiring to ac
ccpt rebates on shipments
Judgments in the nature OF fines
were assessed as follows:
Swift & Co, $4,000
Cudahy Packing Company, SIS 1000.
Armour Packing Company. $4,000.
Nelson Norris & Co. 5000.
Chicago burlington aud Quincy
railway. $4,000
George l.. Thomas, of New York,
was fined $4,000 and sentenced to
four months in the pcnitcntiary.
u. ID, Taggart. of New York, wa:
fined $1,000 and sentenced to three
months in the pententiary
Rebate Cases Finally Settled.
The appearance in the Federal
court here today for sentence of the
representatives of four meal-packing
companies, one railway and two indi-
vidual defendants. recently convicted
of violating the IIlkins law. marked
the end of the rebate cases 10 be
tried at this term of court.
One other case. that of the Chicago
and Alton and two OF it's officials.
has been reset for trial in Seplcm-
Der. The indictments upon which
the various defendants were tried
were returned in Kansas City by the
grand jury OH Dec. IS, 1905. The
cases have been handled for the gov
ernmcnt by a. S. Van Valkcnbursh
the district attorney. and his Assist
ant Leslie Lyons. while the defend
ants have been represented by some
of the ablcst counsel in the West.
Brokers Secured Rebates.
George l.. Thomas, of New York
city. freight broker. and his chief
clerk, l.. B. Taggart. whose case was
the first to be tried. were convicted
of securing rebates from railway
on shipments from New York TO st
Louis and Kansas City dry goods con.
Germs.
At their trial prominent merchants
who admitted having signed con-
tracts with Thomas, testified to re.
| ceiving at various times sums OF
money from mysterious sources.
| Mnpy thouc,nd, ,,f ,c,io.
received, and some of the witnesses
admitted the likelihood of it having
come from Thomas
The penalty provided is fine of
not less than $1,000 nor more than
$4,000, or Imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary for not more than two years,
or both fine and Imprisonment.
Traffic Manager Goes Free.
George H. Crosby, former assistant
freight traffic manager Of the Chica-
go, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
| who was charged with conspiring
with Thomas and Taggart TO pay
concessions, was discharged by Judge
MCPHERSON. The court sustained u
demurrer presented by Judge Spen.
Ger, OF st. Joseph. general solicitor
of the railway, who contended that
no evidence had been presented to
connect Crosby with the alleged con-
spiracy.
The Armour Packing Company,
Swift & Co., Cudahy & Co, and the
Nelson. Morris Packing Company
were tried jointly and convicted on
the charge of accepting concessions
from the Burlington railroad in con.
nection with connecting lines. on
packing house products for export via
New York.
Railroad Convicted.
The Burlington Railroad Company
was convicted on four counts OF
granting concessions to the packing
companies of Armour Swift, Cudahy
and Nelson Morris. The penalty pro