Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-15
SUPREME COURT DEF|ED

Hut II appears that men who have
been accused Of seri@us Ofrenses by a
Federal grand jury are looked upon rs
superior citizens ana competent Cook
County grand jurors by the jury com.
mission.
The people will wake up to the situa.
ton hcrcabouts some day ana then
there will be something doing.
The following individuals were In.
dlctcd by the Federal grand jury In
1905 for conspiracy In conspIring to re-
strain commerce and trade by monopo.
LIKING the meat product ana for VIC.
lating the Sherman Antitrust law:
or Armour & Col. Ogden Armour.
president. Chicago: Charles W. Ar.
monr. Kansas City. president Of the
Armour Packing Company; Thomas
J. Connors. superintendent. Chicago !:
Samuel 4. Mclsoberts. assistant treas
urrr. Chicago: Arthur Meekcr. general
manager. Chicago: Patrick 4. valcn.
tine. treasurer. Chicago.
or Swift 4 CO.-Lawrence A. Car
ton. treasurer. Chicago: Arthur T..
Evans. special counsel. Chicago; ID. H.
Hartwell, secretary. Chicago; Il. C..
McAianus, special counsel. Chicago
Louis f.. Edward T.. and Charles II.
Swift. president. vlce-presIient. and
director. respectively, Chicago: A. II.
Veeier. general counsel. Chicago.
or the Fairbanks Canning Company
-I.dwnri Morris. vicc.prcsident. Chi,
cago; Ira 4. Morris, secretary. Chi.
cagO.
OF tn" CudMhy Packing Company
Edward 4. Cudlahy, vlce-presidcnt and
general manager. Omaha.
Corporations indicted Armour 4
Co.. Of Illinois; Armour Packing Com
Iany. organized under the laws Of New
Jersey Swift & Co., Fairbanks Can.
ming Company, and the Cudaly Pack.
Ing Company.
Armour. Mecker and others Indicted
with them all escaped trial ana prOba-
BILE conviction by the ruling Of Judge
that they were entitled to Immunity be.
cause they had furnished evidence
against themselves under cOmpulsion
sufficient to convict. although he held
that the corporations Indicted were not
entitled to immunity and must stand
trial.
But the opinion Of the people with
regard to these men has never changed.
and the Indignation Of the American
public from President Roosevelt down
has been frequently voiced. ana the
feeling In growing stronger and strong.
or In the matter.
And the Supreme Court of the United
States decided March II. 1900. that
trusts and officers of trusts could he
compelled to furnish evidence against
themselves and could be fined and hi
prlsOned on such testimony.
Notwithstanding these facts the jury
commission takes some of these
men In order to Ill up Cook County
grand juries with "leading citizens"
Here are some facts to bear this
statement out:
Arthur Meeker. manager for Armour
& Company, has been drawn as a mem.
Der of the January body.
Every grand jury for months back
has been well filed up with representa-
tives of the stock yards interests.
James w. SmlthsOn. purchasing
agent for Armour 4 Company, was on
the venire for the October grand Jury.
Among the StOckyards people drawn
upon the September Grand Jury We're !:
Wilbur l.. Irwin, superintendent,
Union Stock Yards.
J. J. Carey, manager for Nelson Nor
ris 4 Company, Union Stock Yards.
Armour & Company had no men
the July Grand Jury 70 far as can be
ascertained.
Swift 4 Company, however. were
we'll represented.