Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-02
SUPRE ME COURT DEF|ED

But 1t appears that men who have
been accused Of serious offenses by a
Federal grand Jury are looked upon as
superior citizens and competent Cook
County grand jurors by the jury com.
mission.
The people will wake up to the situa.
ton hereabouts some dry and then
there will be something doing.
Tho following individuals were In.
dicted BY the Federal grand jury In
1905 for conspiracy In conspiring to re-.
strain commerce and trade BY monopo.
liking the meat product and for VIC.
lating the Sherman Antitrust law:
OF Armour 4 Col. Ogden Armour,
president. Chicago: Charles W. Ar.
mour, Kansas City. president Of the
Armour Packing Company; Thomas
J. Connors. superintendent. Chicago !;
Samuel A. Mclsoberts. assistant treas
urer. Chicago; Arthur Meeker, general
manager. Chicago; Patrick A. valen.
tine. treasurer, Chicago.
OF Swift h Co.-Lawrence A. Car.
ton, treasurer, Chicago; Arthur +.
Evans. special counsel. Chicago; ID. 4.
Hartwell, secretary, Chicago; Is. c.
McAfanus, special counsel. Chicago /;
Louis F., Edward f.. and Charles H..
Swift, president. vlce-president. and
director. respectively. Chicago; A. IL.
veeter, general counsel, Chicago.
OF the Fairbanks Canning Company
--I1dwnrd Morris. vicc.president, Chi.
cago; Ira A. Morris. secretary, Chi.
cago.
OF tho Cudahy Packing Company
Edward A. Cudahy. vice-presidcnt and
general manager, Omaha.
Corporations indicted Armour 4
Co., Of Illinois; Armour Packing Com.
pany, organised under the laws Of New
Jersey; Swift 4 Co., Fairbanks Can.
ming Company, and the Cudahy Pack.
Ing Company.
Armour, Meeker and others indicted
with them all escaped trial and pr0ba.
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. and the
feeling ID growing stronger and strong.
er In the matter.
And the Supreme Court Of the United
States decided March ~, 1900. that
trusts aud officers Of trusts could he
compelled to furnish evidence against
themselves and could be fined and i'm.
prlsOned on such testimony.
Notwithstanding these facts the jury
commission takes some OF these
men In order to al up Cook County
grand juriss with "leading citizens
Hes ere some facts to bear this
NStatement out
Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour
4 Company, has been drawn % mem.
Der OF the January body.
Every grand Jury for months back
has been well filled up with representa-.
tives Of the stock yards interests
James w. Smiths0n, 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 were:
Wilbur L. Irwin, superintendent,
Union Stock Yards.
J. J. Carey, manager for Nelson Nor.
ris 4 Company, Union Stock Yards.
Armour 3 Company had no men
the July Grand Jury 70 tar ~ can bs
ascertained.
Swift = Company. howsvss, we've
weh repeessntsd.