The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
NO MERCY FOR this TRUST
BtTHTI % tOuBINE SEEkS ~
ItgN FOR fOuPROMI>E,



Lawyers and the Federal Prosecutors.
WASHINGTON. Dec ~ While no Official
statement VIA. forthcoming from tn"
Department of Justice u was asssrtvd
here tonight on good authority that
the Govern m.nt intends To piish - -n't
under the sherman Law against TN"
thlrty-four individuals and sixteen cor
poration- alleged To max. up the hathtuh
trust and 10 secure Jail terms for IN"
individuals il possible This Information
WAS mad. public after "A Conference he
tween William - Kenyon. assistant IN
tn" Attorney G,n-rnl Edwin y Gro-N"-
NOR. special assistant to tn. Attorney
General. and Frank IL Watson. United
States District Attorney al Detroit. and
the legal Representatives of the de-
en dant- The trust was represen ted
by Hush Taggart of New York. Judg.
w l. Carp~n ter and Leo B'itZ.l of Detroit
They are understood To have offered "A
compromise They got littl. satisfaction
According 10 the best information ts-
compromise was To the effect that III"
trust would not oppos. the granting %!
an in jun elton bv the United States tSrCuIt
Co.Iri which would dissolve the alleged
combination IN restraint Of trade pro-
vid.d the Govern msn1 would allow the
defsn dant- to enter pleas Of guilty in the
criminal cases The Government was TO
a.. "A sh.n
thus pleaded guilty By such n com
promi-. the thirty -four ind vidual- would
hav" escaped all dan ger Of Jill sen ten ce-
II con vIction was secured.
Neither Mr. Kenyon nor Mr. Gro-venor
would discuss th.. case tonight, but TN.
Attorney General has defined his position
and that of his Department IN cases Of
this kind. In n recent suit against the
window glass trust at Pitisburg Mr..
Mlckersham expressed dl-sati-fa ction
when the defendants wer. allowed To- GO
into court. plead guilty aud pay "a fine,
thus escaping jail sentences that IA.
believed should have been imposed.
At that tim.. Mr.. Wickersham said that
wherever tn. Department found a viola
ton of the sherman antitrust law and
could institute" criminal proceedings ~
would pres. them. He believed that a
few jail terms would do NOR. to make
the sherman antitrust law respected
than a hundred fines
IL was reported Tonight that Mr.
Wick.rsham will not himself consider
the Offer ~ compromi-. made to-day
by the hathtub officials He has turned
the case over 10 Mr. Kenyon and Mr..
Grosv.nor and will follow their recon-
Insndations MFR. k.nyon's position in
such cases ~ almost a. we'll defined a.
that of tn. Attorney General. sine. he
has been conducting practically the same
sort II fight with the beef packers in
Chen GO who ar. seeking to avoid criminal
proceedings through civi>-oroc.edIngs
Th.. case against the bathtub trust j.
said to he exceptionally strong xvi
denc,. Of this was given several DAVIS
ago. when four concerns alleged Ia lee
IN m. trust gave notice that they had
Withdrawn
The two actions civil and criminal.
against tn. combination w.r. instituted
in different circuits. The civil suit was
begun IN tn. Fourth Circuit and hearings
befor. a master have been had IN several
large Eastern cities. In. taking Of
testimony has not been completed
Tn. criminal suits w~r" instituted at
Detroit IN the seventh Circuit. In thus
cas-. thirty four individuals and sixteen
corporations w.r. indicted The de-
PENDANTS were given until January 10
make th-ir appearance. The defendants
war. in many different States. 80 that
arrests were not made. II H. understood
that all iho-. indicted intend TO appear
at Detroit before the time set by Ia.
court Tn. amount II bond has been
fixed at sI.O0O IN the case. IL each in
diyidtlal