Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-13
Indictments
 Against Packers
FEDERAL GRAND JURY NAMES
 TEN HIGH OFFICIALS.
THREE INDICTMENTS
Swift, Armour and Morris Concerns Are Affected-Restraint of Trade, Conspiracy and Monopoly Charged.

Chicago, Sept. 12.-The federal grand jury which has been Investigating Chi cago packers late today returned in- dictments against ten high officials of Swift, Armour and Morris concerns. There are three indictments against each, charging combination conspira cy and illegal monopoly.
 The men indicted are: L. F. Swift, president Edward Swift, vice presi- dent: Charles H. Swift and Francis A. Frater directors of Swift & company Edward Tilden, president of the Ma tional Packing company; J. Ogden Ar mour, president; Arthur M eeker. gen. eral manager. and Thomas J. Corners, superintendent of Armour 6 company: Edward Morris, president, and Louis H. Heyman, manager of Morris & company.
 The first indictment in detail charges all defendants with engaging in combination in restraint of inter state trade in fresh meats.
 The second charges conspiracy.
 The third charges the defendants with monopolizing the trade in fresh meat by unlawful means.
 Instructions by Judge Landis.
 That the purpose of the grand jury inquiry was the indictment of individ- uals rather than of packing corpora : tions was shown when Judge kenesaw M. Landis. who imposed the $29 900. 900
 
 vestigators.
 Tt sometimes happens that a person about to violate the law takes name other than his own" said Judge Lan- dis in his charge to the jury. John Jones, undertaking to counterfeit gold Smith, or the Metals F'abricating com pany, and under that name does the thing forbidden by law.
 If your investigation discloses such case, do not indict mere alias. but follow the trail wherever it may lead until you have found. identified and pointed out the real offenders"
 The investigation just ended was the second started by Judge Landis with in year. On Jan. 20 he ordered a grand jury inquiry which on March 20 resulted in the indictment of the Ma t:onal Packing company and the subsi- diary concerns.
 Special Grand Jury Venre Ordered.
 Attorneys for the packers filed de- murrer to the indictments. On June 23 Judge Landis sustained the demurrer. killing the government case against the packing companies. At the sam 2 time he issued an order for a special grand jury venire of seventy five men for July 14.
 Summoned Employees as Witnesses.
 The witnesses who were summoned included employees of the Chicago com panies, eastern packers, small inde- pendents, New York wholesale and re- tail meat dealers and packers from as far west as Denver.
 A. T. Fuller, vice president of the National Packing company: c. c. snow, secretary and Urea surer. and Ar thur Colby, assistant trea surer, were among the witnesses and were said thus to have obtained immunity. How the Packers Crushed Com etition
 Moses H Joseph, secretary of the New York Butchers Dressed Beef as sociation, was the most important wit ness early in the nvestigation. He told how the Chicago packers got con- trol of an important concern founded by the butchers to fight the alleged trust. Altogether more than 200 wit nesses were examined