Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
PACKERS GIVEN Two WEEKS
Men Indicted in New Jersey Allowed
Time to Appear.
CAP1AsEs WILL BE IssUE1
Those Who Do Not Answer VOIun-
tarily VIII BE Arrested-WiH
Attack Charter of National
Packing Company. e.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-TWO weeks will
be allowed the indicted directors of the Ma
tional Packing company in which to appear
for pleading to the true bill OF conspiracy
found against them yesterday by the Hud-
son county grand jury In Jersey City.
Prosecutor Garven said tonight that there
was no disposition to be unreasonable in
the case and that every opportunity would
be given the indicted corporations and
their officers to come into court of their
own free will. II this opportunity were dis
regarded, however, or If any disposition was
shown to treat the proceedings with levity,
as had been intlmated was the case In
some quarters, he should move with speed
and severity.
"Capiases will be issued at once" said
Mr., Garven, land II those named in the
papers refuse to answer Of their own free
will, extradition proceedings will be issued
and some of these gentlemen will find
themselves in Hudson county with what
perhaps may be unexpected celebrity"
May Dissolve Company.
Prosecutor Garven believes he has evil
dence to prove that the National Packing
company, though not a holding company
for the Armour, swift and other properties
in the sense that the Northern Securities
company was adjudged a holding company,
Is nevertheless by virtue Of its influential
directorate, a clearing house for the pack
ers who thus retain a semblance Of compe-
tition while in reality forming a close
combination to%'defraud, cheat, impoverish
and Cypress the public" as charged in the
indictment. He will therefore move the
dissolution OF the company as well as for
the sentence of its off GERS
Lemuel b. Patterson, one of the de-
PENDANTS, narrowly escaped summary ar
rest yesterday afternoon. 1t is understood
he came all the way from Chicago to APP
pear before the grand jury should his tes-
timony be desired, and unfortunately for
him arrived at the court house Just as
the Jury was going into court.
HurFies Across River.
Prosecutor Garvin Immediately had a
capias issued for him, but he hurried
from the building and across the Hudson
river to New York.
Besides being a director of the Ma
tionAl Packing company, Mr. Patterson
Is shown by the records Of the secretary
Of state of New Jersey to be It's first
vice president.
There was surprise today at the indict-
ment OF Ira N. Morris, as It was known
thht ne hau sent q lawyer 20 Jersey CITY
last Wednesday with an affidavit that
Mr.. Morris had resigned from the board
of directors of the National Packing
company, At that time Prosecutor Gar
ven informed the lawyer that an indict-
ment had been found against his client
but in explanation Of the return Of an in
dictment yesterday. Prosecutor GaTven
now says that although Mr.. Morris is not
Volving large sums Of money and that II,
had representatives In Wall street.
at present a member of the board OF direc-
tors OF the National Packing company
he was on the directorate at the tim
tho conspiracy is alleged 10 have beer
] committed.
Indications were tonight that the legal
talent Of the defense Will concentrate
itself on an attack on the validity OF