Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
Additional Indictments Expect
ed in Beef Trust Cases.
TEN TRUE BILLS RETURNED
Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade Al
legged by Government.
UNDER SHERMAN TRUST LAW
Investigation by Federal Grand
Jury in Chicago-Accused Men
Under Heavy Bond.

Under deaVy Bona.
CHICAGO, September 13.-Two addition
al packers are expected to be indicted by
the federal grand jury, which yeste' day
charged ten Chicago meat packers with
conspiracy and illegal monopoly, and TO-
day the government announced its inten-
tion to secure early trial of all. The ad-
ditional indictments. its is minated. may
not come until the ten men already
named have given bond.
Each must provide $1o.aO personal
bond on each of the indictments returned
Judge h. NJ. Landis. who started the
present investigation into the packing IN
dustry. refuses TO admit surety COM
panies in his court bondsmen.
The men against whom presentments
have been handed up were not I'm court
today when the matter of their arrest
United States District Attorney James
WiIkerson for the government. He asked
that warrants be issued forthW1th TOT
the detention of the packers indicated
Attorney John s. Miller. senior coun-
sci for the packers. explained the absence
of the defendants:
Two Absent in Europe.
1.-TWO of them are in Europe he told
the court, "and the others have their big
business affairs to attend to. Though
they are ready to appear If they must.
we would like permission to enter bonds
for them with the clerk Of the court, un-
less your honor insists upon their ap-
pearance before YOU"
What amount of bond would you sug-
pest p asked the court
1T was 5000 five years ago, and that
is satisfactory answered Attorney
Miller.
Government Objects.
The attorney for the government OBJ
jected, however, asking that II be made
at least $4,000 on each of the three IN
dictments, and to this the packers rep
resentatives assented.
Nothing was said in court as to when
the defendants should appear to stand
trial. United States District Attorney
Edwin w. Sims, however, said later an
effort would be made to push II ahead.
and Attorney Levy Mayer. speaking for
the packers, said no delay would be
Who the, men. later to be indicted were
was kept a close secret with the gov
ernment attorneys. 1t is understood.
however. one New York packer and an
No indictments in the alleged oleomar-
garine frauds are expected for several
days. ii was announced.
indictments Already Returned.
]. Ogden Armour. Louis F. Swift. Ed
ward Morris and Edward Tilden. the
big four of the Chicago beef trust.
were indicted yesterday afternoon and
the indictments have been returned
I'm court These men are charged
with being combination in re-
straint of trade in violation Of the
sherman antitrust law. which. In plain
words, means that they have entered a
conspiracy TO crush competitors and ar
bitrarily fix the price of meats TO the
consumer. In addition to the big four
many other lesser lights In the beef
combine were INDICTED. No corporation
was named in the indictments and II
was declared the individual directors and
owners of the beef trust will he prose-
cuted to the full extent OF the law.
Bench warrants were issued for the
indicted packers but were not served.
as all Of the accused promised to be
present In court when wanted and
furnish bond. The attorneys for the
packers are John 5. Miller, who once
secured them their famous immunity
BATH" and Levy Mayer.
Indictments Returned.
The following is a full list of those in
dicted and their official positions:
l.. F. Swift. president OF Swift & Co. );
Edward F. Swift. vice president OF Swift
& Co. Charles II. Swift. director of
Swift Co: Francis A Fowler, director
of Swift & Co; Edward Tilden, presi-
dent OF the National Packing Company
j. Ogden Armour president OF Armour
& Co: Arthur Meeker. general manager
of Armour & Co.; Thomas J. Connors.
superintendent of Armour & Co.; Ed
| ward Morris. president of Morris Il Go. !;
Louis H. Heyman. manager of Morris a
| Co. There are three indictments against
each. The first charges the defendants
with engaging in a combination in re-
straint of interstate trade in fresh meats
The second is practically the same as
| the first, but charges conspiracy. The
| third charges the defendants with monop-
olizing trade in fresh meats by unlawful
means.
Provisions of the Law.
Under section OF the Sherman anti
trust law those convicted under this
indictment may be sent to prison for
one year, fined 5000. or both. in the
| discretion of IL. court. Section reads
as follows:
Every person who shall monopolize or
| attempt TO nonopoize or combine to con-
spire with any person or persons to mo-
nopolize any part of the trade or COM
| merce among the several states or with
/ foreign nations shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor. and on conviction
| thereof shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding 5000 or by imprisonment not ex-
| ceedinC one year or by both said punish
| ments. in the discretion of the courts.
| To saw that the return of the true
bills was a sensation at the Federal
| hrildiny and in the stock yards would
be painting the situation mildly. AL
/ though the packers were expecting an
| Indictment against some of their number,
| they were not looking for such sweep
ing arraignment
Judge Landis' Instructions.
That the purpose of the grand jury in
o,irv was the indictment OF individual Is
rather than of packing corporations was
shown when Judge Kenesaw NJ Landis
who imposed the twenty-nine- million-dol-
lar standard OIL fine. instructed the in
vestigators. He said:
.Jt sometimes happens that a person
| ahou, 10 violate the law takes a name
other than his own. John Jones' under.
,aLinu 10 counterfeit gold dollars changes
his name to John Smith, or the Metals
Fabricating Company. and under that
name does the thing forbidden by law.
i .If YOUR investigation disclOses such a
a case do not indict a mere alias. but fol-