The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-13
COMBINATION, CONSPIRACY
AND MONOPOLY CHARGED
Jurors Were Instructed TO Gel
Real Offenders and Name
individuals

tby Hobptldto0 TTNsSJ
Chicago, Sept i3-Thc fedora
grand jury which has been lnvestigat
ing Chicago hackers. late Monday re
turned indictments against ten high
officials Of the Swift. Armour and
Morris concerns. There are three in
llctments against eacs. charging com
olnatIon, conspiracy and illegal mono
poly
The men indicted are. l. F. Swift
president OF Swift 4 Co.: Edward
Swift. vice president oil swift & Co..
Charles II. Swift, director OF Swift 4
CO.; Francis A. Fowler. director oi
Swift & Co.; Edward Tilden, president
Of the National Packing Co.. !, Og
den Armour. president OF Armour q
CO., Arthur Meker. general manage
Armour & Co., Thomas j Connors
superintendent OF Armour Co.: Ed
ward Morris, president OF Morris a
Co., and Louis II. Heyman. manager
of Morris & Co.
The frst Indictment in detail charg
es all defendants with engaging in =
trade In fresh meats.
The second charges conspiracy.
The third charges The defendants
with monopollzlng the trade in fresh
meats by unlawful means.
Aimed At individuals
That the purpose of the grand jury
inquiry was the indictment of indy
lduals rather than the packing cor
pCratlons, was shown when Judge
Kenesaw NJ. l.andls. famous for the
S29 100000 Standard OIL fine, launch
ed the investigation.
1T sometimes happens that n per
son about TO violate the law takes .
lame otaer than his own said judge
lands in his charge to the jury
John Jones undertaking TO counter
felt gold dollars, changes his name
to John Smith or the Metals Fabricat
ng company and under that name
does the thing forbidden by law.
IF your investigation dlscloses
such a case, do not indict a mere
alias. but follow the trail wherever II
may lead. until you nave located, iden
,iiied and pointed out the real oifend
ers."
The investigation which has just
ended was the second started by
Judge Lands within a year On Jan
nary 90 he ordered grand jury IN
quiry which on March 20 indicted me
National Packing company and tel
subsidiary concerns.
Attorneys for the packers filed
demurrer to the indictments. Or
june 2s. Judge Lands sustained th'
demurrer, killing the government
case against the packing companies
At the same time he issued an order
for a special grand jury yenire of q
men for July IA.
The witnesses who were snmmoneC
included employees OF the Chicago
companies, Eastern packers, small in
dependents, New York wholesale am
retail meat d4alers and packers iron
as far west as Denver, Colo.
Witnesses Secure immunity
A. 4. FULLER. vice president OF thl
National Packing company: G. q
SNOW, secretary and treasurer. an'
! Arthur Colby. assistant treasurer
were among the witnesses and ar
said thus to have obtained immunity
Moses II. Joseph. secretary OF tn
New York DutcaotB' dressed LeeI as
scciatIon. was the most imporlan
witness early In the investigation IL
told. under protest. how the chlcag
hackers got control OF an independ
ent concern founded by the butcher
for the purpose Of fighting ne sc
called trust. Altogether more thai
200 witnesses, more than half o
them from out OF town, were examil
ed.
The grand jury continued its worl
for about month. when on Angus
II he first sengation was sprnn}
Thomas q Lee, manager OF the dress
cd beef department OF Armour 4 Co
was indicted for perjury, The gran
Jury also returned sensational r.
port charging Alfred - urlon. chic
counsel for the company, and pres
dent OF the Chicago board OF educ.
ton, and three Armour employees VII
having destroyed stenographers' not
books demanded by the inqulsltorli
body
The men appeared In court and 2
ter hearing lasting several day
Judge lands dismissed the eharg
against Urion Final disposition
the perjury case was set for septcn
lber 10.
In the Lee perjury indictment
was charged that weekly meetings al
held in Chicago at which the packer
fix prices and decide how much bu
lness shall be done by the compan
during the week.
The grand jury practically ended i
inquiry week agop. Since that tin
? government attorneys nave speI
3 their time In conferences at which !
Q dictments were prepared
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