The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-13
TWO MORE MEAT
PACKERS WILL Be
INDICTED SOON
Indictments Were Returned
Yesterday Against Officers
OF Companies
OFFICIALS RATHER THAN THE
CORPORATIONS CR|M|NALlY LIABLE

SpOnsibfl1ty of Those Who Form
Corporations for Purpose of Evading
Results of Violation of the Law.
Chicago, Sept. 13.-Two more meat
packers are expected to be indicted
by the federal grand jury. which yes
terday charged ten Chicago packers
with conspiracy and illegal monopoly.
The government announced Its in
tention to secure an early trial of all.
The additional indictments, it is es-
timated, may not come until the ten
men already named have given bond.
Each must provide a $4,000 personal
bond on each of the three indictments
returned. Judge X. NJ. Lands. who
started the present investigation into
the packing industry, refusing to ad-
NIT surety companies into his court
as bondsmen.
None of the men against whom the
presentments have been handed up
was in court today when the matter
Of their arrest was brought up by
Special Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney James Wilkerson for
the government. He asked that war;
| rants be issued for the forthwith de-
tention of the packers indicted.
Attorney John s. Miller, senior
counsel for the defendants, explained
their absence. 1.-TWO of them are in
Europe" he told the court, land the
others have their big business affairs
to attend to.
Who Of the men later to be indicted
was kept close secret with the gov
eminent attorneys.
That the purpose of the grand jury
inquiry was the indictment of in
dividuals. rather than the packing
corporations was shown when Judge
Kenesaw Lands, famous for the $29,-
100000 STANDARD Oil fine. launched
the invesngatioh.es:.'> - I. - =
"It sometimes happens that per-
son about to violate the law takes q
name other than his own" said Judge
Landis in his charge to the jury.
John Jones undertaking to counter
felt gold dollars changes his name to
John Smith or the metals fabricating
company and under that name does
the thing forbidden by law.
"1f your investigation discloses
such a case, do not indict a mere
alias, but follow the trail wherever
1t may lead until you have located,
identified and pointed out the real Of
tenders"
The investigation which has just
ended was the second started by
Judge Landis within year. On Jan
uary 20 he ordered a grand jury in
quiry which on March 20 indicted the
National Packing company, and ten
subsidiary concerns.
Attorneys for the packers filed a
demurrer to the indictments. On
June % Judge Lands sustained the
demurrer, killing the government s
case against the packing companies.
At the same time, he issued an order
for a special grand jury venire of
seventy-five men for July IA.
A. T. Fuller. vice president of the
National Packing company; c. c.
Snow. secretary and treasurer, and
Arthur Colby, assistant treasurer,
were among the witnesses summoned
and were sad to thus to have OBJ
tained immunity. Moses H. Joseph,
secretary of the New York Butchers
Dressed Beef association was the
most important witness early in the
investigation. He told under protest
how the Chicago packers got control
of an Independent concern founded
by the butchers for the purpose of
fighting the .so-called trust. Alto
gether more than 200 witnesses were
examined.
The grand Jury continued its work
for about a month when on August
II the first sensation was sprung.
Thos. G. Lee, manager of the dressed
beef department of Armour and COM
pany, was indicted for perjury. The
grand jury also returned sensation
al report charging Alfred r. Urion,
chief counsel for the company and
president of the Chicago board of
education and three Armour office
employees with having destroyed stem
ographer's note books demanded by
the inquisitorial body.
The men appeared in court and
after hearing lasting several days,
Judge Landis dismissed the charge
against Urion. Final disposition. of
the perjury case was set for Septem-
ber 10.
In the Lee perjury Indictment, 1t
was charged that weekly meetings
are held in Chicago at which the pack
ers fix prices and decide how much
business shall be done by each COM
pany during the week.
The grand jury practically ended its
inquiry a week ago. Since that time,
government attorneys have spent
their time in conferences at which
indictments were prepared.
The men indicted are l.. F.. Swift,
president of Swift and company: Ed
ward Swift. vice. president Of Swift
and company; Charles H. Swift, direc-
tor of Swift and company; Francis
A. Fowler. director Of Swift and COM
pany: Edward Tilden, president OF
the National Packing company; ].
Ogden Armour, president Of Armour