The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-21
WILL GET THEM
Beef Trust Barans to be Proceeded
Asains, Individually u
TIE CRIMINAL COURT

They Cannot Hide Behind Their
Firms Any Longer. But Must Faee
the Music--JudSe Landis Urges
Jury to Track Malefactors Through
Mazes OF Corporation Law.
The federal grand jury which has
been investigating Chicago packers.
late Tuesday returned indictments
against ten high officials OF Swift,
Armour and Morris concerns. There
are three indictments against each.
charging com bination. conspiracy and
illegal monopoly.
The men indicted are: L z. Swift.
president Of Swift & Co.: Edward
Swift, vice president OF Swift and
Co.; Charles H Swift. director OF
Swift & Co.; Francis A. Fowler. dir
ector OF Swift & Co.: Edward TIL
den. president Of the National Pack
,, Ing company: J. Ogden Armour, pres
ident OF Armour & Co: Arthur Meek
er. genera! manager Of Armour 4 Co:
! Thomas J. Corners, superintendent
of Armour and Co.: Edward Norris
oresiden: Of Morris and Co.; and
Louis Heyman manager Of Aorrse
and Co.
The frs, indictment charges all
defendants with engaging IN COM
sna,ion in restrain: Of interstate
,:ade in fresh meats.
The second charges conspiracy.
The third charges the defendants
with monopolizing the trade In fresh
meats by unlawful means.
Tina, the purpose Of the grand jury
inquiry vas the Indictment Of indi-
viduals rather than the packing cor
poru,icns was shown when Judge
kenesaw II. Lands. famous for the
SEQ. 100000 Standard Oil fne start
ed the investigation
1T sometimes happens that =
person about to violate the law takes
a name other than his own" said
Judge Lands in his charge 70 the
grand Jury.
John Jones. undertaking to coan-
,erfeit gold dollars. changes his
name to John Smith. or the Metals
Fabr!catins company. aad under that
came does the thing forbidden by
law.
.ly your Investigation discloees
such case do 10. irdict a mere
alias. but follow the trai! wherever
1t may Lead until you have located.
Identified and pointed out the real
oacnGers.'
The Investigation which has Just
-nded was the second started by
Ildse Lands within a year On
January 20 he ordered a grand jury
which. on March 20 indicted the Ma
sional Packing company and ten sub
sidiary concerns.
Attorneys for the packers iled a
demurrer to the indictments to the
indictments. On June %. Judge
lands sustained the demurrer, kill
ing the governments case agains. the
packing companies. At the same
,ime he issued an order for spec
tal grand jury venire OF IS men for
July u.
A. T. Fuller. vice pres!den. OF the
Nationa! Packing company: c. 5.
Snow. secretary and treasurer, and
Arthur co.5y. assisian, treasurer.
we're among the witnesses and were
said thus 10 have obtained immunity.
Moses II. Adams. secretary o. the
New York butchers dressed beef as
sociat!on. was most important wit
ness early in the investigation. He
told under protest how the Chicago
packers got control ot an indepen-
dent conceIn founded by the butch
ers SoE the purpose OF fighting tho
so-called trust.
The grand jury continued its work
Cor about month when. on August
II the arst sensation was sprung.
Thomas G. Lee. manager OF the
dressed beef department., OF Armour
& Co.. was indicted for perjury. The
grand jury also retained sensation
al report charging Alfred R Urion,
chief counsel for the compsny and
president ct the Chicago board OF ed
acation. and three Armour Office en-
: ployees with having destroyed s,en-
osraphers' note books" demanded
by the inquisitor!al body.
The men appeared in court and az
Ter a hearing lasting several days,
! Judge Lands dismissed the charge
| against Crion. Final disposition Of
! The perjury case was set for Sep;en-
Der 10.
In the Lee perjury indictment It
was charged that weekly meetings
are aeld IN Chicago at which the
packers dx prices and decide how
much business shall be done by each
company during the week.
The frst federal grand fury In
vestigat;ou OF the packers began In
March .. 1905. On July l. 1905, IN
dic;ments were returned agains. IS
individuals and Ave corporations. On
December l3. 1908. the tia! Of tho
packers began.
This dragged along until July l,
1905. when Judge Humphreys gave
his famous Immunity bath" 10 all
individuals on trial. He declared
:he defendants had been compelled
70 furnish testimony which resulted
in their indictments and that the
ease against them should BE dismiss