New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-05
FINED $4,000
"Worst Type of Criminal Society
Is Damned With" Wise SAYS.
WIRE POOL. ORGANIZER PAYS
H. L. Satterlee Changes Pic2
and Is Fined S1,000-Ten Men
Remain To Be Heard From.

Edwin f. Jackson. jr the organizer "',n
supervisor Of the nine steel wire p'oi'
which led TO the Indictment Oh ci6h'S
tbroe steel men for violation OF thc 9"e'
man law. was fined yesterday $''VV pS
r,dge Archibald of the United states 'r
ont, court After Henry 4. Wise. unlted
c,otes Attorney. had made strong pea
g. ,ha IMPRISONMENT OF Jackson. Judge
,rcbbaId decided 10 impose the HaNiinuh
five of $500 for each OF the nine H,u',
roorts found against Jackson. Mr.. Wise
a,a ,o,er that he would seek Jackson :
disbarment.
number of men indicted in the steer
wire cases appeared in court yesterday ~
,,ead "nolo contendere." Delaney NlOoH'
az counsel for Jackson, entered the same
plea for his client.
ur Wise asked Judge Archibald to I'M
r,oeo \ nrison sentence He said Jackson
had been a lawyer twenty years and had
I'oo,, ,,olatine the law during the whole OF
that time.
He was not a manufacturer the pr
cutor continued, he was rot seeking 4"
manufacturer profit. He wanted 10 earn
millions. and he went after the manu-
facturers and induced them 10 come ii''o
the pools. uu,
oIn my opinion this man is the worst
TYNE of criminal society can be daihheu
with. He was we'll versed in the sherman
law He knew he was violating TINS law
and he dragged others into 1t. lie coulu
rot have earned the great fortune he mas
in a legitimate law practice
In describing the office OF jackson as one
If the largest law Offices in the CITY, MI.
wise said that no lawyers could be touhd
there but accountants, detectives PHI
yato and secret books containing many
lies. -.,o. >,
If that is honorable legal practice'
Mr. Wise exclaimed, Il want TO get out OF
the profession But l know 1t Is ues-
picable practice and l want to appear 10
this court TO put this man out OF the pro-
fession.'
Tho prosecutor then said that the records
showed that Jackson's net profits from 'he
manipulation OF the steel WIRE pooIS
amounted 10 s21tOO In 1908 and to $4,000
In 1919 There were no records to snow
his profits for the following years, because
the hooks had been spirited away
To show that Jackson had full knowledge
Of the Illegally Of the schemes. Mr.. wise
read several letters to or by Jackson. one
renned by him to one Of the participants
I'm a pool said: The Department OF JUS
tice is too busy chasing after big game TO
get after us ~
And to this the man replied: Are the
other trusts bigger than ours? ! think
ours is big enough and l for one refuse
TO go on with it."
Another letter to Jackson written by a
pool member contained this surprising eN-
preston: 1T is said that there Is hohor
among thieves but there is none among
our associations.
Mr.. Wise concluded by saying that the
imposition Of a fine in this case would oe
almost a Joke, and that If punishment
commensurate with the offence was TO De
inflicted II would have 10 be prison SEN
| tence
Judge Archibald said that il was not pos
sible at the time TO get documentary
proof TO the assertion Of the prosecutor
but that II appeared sufficiently demon
strated that but for Jackson the illegal
agreements would not have been carried
ont When the Judge said that he felt an
evcention should be made in this case
Jackson grew pale and seemed to stagSer
under the possibility Of a Jail sentence.
Il will eliminate the question or prs
on sentence" added the Judge 10 JACK
enr'e evident relief and then imposed a
fine of Sc. 900 for each indictment, mahiHs
a total Of $4,000. 49,.
Jackson left the courtroom In a rather
sbakv condition. An hour later ne re-
turned TO the building and paid ms mn
10 Commissioner shields III -FOUR SlV'V''
t;tt. opI TON 5000 bills
Herbert L. Satterlee, son-n-iaW or y.
= Morgan. was the first steel man 10
niead Yesterday afternoon. He changed
he nlea II mot guilty" TO a plea OF 'nolo
contendere" and was fined $1,000.
Ills counsel James r. Sheffield, told
Judge Archibald that Mr.. Satterlees con
nection with the Rubber Covered w IRE
Association was as president OF the Haolr-
shaw Wire Company. He became such as
an incident to professional duty, ana
without having any pecunlary interest III
H. II he had been party 10 VOCATION VI
tho sherman law II was unintentional
Others who pleaded and were fined ) ,OVO
u.ere William = Kyle, Wallace d Rum
soy George f. Hoton, Frederick j. haIh
I u Olsen James II. Sieberltng and ben
iamin : Wolf Eugene +. philips. plead-
ing 10 three indictments, was nned 81, w
In all fines amounting to So3,ZVO were I'M
posed Yesterday. making a total IN the
wire cases of $l36.10O. There are ten men
left who will have To plead upon their re
turn to the city ,t..
The indictment against Erskine Hewitt
was found TO have been an error and IL
was duashed by Judge Archibald.