The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-17
Pending Possible Appeal of
Their Case to Supreme
Court, Bail May, Be Re-
fused Meat Magnates.
A RULING AGAINST
ACCUSED EXPECTED
Judge Kohlsaat Says All Ar
guments on Habeas Cor
pus Writ Must Be Con-
cluded Friday Night.
(National News Association

(National News Association)
Chicago. Nov. 17.-Judge Kohlsaat
today ordered that all arguments on
the motion to Quash writs Of habeasi
corpus for the nine millionaire beet,
packers must be completed by to-.
night. This action was generally TAX,
en- to indicate the judge would quash1
the writs and order the trial Of the
packers to begin Monday before Judge
Carpenter. !.
The nine indicted packers in the
beef trust cases may have to stay in
Jail pending the decision on an appeal
to the supreme court in case the writ
Of habeas corpus is Quashed. accord
ing to the startling admission made by
Levy Mayer in the close OF his argu-
ment today. Attorneys for the gov.
ernment say that the court may admit
the defendants to bail In case they ap.
peal, but also declare that the law
makes no provision for liberty on bail
under such conditions.
Argument Of Mayer.
In the event that Your Honor
quashes the writ we will pray an ap-
peal and raise the same questions for
review that we have raised here. For
that reason it was cautious foresight
on your part to get into this record
that there was positive physical re-
straint of the defendants after they
were surrendered on the habeas cor
pus." said Attorney Mayer.
1t became known that important
| witnesses for the government have
been instructed to hold themselves In
readiness for appearance on Tuesday.
November 81.
Lawyers who listened to the argu-
| ments on both sides are convinced
| that the arguments Of Attorney Mayer
and his associates in favor Of the writ
are beside the law and dependent on
illogical contentious.
Mr.. Mayors reference to the magni-
tude of the packers interests and the
! by the bad" Sherman act have been
| frequent.
The affidavits of all the nine indict.
ed packers that they had been held in
physical custody In the Office OF
United States Marshal Hoy were nled
in the court. The frst affidavit hied
was that Of Edward Morris. million
aire packer.
Arrests Alleged.
The affidavit sets up that. There
after the affiant remained In the room
for one hour and that during that
time either deputy marshal Crawley
or Deputy Marseilles remained con-
stantly In said room near the door
thereof. during the entire time. and
that no person therein could leave the
room, and that during that time Ar
thur Meeker asked Crawley whether
in case q writ should not be issued
that day in the habeas corpus proceed
ings the persons there present would
be allowed to go home for tho night,
and that Crawley said that they would
not, and that therefore the said Ar
thur Meeker asked Crawley whether
in such case the defendants would be
taken to a hotel, to which Crawley re-
piled that they could not be taken to
a hotel, but would be taken to tho
north side.
| The affidavit closes with the naive
assertion that Mr.. Morris understood
Crawley to mean by the words north
SIDE" the Cook county jail, which II
sometimes colloqually referred to In
| Chicago az the North Side"
Tho ..nftif,,1'' story If the arreaf ~
the packers and their unrest caused
by the threat to send them to the
north side." was regarded as = good
joke by the big crowd in the court
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