New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
TRUST HEADS INDICTED
BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Government Makes Criminal
Charges Against 30 National
Cash Register Men.
ADAMS EXPRESS ACCUSED
True Bill Alleges Exacting OF
More than Published Rates
Score of Other In
dictments.

Cincinnati. Feb a9.-Thir;y indictmc2ts
cbar~inr conspIracy to CbstrUct and mo-
nopoIiZa the cash register business In Vio-
lation of the criminal provisions of the
Sherman antitrust law, were returned TO-
Gay against officials and sales agents OF the
National Cash Register Company, or Day
ton Ohio: At the same time the frst move
OF the government to prevent violations OF
tho interstate commerce law regulating cX-
urcss charges resulted I'm an indictment.
with eleven counts against the Adams FIX
press Company. The company was charged
with having exacted more than the pub
lIshcd rates from shippers Seven 'incin-
natl manufacturing concerns were indicted.
They are alleged to have violated the inter
state commerce law by obtaining low
transportation rates through undervalua-
ton. There was nearly score of minor
individual indictments.
rcw Workers Indicted.
The National Cash Register men indicted
and their relation to the concern are John
II Patterson president; Edward A. Deeds
vice-president; George c. Edgeter, secre-
tary; W. f Bippus, treasurer; William H.
Muzzey william Plum and Alfred A.
Thomas, directors, all OF Dayton; Rooer'
| Patterson director Chicago; Thomas j.
Watson, sales manager, Dayton; Joseph r.
| Rogers, assistant sales manager, Dayton
| Alexander c. Harner. secretary OF the sales
department. Dayton, and the folloWine
| sales managers of branches: Frederick >
High. Boston: Pliny Ewes, Buffalo; Arthur
Wentz, Columbus. Ohio; George Morgan
/ Atlanta; Charles T. Walmsley. Chicago
! Charles A. Snyder, San Francisco waiter
| Cool. Denver: Myer n. Jacobs. Pittsburgh
NJ L. Iasey Detroit. Earl y. wilson
! Jonathan Il. Hayward, Alexander W. SIN
| clair. John J. Range Edgar Park, alias
| G u. Foote, and NJ. G. Keith, New YORK
W. NJ. Cummings. Brooklyn: ]. c. Laird
| Philadelphia: W. g. Howe. 81. Louis and
| T. H. Epperson. Minneapolis.
The sales methods OF the company were
the chief causes Of the indictments. accord
! ing TO United States District Attorney Nc
| Pherson. who declared competitors Of The
company had been hsrassed out of tho
| field. He said:
This restraint has been in operation for
! the last twenty wears, although the specihc
| charge ia confined Ia the last three years
The principal unlawful means outlined IN
the Indictment are the hribing or employees
OF competitors and OF transportation, teIe-
graph and telephone companies, the hiring
of employees away from competitors. the
recurring Of agents to interfere with safes
and to libel the machines Of competitors.
cutting prices selling limitations OF COM
petItIve machines made To use as KNOCK
ers,' and inJuring competitive machines
whenever possible
The second and third counts charged de-
fendants with monopolizing the cash reg
4. hsr pf ie Una ms
No date has been set for hearing before
Federal Judge Hollister. but II was said
the defendants would he notified 10 come
into court on n date n be arranged next
week civil suit is pending against all
hut seven NJ the defendants
Excessive Express Charges Alleged.
The indictments against the express COM
pany were the result OF an investigation
made here by a special agent Of the com
mission, +. =. Marsh and Attorney A.. q.
Gutheim. The indictments alleged that the
express company collected g a hundred
pounds on shipments from Indianapolis 10
Franklin, Penn. while tho rate between
the cities Is 81 75
Six manufacturing concerns of this city
were charged with having violated the In
terstate commerce law by undertaking.
goods for shipment in an effort TO get low
or transportation rates. Among the other
indictments was that Of the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company, charged with false
billing Of glassware
An indictment with eight counts was
brought against the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad. charging violation OF the inter
state commerce laws The road was alleged
TO have failed to mark shipments Of cattle
properly.
The indictment of the Adams Express
Company is the first Of what probably may
be a series OF indictments elsewhere against
various express companies for exacting
from shippers more than the published
rates.