The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-06
4RlAAtl OF Oh DEFENDANTS IN IN
.BATHTBB= CASES STARTS
-FOUR ESCAPE PROSECUTION
Government viii Not Proceed
Against Men Who Acted in
Clerical Capacity
MORE ADMIT THEIR GUILT
List Standing Trial Now Re-
duced To Thirteen Firms and
Twenty-three Individuals

Defendants In the bathtub trust
prosecution were thicker than flies
around a sugar barrel In the United
States district court" Tuesday morn
ing. the time fixed for the beginning
OF the trials OF the firms and individ-
uab indicted by q federal grand Jury
herr more than a year ago ON charges
OF entering into a combination in re-
lstraint OF trade and conspiring TO
enter into q combination. In violation
of the Sherman antitrust law. Be
canse OF the absence OF several OF the
individual defendants. Judge Angeit,
after n few formalities, adjourned
court until o'clock, To give the 9TH
ers an opportunity TO put In an APP
peArance- ,e~
Attorneys for the defendants ex-
planned that some of the latter were
II the city but were at breakfast.
while about n half dozen others were
stil on the train from the east, which
vas late. as usual
Frank II. Watson. special counsel
for the government, asked the court
10 issue warrants for those defend
arts who were In the city and had
not responded to their names, but the
court was disposed to make allow
ances In view OF the fact that several
others had not arrived. through the
fault Of the railroads, and did not take
Mr. Watson's request for warrants
seriously.
Originally there were 16 corpora
ton and "a individual defendants. or
the former, three have changed their
pleas OF not guilty To nollo contendere
within the last few days, reducing the
number OF corporation defendants to
10, or the "a, individuals, four have
: Srfeaded nollo contendere; one. Lud-
wig WolfY, president OF the l.. Wolff
Manufacturing Co, Chicago, is dead:
another, j. l. Mott, OF the j. l.. Mott
Iron Works, of New York, has never
heen served. and a third. j. e. Wright,
OF the Wheeling Enameled Iron Co.
OF Wheeling, w. Va, Is unable to ap-
pear on account OF illness.
The number OF individual defend
ants 10 stand trial. is further reduced
by orders OF nolle prosequi entered,
Tuesday morning, on motion of MIR.
Watson, In the cases OF J. j. Ma
honey. vice-president OF the Cahill
Iron works: w. G.. Winfield, presi
ient OF the Day Ward Co.: George w.
Franzheim. secretary OF the Wheeling
Enameled Iron Co, and Bert o. TIL
den. secretary OF the Colwell Lead Co.
Mr.. Watson represented that these
men had taken no active part in the
alleged conspiracy and combination,
but had acted merely ira clerical ca
pacity
AS the roster stands now, l3 firms
and "a individuals will go TO trial. but
OF the latter only % are present In
court. Mr.. Wright being Ill. as already
stated. y.lether there is anything
significant in that combination OF fig
ures. 13 and %. remains to be seen.
II was expected that other defend
ants would enter pleas OF nollo con-
tendere. Tuesday morning, but this
was not done. There is a possibility,
however. that they will be submitted
this afternoon. The selection OF
jury Is expected to take up large
part OF the afternoon II not longer.
The prosecution OF the alleged trust
IA in.>the hands OF Edwin y. Gros-
venor. special assistant to the attor:
ney.general OF the United States: Dis
-trict Attorney Tuttle and Mr.. Watson.
with Joseph Darling, another special
man from the department OF Justice
on the side lines. The active counsel
for the defendants are Robert g.
Noble. Of New York: Robert b. Hun
niman, New York: ex-Gov. Walter b.
Lyon, OF Pittsburgh, and Henry r.
Continued on PaKe seven.