Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-20
BATHTUB TRUST
IS FOUND GUILTY
Second Trial on Charges of Grim
inal Conspiracy in Restraint
of Trade.

Detroit, Feb. 1.-THE so-called batbtub
trust was to-day found guilty of criminal
conspiracy in restraint of trade by q fury
in United States district court. The act.
as charged, is a misdcmeanor and the
penalty provides imprisonment not ex-
ceeding one year or O. fine of 81, 600 or both
Last November the so-called trust was
dissolved by the Supreme Court in a
civil suit Instituted at Baltimore. The
criminal case to-day was a re-trial. the
first trial having resulted In a disa gree
ment
After the announcement OF the verdict
Judge Clarence ". Sessions adjourn cd
court until tomorrow at ten O'Clock when
he Will pronounce sentence It was the
second antitrust case decided in favor of
the government in the local court within
the last week. the other case being against
the boot and shoe last trust" The Jury
required four hours to reach a verdict.
The following are the defendants found
guilty Theodore Ahrens Of the Stand
ard Sanitary Manufacturing company OF
Pittsburg. both individual and corpora b
ton indicted Jesse r. Duryea- New York
| r. l.. Dawes of the Standard Sanitary
Manufacturing company; Francis T. Ter
Manu1aCturlng
company; I. r. Barnes of the Barnes
Manufacturing company Of Mansfield,
| Ohio, both corporation and individual
indicted: Howard 7. Gates of the Nc
Crum-Howell company Of New York,
| both individual and corporation indicted
Frank c. Borden OF the National SAM
tary Manufacturing company Of Salem,
Ohio. both individual and corporation in
| dicted; A. Weiskittel of A. Weiskittel &
Son company Of Baltimore, both individ-
ual and corporation indicted; Lloyd c.
McCrum, Howell company; Herman Hoel-
schiller of the Wolff Manufacturing com
! pany of Chicago, both individual and cor
poration indicted; J. f. Wright Of the
| Wheeling Enameled Iron company of
| Wheeling. W. Va, both individual and
| corporation indicted; the Humphreys
Manufacturing company of Mansfield,
| Ohio; j. L. Mott Iron works of New
| York; McVay & Walker company of
| Braddock, Pa, and the Union Sanitary
, Manufacturing company of Nobelsville,
| Ind.
Eight defendants pleaded nolo con-
| tendere at the first trial and to-day they
were summoned to be ready to appear in
court tomorrow morning for sentence.
They were: J. H. Caldwell and ]. ].
Mahoney Of the Cahill Iron works OF
Chattanooga. w. c. Winfield and A. G.
Ward OF the Day Ward company, Warren.
| Ohio; j. A Fralenhem and A. NJ.
| Frauenheim of the Kerner Manufacturing
company. Pittsburg. and j. W Arrot and
\. II. Cline, Jr. of the United States
! Sanitary Manufacturing company OF
| Pittsburg.
Ahrens, Dawes and Duryea were dis
charged at the first trial by Judge
Angel but they said they preferred to
stand trial with their friends and now
| they face sentence
| When action was first brought against
the defendants. the federal grand Jury re-
turned two indictments against them
| charging that by criminal conspiracy they
controlled So per cent OF the annual out
put OF enameled ware, by patent license
! agreements they combined to restrain
| trade in manufactures and jobbers plumb
ing supplies, refused to sell to jobbers
who handled goods for the so-called in
dependents and attempted to make uni
form prices throughout the country.
The conspiracy charge which comes I'm
der section one of the Sherman law was
the one on which the defendants were
tried
! The government contended that in April.
1910 at a meeting at Mount Clemens,
Mich the defendants put into effect
conspiracy which they had formed
which resulted in the making Of tho I'M
lawful patent license agreements.
Edwin P. Grosvenor appeared for the
government assisted by District Attor-
nev CLYDE Webster and former District
Attorney Frank Watson, Special Agent
Jos r. Darling secured the evidence
| for tn" government.