The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-15
''BATHTUB TRUST"
IS FOUND GUILTY
Jury Returns Verdict After Con
sidering Case for Four
Hours.
CHARGE IS CONSPIRACY
Penalty for Convicted Men
Imprisonment and Heavy
Fine.

Detroit. Mich. February little So
called "bathtub trust to-day wa.
found guilty OF criminal conspiracy i'm
restraint OF trade by u jury In the
United States District Court here. The
act, as charged, is a misdemeanor. and
the penalty provides imprisonment not
exceeding one year and fine Of $4,000,
or both.
Last November the so-caIled trust
was dissolved by the Supreme Court in
a civil suit instituted at Baltimore.
The criminal case to-day was a retrial
the first trial having resulted in a dis
agreement.
After the announcement OF the YER
dict Judge Clarence w Sessions ad-
1ourned court until tomorrow at 10
o'clock, when he will pronounce gem
renee. 1T 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 verdict.
The Defendants.
The following are the defendants
found guilty:
Theodore Ahrcns. OF the Standard
Sanitary Manufacturing Company, of
Louisville both individual and corpo-
ration indicted: Jesse T. Duryea. Of
New York; T.. L. Dawes. Of the Stand
ara Sanitary manufacturing Company
Francis j. Torrance. Of the Standard
hanufecturing Company: T. x. Barnes
OF The Barnes Manufacturing Company.
of Mansfield. o., both corporation and
individual indicted: Howard T. Gates
of the McCrum Howell Company OF
New York, both Individual and corpora
ton Indicted; Frank G.. Borden, OF the
National Sanitary Manufacturing Com
pany. of Salem. o.. both individual and
corporation Indicted: y. Weiskettel of
y Wciskcttcl X son Company. OF Bal
ignore. both Individual and corporation
indicted; Lloyd g. McCrum. OF the Ne
crum Howell Company; Herman Hoeis-
chicr, OF L. Wolf Manufacturing Com
pany. of Chicago both Individual and
corporation Indicted; j. T.. Wright. of
the Wheeling Enamclcd Iron Company.
of Wheeling. w. Va, both Individual
and corporation indicted: Humphreys
manufacturing Company. Of Mansfield
o; j. l.. Mott Iron Works, of New
York; McNay * Walker Company. Of
Braddock, Pa, and the Union Sanitary
Manufacturing Company. OF Mobiles
Vile. Ind.
Eight defendants pleaded nolo con
tendrc at the first trial and day they
were summoned TO he ready TO appear
in court tomorrow IIorning for SEN
tcncc They were:
J. IL. Caldwell and J. j. Mahoney. Of
The CahIil Iron Works, of Chattanooga:
W. G. Winfield and \. g. Ward of
the Dag Ward company.. Warren, o.;
j. y. Fraucnheim ana a. NJ. Fraucn-
helm. OF the Kcrner Manufacturing
Company. Pittsburgh. and j. w. Ar
rott and y. II. Cline. Jr, OF the United
states Sanitary Manufacturing Com
pany. Of Pittsburgh.
Ahrens. Dawes and Dureyea were
discharged at the fist trial by Judge
Angel. but they said they preferred
10 stand trial with their friends, and
now they face sentence.
Charges Against Trust.
When action was first brought
against the defendants the Federal
grand jury returned two indictments
against them charging that by criminal
conspiracy they controlled So per cent
OF the annual output OF cnamelcd ware
by patent license agreements combined
To restrain trade in manufacturers and
jobbers plumbing supplies; refused TO
sell TO jobbcrs who handled goods for
tho so-cailed independents and at
tempted TO make uniform prices
throughout the country.
The conspiracy charge which comes
under section one OF the Sherman law
was the one on which the defendants
We're tried
The government oontended that in
April, 1910, at a meeting at Mount
Clements, Mich, the defendants put in
to effect a conspiracy which they had
formed which resulted in the making
OF the unlawful patent licenses.
Edwin =. Grosvenor appeared for the
government. assisted by District At
torncy Clyde Webster and former Dis
istrict Attorney Frank Watson. Spe-
cial Agent Joseph f. Darling secured
the evidence for the government