Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-13
Officers of National Cash
Register Company Secure
Reversal.
UNDER SENTENCE
TO TERMS IN JAIL
United States Court Rem ands For Re-
trial Twenty -ssvsn Officials and EN-
pIoyes Who Wsrs Convicted Of vio-
latins Sherman Antitrust Law
Costs in Case Foot Up to Half Mil
lion Dollars.


States circuit court Of appeals today
reversed the lower court in the case OF
the government against John H. Pat
terson, president, and twenty-six other
officials or former officials Of the Ma
tional Cash Register Company of Day.
ton, O., and remanded it back to the
district court for new trial.
Mr.. Patterson and his associates
were found guilty Of violating the
Sherman anti-trust law. and sentenced
to serve prison terms and fined.
The defendants indicted by federal
grand jury at Cincinnati three years
ago numbered thirty men. including
the president, John II. Patterson, ana
twenty-nine other officials or former
officials and departmental heads OF the
National Cash sReEister Company OF
Dayton, O. IHenty- nine were con-
victed by a JarE IN the 9fefted states st. ss
district court, and tWensy-se M
cluding President Patterson, were sen
fenced each tosserve approximately a
years time IN Ohio jails. The verdict
was one Of the most sweeping ever
given under the criminal section OF the
Sherman law.
The indictment was reported 70
United States District Judge Howard
Hollister,c on Feb. %, 1912, naming all
thirty men as joint defendants In an
alleged conspiracy to crush compeu-
tion by q warfare on competitors, In
violation of the federal law. All OF the
/ defendants came to Cincinnati immedi-
r.
ances In court The trial was begun
on Nov. 10, 1912. 1t continued for al
most three months. the verdict OF
guilty being returned by the jury on
Feb. 13, 1918.
Sentences Severe.
Sentences were passed by Judge
Hollister on Feb. H.
President Patterson was sentenced to
pay $4,000 fine and serve one year in
the Miami Jail.
The following were sentenced to
costs and one year Imprisonment at
Miami, Montgomery or Warren county
jails:
Edward A. Deeds, William F. Bippus,
William H. Muzzy. William Plum,
Robert Patterson, Thomas j. Watson.
Joseph E. Rogers, Alexander c. Harmed.
Frederick 8. High. Pliny Ewes. A. A.
wentz, George E. Morgan, Mont L.
Lasley, Earl B. Wilson. Alex NJ. Sim
clair, John j. Range, NJ. g. Keith, ]. c.
Laird, w. v. Howe, e. II. Epperson,
Charles T. Walmsley, Charles A. Sny-
der, Myer N. Jacobs. and Walter Cool.
while J. D. Hayward and>A. A. Thomas
received sentence Of nine months.
The case of one OF the men indicted.
Edgar Park, Of New York, was dis
missed, while the sentence of another,
George C. Edgewater was suspended.
The sentence Of the third. William G.
Cummings. was deferred as he was
seriously i'll at the time Judge Hollister
pronounced judgment.
Notice OF appeal to the United States
circuit court Of appeals was immedi-
ately given by the attorneys for the
convicted men. The court fixed Pres
ident Patterson's bond at $4,000 and
the remaining defendants bonds at
S., 900 each. AS soon as possible there
after, the record OF the case. the most
voluminous ever filed In the local
courts, was placed in the hands Of the
upper courts.
Costs Enormous.
The estimated cost OF the case :s
conservatively fixed at 100000 OF
which 100000 was borne by the gov
ernment and 100000 by the National
Cash Register Company. Some Of the
best known legal talent in the country
was engaged to defend the indicted Of
fcials. The list Of counsel included:
Lawrence B. MAXWELL, Of Cincinnati:
John s. Miller, of Chicago: John F.
Wilson, Of Columbus: John A. McMa-
hon, OF Dayton, o.: and others who
never appeared in the court room but
were at work for months in every state
In the unoin.
Another big item was the mainten-
ance Of the defendants during theil
stay in Cincinnati for the trial. A whole
fioor was engaged at leading hote
during the three monthsof the trial and
for ave days each week the business Of
( the National Cash Register Company
Iwas conducted In these quarters
Clerks, stenographers and other hell
were kept here. Special trains bore