The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-13
PRESIDENT AND Is OFF,
GALS CONVICTED IN 1872
WAS SENSATION AT TIME;
FINES OF $1,000 AND
JAIL SENTENCES
(By Associated Press


Cincinnati March '1I3 The United
States circuit court OF appeals toda,
reversed the lower court in the case
OF John H. Patterson president, and
twenty-six other officials of form
er officials OF the National Cash Reg
lister company and remanded it back
to the district court for a new trial.
The defendants In the National
Cash Register case who were indict
ed by federal grand jury at lCincin-
natl three years ago numbered thir-
ty men, including the president. John
II. Pattersons and tyenty nine other
officials or former officials and de-
partmental heads of the National
Cash Register company of Dayton, Q.
Twenty nine we're convicted by
Jury in the United States district
court, and twenty seven including
President Patterson were sentenced
TO serve approximately a years time
in Ohio jails. The verdict was ont
Of the most sweeping ever given un-.
der the criminal section of the Sher-
man law
The indictment was reported to
United States District Judge Howard
Hollister on February 22, 1912. nam
ing all thirty men as joint defendants
in an alleged conspiracy TO crusn
competition by warfare on compet-
itors, in violation Of the federal law.
All OF the defendants came to Gin
cinnati Immediately and gave bond
for their appearance in court. The
trial was begun on November 10, 1915.
1t continued for almost three months,
the verdict of guilty being return
ed by the jury on February 13. 1911.
Sentences were passed by Judge
Hollister on February ~.
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 coun-
ty jails:
Edward A. Deeds, William F. Bip-
pus, William III. Muzzy. William
Plum, Robert Patterson. Thomas J. !
Watson. Joseph q. Rogers, Alexan-
der C. Harmed, Frederick s. High.
Pliny Evers, A. A. Wentz, George o.
Morgan. Mont, L. Lasley, Earl B
Wilson. Alex NJ. Sinclair, John y.
Range, M, q. Keith. J. C. Laird, Nv
". Howe, Il. n lSpperson, Charles T.
Walmsley, Charles A Snyder Myer
u. Jacobs and Walter Cove; while }.
ID. Hayward and A. A. Thomas re-
ceived sentences Of nine months.
The case of one of the men indiet-
ed. Edgar Park of New York was
dismissed. while the sentence of an
other, George e. Edgeter was sus-
pended The sentence of the third
William C. Cummings. was deferred
as he was seriously i'll at the time
Judge Hollister pronounced judg-
ment.
Notice OF appeal to the United
States circuit court of appeals was
Immediately given by the attorneys
for the convicted men. The court
fixed President Pattersons bond at
$4,000 and the remaining defend
ants bonds at $4,000 each As soon
as possible thereafter the record oil
the case, the most voluminous ever !
filled in the local courts. was placed
bin the hands of the upper courts.
\ Arguments were submitted on oc-
tber 6, Z and 8, 1914. to Justice WI
I'm pay. of the United States SUI
tne court. and District Judge San
of Tennessee and Cochran OF
lucky.
estimated cost of the case is
vativeay fixed at 100000 OF
pOo.oOO was borne by the gov
.and 100000 by the National
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