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Show MISTER PLUMBERS" ARE FOUND GUILTY Jury Returns Verdict in Federal Court After Deliberating De-liberating Four Hours. LENIENCY IS SOUGHT Extreme Mercy Is Recommendation; Recom-mendation; Time for Sentence Not Fixed. Four hours after they had retired for deliberation, the jury in the case of a n ii rubor of local and out-of-town plumbery plumb-ery charged with conspiring to restrain trade in violation of tho Sherman antitrust anti-trust law, returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation of extreme mercy. mer-cy. Nearly all the defendants were in court to hoar Foreman George S. Auer-haeh Auer-haeh of tho jury mako the announcement announce-ment and there "was a noticeable look of d isap point men t on their faces. A majority had voiced their confidence of complete exoneration. The maximum permit y is one yea r 's imprisonment, a $ln,ouO fine, or 'both. Who u in tor viewed, .Foreman Alter-bitch Alter-bitch refused to discuss the happenings within the jury room, but was optimistic, optimis-tic, in his belief that the recommendation recommenda-tion of extremo mercy would receive the favorable consideration of the court. Closes for Defense. Former Attorney General L. 0. Boyle nf Kansas City, for tho defense, continued con-tinued his argument to the jury as soon us court con vened yesterday morning, .lie asserted that not. one of the twelve men charged with conspiracy was guilty at heart and further that the testimony showed no intent to commit any ot-J'ense ot-J'ense against, any man, whether he was a member of the Master Plumbers' association as-sociation or not. lie called tho jury's attention to the record as it applied to each defendant, and put the question: ques-tion: ''What dhl the men really do, and wherein did they aree with anyone any-one else to restrict trade?" Mr. Buy lo importuned the jury not to be confused with petty quarrels growing out of strikes and trade rivalry rival-ry anl confuse tho solemn charge of tho indictment wherein it was alleged that there was an illegal agreement, lie added that, naturally, extending o er a long term of years some of the men "had possibly done foolish things, things that the jury might criticise them for, but that was not the charge against them. Refers to Advice. Mr. Boyle sought to impress upon the jury that, as regards the imposed fixture fix-ture tax. Judge J. L Frick, now on the bench of the supreme court, had ad-. ad-. vised the defendants that it was perfectly perfect-ly legal and advUod them to impose it. Mr. Boyle made an earnest plea in behalf be-half of his clients, stating that in no way did the evidence justify a conviction. convic-tion. The closing argument for tho government govern-ment by ('nited States Attorney W. W. Kay consisted of a review of the testimony testi-mony as presented bv the government's witnesses and he laid particular stress on the cli urges made that the Longfellow Longfel-low school contract was a sample of the work of the association in conspiring to restrict trade, lie stated that the government had proved its case without with-out any possibility of a doubt and that the only course left open to the jury, as far as he could see it, war to return a verdict against all defendants as inflicted. in-flicted. Must Also Pay Costs. Just when the men will be called into court to receive their sentences is ft matter which rests entirely with Justice Jus-tice Tillman D. Johnson, who presided at the trial. In addition to the imposition imposi-tion of whatever punishment the court mav deem proper in the premises, the defendants, iif)der tho Sherman antitrust anti-trust law, will have to bear the burden of paying all the money back to the government which has been expended in prosecuting the case, which includes witness fees, mileage and numerous other oth-er incidentals. This amount will stand as a judgment against the men collectively. collec-tively. The n rimes of the plumbers convicted convict-ed are I 'hris Irving of Denver, James M acbeth anil A. J. At kin of Ogden, Charles J. lligson, V. C. Carthev, W. S. Xighain. F. W. Jones, P. J. James, Henry Hen-ry Green, William Kees, William Rossi-ter, Rossi-ter, of Salt Lake, and J. A. Forsytho of Price. It was stated at the federal building, after the rendition of the verdict, that it was the intention of the jurors to visit the courtroom in a body tomorrow tomor-row morning and in concert to ask Justice Jus-tice Johnson to use extreme leniency with the men in the imposition of punishment. pun-ishment. Statement of Attorneys. The following statement was given Out last night bv Attorneys L. C. Bovle end E. B. Critchlow of the defense: It was with great reluctance, as expressed by the jurors, that they arrived at the verdict of guilty as to all the defendants, which was accompanied by a recommendation for the mercy of the court. In view of the disclosures as to the actions of the National Association Asso-ciation of Master Plumbers and in view of the charge of the court there seemed no other course to pursue pur-sue than to .bring in a verdict of guiltv. and it was unanimously decided de-cided to ask the court informally to impose the lightest possible tine. |