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Show BIG CORPORATIONS FINED. But the Scapegoats for the Principals Are to Be Sent to Prison. Kansas City. In the United States district court hero Friday morning Judgo Mcl'hcrson ot Itcd Oak, la., passed sontunco upon tho seven' defendants de-fendants recently convicted in this court of making concessions nnd accepting ac-cepting rebates on shipments. Judgments Judg-ments In tho naturo of fines woro assessed as-sessed nn follows: Swift & Co., $15,000. Cudahy Packing company, $16,000. Tho Armour Packing company, $16,000. ! Nelson, Morris & Co., $16,000. Chicago, Burlington Qulncy railway, rail-way, $15,000. George L. Thomas of New York was fined $G,000 and sentenced to four months In the penitentiary. L. B. Taggart of Now York was fined $1,000 and sentenced to threo months In the penitentiary. The fine or $16,000 assessed against tho Burlington covered all four counts, tho aggregate amount of the fines in tho sovon cases totalling $85,000. Appeals wero filed In each case and a stay of execution was granted until Juno 29. Tho bonds, lp tho caso. of, Thomas nnd Taggart woro fixed at $0,000 each. These two men appeared In court personally, and upon bolng sentenced promptly furnished tho ro-'quired ro-'quired bonds. Tho bonds in tho caso of tho packing companies nnd the Burlington Bur-lington were fixed, nt $15,000 each. Boforo sontenco was passed in the various cases, motions for now trials woro mado by John O. Cowan of Omaha and Frank Hagcrman of Kansas Kan-sas City for tho packers, and by Judge O. M. Spencer or St. Joseph upon be-half be-half of the Burlington railroad and Thomns nnd Taggart. All those motions mo-tions woro overruled. |