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Show I OFFICIALS I SENTENCED 1 President of Cash Rcgis- I ter Co. to Serve Year I fn Jail and Pay Fine H Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. 17 John H I Patterson, president of the National H Cash Register company, who with 2S 1 other officials or former officials of I the company were eonvleic-d of erim- BB lnal rlolatlon of the Sherman anrt- I trust low, was sentenced to pay a fine of Jc.fiOO and to serve one vear in BB The 28 others defendants were sen- Jj fenced to terms ranRing from nine I months to a year In Jail and to pay I tho cost ' j! The men were convicted last Thurs- flay of having violated ihe criminal I section of the Sherman antl -trust la" I One of the defendants was given , three months In Jail, while three oth- j ers wore sentonced to nine months I I nr.d the, rest to one year H George Edgeter of Dayton, secre- J tary of the company, was given the fn lightest sentence, three months A. William Bippus treasurer, Alfri I A Thomas of Dayton and Jonathan BJ B Hayward of New York were giv-' I en nine months In jail. The following wore sentenced to one H Edward A Deeds of Dayton vice j president; William H. Muzzy of Day- r:' ton, William Pflum of Dayton, Robert H Patterson, director, Thomas J Wut-J I 1 fcon, sales manager, Joseph E Rofc-, Bl ers, assistant 6ales manager. Alex-under Alex-under C. Harned. salesman. Frede- r I rick S. High, ilstrict manager. Bos- , H ton, Pllney Eves district manager, i I San Francisco. Arthur V Wentz, of I I "olumbuB. George K Morgan of Da - I ton, Charles T W'alrasley of Clil- B cago Charles A Snyder of Elizabeth H N. J . Walter t ool of Denver, Mjer N. Jacobs of Pittsburg Mont L I.a- I ley of Detroit. Earl B Wilson of Los HI Angeles, Alexander W Sinclair of BJ New York, John J. Range of W'ash- I lngton. M. G J Keith of New York. I Wlll'am Cummin? of Brooklyn, J C. ' I lalrd of Toronto. W C Howe of San I Franclaoo, E H. Epperson of Minue- I nnnltc New Trial Denied. ! Before passing sentence Judge Hoi- lister denied the motion of the dc- ' fendantB for a new trial and declared i that the defense had submitted no new evidence, he had rome to tho conclusion conclu-sion that the verdict had been upheld ! by the evidence The bond of President Patterson was Increased to $10,000 'he ascuri-lies ascuri-lies of the other defendants remaining remain-ing the same Will File Appeal. I Formal notice of an appeal to the United States circuit court was given by attorneys for the defendants and the appeal Is expected to be filodi within a few davs The three months' sentence of Sec retary Edgeter, tho lightest penalty Imposed, was ordered set aside by Judge Holllster |
