Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-22 | Page 2 | Packing Plant Officers Held Guilty of Fraud

i PACKING PLANT OFFICERS HELD GUILTY OF FRAUD CHICAGO. Oct, 23 All six. defendant defend-ant in the Consumers;' I'ackltiK company com-pany trial were found duilly hist night of using the mails In a conspiracy to d. fraud The Jur In Ked ral Judc Evan A. Kvun's court wa out five hours. Thrre were 14 count in th-indictment. th-indictment. All the defendant WOTS found guilty on all the count. The Indictment rtsulte.i from .in investigation in-vestigation by Federal Judta- l-iiidl In March. 1319. after an lnvoluntar pell-tlon pell-tlon in bankruptcy had been filed In the United States district court. 'Charges were made that the CO 09 pen had sold ISuO.000 of ftoek and that ! tSOO.000 of the proceeds a r uicd f-r promotional purposes Kll I'faelzer. prfhiont of tin om pany ami Ioui Lavi, a director pleaded guilty to the charff-s durlnir the trial The defendants are MenaH J yVder, secretary of the comnny. John M Kanter. flsx-ai agent. Jtabbl A J Messing, Edward H. Trost. directors: Miss Ooldle Skolnlk. secretary to Adrr. and Uenjamtn E. Turmr, director, s -