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The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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John T. Mains, 56, Union Fork and Hoe VP, committed suicide by gunshot after antitrust conviction for price-fixing conspiracy. Three other executives surrendered, alleging government betrayal on sentencing. Rare actual jail time in such cases since 1936.
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John T. Mains, 56, tall and greying vice president of the Union Fork and Hoe Company here, sped into a driveway and shot himself in the head while his wife and son, following in another car, watched.
Others Dodge Newsmen
Three other executives convicted with Mains in a conspiracy to fix hand tool prices surrendered. They ate lunch in the marshal's office where they stayed for three hours to dodge newsmen, and then were whisked across the street to city prison.
The Justice Department, which initiated the action against the companies, said the four executives met regularly in Columbus to set the prices of hand tools.
Spokesmen for the convicted men claimed in a hearing Friday that the government double-crossed them by imposing jail sentences instead of only fines.
Since 1936, only one jail sentence actually has been carried out in an anti-trust case.
That case involved the recent sentencing of several Las Vegas, Nev., plumbing contractors.
Several other prison sentences have been handed down since, but they were suspended later.
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John T. Mains, vice president of the Union Fork and Hoe Company, shot himself in the head in a driveway after conviction in a conspiracy to fix hand tool prices. Three other executives surrendered, avoided newsmen, and were taken to city prison. They claimed the government imposed jail sentences instead of fines. Only one jail sentence in antitrust cases since 1936 has been carried out, involving Las Vegas plumbing contractors; others were suspended.