In 1912 the company was found guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act . Patterson , Deeds , Watson and 25 other NCR executives and managers were convicted of illegal anti-competitive sales practices and were sentenced to one year of imprisonment . Their convictions were unpopular with the public due to the efforts of Patterson and Watson to help those affected by the Dayton , Ohio floods of 1913 , but efforts to have them pardoned by President Woodrow Wilson were unsuccessful . However , their convictions were overturned on appeal in 1915 on the grounds that important defense evidence should have been admitted
floods of 1913
Great Dayton Flood
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