The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-25
BAIL FOR MELLEN
AND CHAMBERLAIN
PUT At $4,000
Judge Hough Calls it Merely
Nominal When Railroad
Men Are Arraigned
BOTH APPEAR IN
CRIMINAL BRANCH
Are Charged With Violation
of Sherman Law in Form
ing Combination to
Restrain Trade

NEW YORK. Dec. 2t.--"Clear that
gansway."
With a crack OF hts gavel, delivered
With such force that the loose sleeve
Of the judicial robe OF solemn black
iuttered as II In q breeze. Judge
Charles M. Hough. In the criminal
branch OF the United States District
court this afternoon. at l o'clock.
ordered deputy marsngls to make way
FOR appearance before his bar OF
Charles s. Meiien. president Of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
railroad. and Edison J. Chamberiin.
president of the Grand Trunk rail-
way Of Canada, to enter formal pleas
to the federal grand Jury indictments
returned against them the day before.
charging them with conspiring to vio-
late the Sherman antitrust law.
Their co-defendant, Alfred w.
STnfthers, Of London. chairman OF
the GRAND Trunk board. was neither
present nor Represented by counsel.
The trial OF Julian Hawthorne, tho
author. former Mayor Josiah Quincy.
Of Boston, and their ASSOCIATED.
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud in promoting alleged fake min
Ing schemes. was In progress when
President Melien entered Judge
Hough's court room at q quarter to
]. fifteen minutes before the nour
agreed upon
President Merlen watts.
n was exactly O'Clock when Pres!-
dent Chamhexlin sneereA the court
room. President Mollen had been ait-
Ting In NEEDY msditation through the
0fteen minute strain previous TO the
coming at his co-defendant-
II waa at this juncturs that Judge
Hough. recognising the presence Of
both. ordered tho deputies TO clear
the gangway." meaning the aisies that
were filled with lawyers. their clerks
s,enographers. etc. within the bar en-
closure Judge Hough then dis
from the box Tor an hour. In order
20 receive the pleas OF the railroad
men.
Charles 8. Mellen and Edison J.
Chamberlin 10 the bar" rang out. the
voice OF Clerk william Leary, az soon
rs the aisles had been cleared.
With halt start President Meilen
acted as X about TO rise and obey
the command. Then he settled back
In his chair and continued to beat a
tattoo on the top OF His black derby
hat. President Chamberifn, seated
several feet away from the New
Ravens head. rose mechanically ana
started to walk to the bar, but was
stopped by . low murmur from one
Of his counsel. John D. Lindsay, while
the Canadians other counsel. Frank
L., Crawford. OF the Sugar Trust and
Standard OH legal forces, whispered
10 him.
F1anked by Lawyers.
President MeiIen was Ranked BY
q big army Of lawyers Conspicuous
among them were e. D. Robins, chief
counsel OF the New Haven; william
Greenough. OF Krauthoff Harmon a.
Mathewson, and John w. H. Grim.
until recently an assistant United
States district attorney under Henry
A. Wise
Mr.. Grim rushed toward the bench
after President Meiien had resumed
his seat. and seemed anxious that tho
proceedings should be conducted more
quietly Mr.. Greenough then entered
plea Of mot guilty" for Mr.. Mellsn.
while the same plea was entered Tor
Chamberltn by Mr.. Crawford, each ac-
companied with the customary reser-
walton OF the right to change the plead
ing should circumstances afterward
warrant II. The lawyers almost In
unison asked until January 90 to make
the second plea. but Judge Hough ruled
that this must be done not later than
the, tirst Monday Of next month.
Messrs. Lindsay and Grim then
asked that their clients no released
without bali citing several instances
recently in which this had been done
with prominent men under criminal In
dictment. notably the sugar trust ON
GERS and directors.
Nominal Bail OF $4,000.
Judge Hough seemed on the point
Of granting this request when Assist
ant United states District Attorney
Henry A. Cutler objected. on tho
ground that neither OF the defendants
resided within the Jurisdiction Of the
court. Judge Hough accordingly nxed
the bail at $4,000 each. which he de-
clared nominal.
The forYnality over, the defendants
were hustled by their lawyers down
the hallway to the offico Of United
states Commissioner John A. Shields
to prepare their bonds. The United
states Fidelity and Guaranty COM
pAny went surety for Mellen and the
National Surety company performed
the same function for Chamberlain.
Tho court proceedings ended. the
lawyers spirited the two officials out
OF the building beyond tho range Of
the cameras before the battery OF pho
tographers were aware OF their exit.
Neither president Mellen nor Presi-
dent Chamberlin would say anything
for publication about the case against
them.
spsaks for Railroad Men.
Frank l. Crawford. speaking for
President Chamberlin. said:
.sBoth Mr.. Chamberiin and Mr.. Mef-
len Welcome this investigation and will
absolutely dispfcve that any crime was
committed. We win show that the
real reason for discontinuing work on
the Crank Trunk extension to Provi-
dencs was, the condition OF the money
market. The financing Of the sx-
tanston proved Impossible because OF
tn ruinOus rata demanded tor the
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