Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-11-02
INDICT new HAVEN
ROAD Directors
MillionaireS, Including Viii
liam Rockefeller, Formally
Charged With Conspiracy
DEFENDANTS TO
PLEAD LATER
BY The United Press.

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NEW YORK, Nov Probably the
largest aggregate number of million
aires ever accused in a single court
transaction were indicted in the Uni
ted States District Court here today,
accused of conspiracy, in violating the
Sherman antitrust law. Included in
the number are all of the directors
of the New Haven railway system
who were in charge of the operations
of that corporation at the time that
| II was matchmaking into its system
the various transportation systems Of
New England.
The charge of conspiracy is a Grim
/ inal Offense and under section 2 of t.
/ Sherman act under which the indict-
ments are found, the maximum pun
ishment may be a fine of $4,000 and
one years Imprisonment or both
These directors, among whom are
| William Rockefeller. of the Standard
/ Oil Company; Theodore ~ Vail. OF
4 the American Telephone & Tele-
graph; Robert w. Taft, Lewis Cass
I Ledyard. leading American lawyer,
and all OF the millionaires who have
I been affiliated with the New Haven
system, numbering 21.
The specific charge against the ac-
/ cused is that they combined and
/ oOnspired, together with numerous
other persons to monopolize COM
merce consisting of the transporter
ton business. The indictment
enumerates 100 corporations whose
business IL is charged was to be
monopolized. Included in the num-
Der are all of the corporations that
were welded into the New Haven
machine by the late j. p. Morgan and
President Charles S. Mellen.
The milliOnaires indicted are:
William Rockefeller, George Mac
Cullouch Miller, Charles r. Booker.
William Skinner. ID. Newton Barney,
Robert w. Taft, James S. Elton
James S. Hemingway, Lewis Cass
Ledyard, Charles M. Pratt, A. Heaton
Robertson. Fred S. Brewster. Henry
McHarg Edward ID. Robbins, Alex
ander Cochrane, John L. Billiard,
George +. Baker, T. De Witt Cuyler,
Theodore N. Vail, Edward Miiligan
and Francis r. Maxwell.
Not one of the defendants was rep
resented in court, and the only law
yer present was John w. Grim, who is
attorney for Charles S. Mellen. Mel
len was a witness before the grand
jury aud Il is understood that he elab-
GRATED greatly on the astounding
story which he first related when
called to the stand before the eInter-
state Commerce Commission, in Wash
/ ington. The indictments were handed
to Judge Foster by the foreman of the
! grand jury. and the district attorney
was directed to notify he accused to
appear in court Some Of the defen-
dants we're TO come into court this
afternoon and others at dates to be-
agreed ON later.
The grand jury has made a most
sweeping Investigation of the entire
| New Haven matter. Mellen was be-
fore Il in person for nearly a month.
Special Attorney Generals James w.
Osborne, Frank NJ. Swacker and r. L.
Belts were named by the then Attor-
ney General James G. McReynolds, to
conduct the inquiry. and it is stated
their work was most thorough. The
indictment alleges that the accused
were all directors of the New Haven
railroad at the time the offenses COM
planned of we're committed and the
body of the complaint specifically
mentions the late ]. p. Morgan as
one of the alleged conspirators. The
conspiracy is alleged TO have
been participated in by numerous per-
sons against whom true bills were
not returned. The commerce which
they are accused of monopolizing is
the common carrier business OF
Transporting passengers and property
by railroad. by water and partly by
rail from New Jersey, New York
Connecticut. Rhode Island, Massa.
chusetts, Vermont, Maine and New
Hampshire to each and every Other
State In the Union.
taking advantage OF the fact tha
! the New Haven had the only railroa,
. of any Importance leading from New
!. York City, Brooklyn and Jersey Cit,
easterly into the said states Of New
England" the indictment saws "an
I treating the New Haven as the nucleus
they have conspired TO bring as manl
of the other common carriers and thei
d properties under the influences, domino
tion and control of the conspirators anl
10 unity and combine the activities O
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for the New Haven Company and them
selves the benefits arising from such uni
iication and combination and deprive Tn
people of the United States and espe
cially of New England of the benefit
arising from keeping separate the activi
! ties of said common carriers and main
: tanning the competition which rightfull
I should have existed between them.
1.-The means and methods by whic
said conspirators were TO use in bring
ing said other common carriers besid
the New Haven Company under thei
! influence were means an
methods involving certain unfair, undue
unreasonable and unlawful practices, an
> practices of a kind to exclude other
Z from carrying on or attempting TO carr
[ on lawful commerce
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