Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-22

continued effort to untangle the New | Haven railroad without litigation came to end tonight. when President ] Wilson in letter to Attorney Gen. !; eral McReynolds directed the institu- ! tion of 8 Sherman law suit to dissolve the system and ordered that the criminal aspects of the case be laid 1 before federal grand jury. Civil Suit to be Filed in New York
 The presidents approval of the course mapped-0ut by the department of justice means that the civil suit will be filed against the New Haven in the United States court at New York at once. The attorney general also immediately will direct United States District Attorney Marshall at New York to summon a grand jury and the task of laying evidence before that body on which to ask for criminal indictments against officers and di- rectors of the New Haven under the Meilen management will be begun as soon as possible.
 How Many indictments Not Divuiged. T. ". Gregory. the special assistant in charge of the New Haven case, will have full charge of the civil suit and before the grand jury will be aided by F. M Swacker, an expert from the ln- terstate Commerce commission who helped him in the preparation of the | evidence. How many indictments will i be sought was not divuiged tonight, 1 but 1t was plainly indicated in cor ! respondence made public that the at torney general expects to ask for bill against Charles s. NeIlen, form | CT president of the New Haven
 Warned Interstate Commission. The most significant fact in connec- tion with the proceedings is said to be i a statement which NIT. McReynolds gave out several months ago when | ha Tnfa began its New Haven inquiry. In that statement he warned the commission to consider whether immunity might | be given certain men ifsmade to testi- the road. The names he rlentioped i were:
 Charles S. Mellen. William Rocke- ! fe1ler George Macu1Ioch Miller Charles F. BrooI1er Edwin .Milner Louis Cass Ledyard. George F. Baker and Edward D. Robbins.
 President Surprised.
 Tn addition to directing suit, tlfe
 president in his letter to MT Mc- ' Reynolds declared that the decision of the New Haven directors not to keeI
 their agreement to dissolve peacefully
 had caused him the deepest sur
 prise and regret" and that their fall ''inexplicable and entirely Wltnou
 justficatiOn.'
 The departments course he said
 was just reasonable and efficient ane
 should have resulted in avoiding suit , Accompanying the presidents let
 ter the department made public cor
 respondence between the attorne!
 general and President Wilson and be
 tween the attorney general and Tres ident HuStis of the New Haven .. Rebuke For Interstate Commerce Com
 mission.
 One of the most interesting phase , I of the correspondence was conta1ns'
 in the attorney generals letter President Wilson in which there Is
 decided rebuke for the lnterstau Commerce commission for it's actiel
 in subpoenaeing Mellen and perhap , others hagrantly culpable" with tn ! ] possible result of embarrassing the oe partment by a claim of immunity I | return for their testimony In thi
 connection the attorney general make
 the statement that criminal prosecu 1 tions have been always in mind an
 that there never has been the, sAignt . ! est hope that parties guilty of grim inal violation of the law would es
 cape"
 ? Will Fight immunity For melien. : It has been an open secret fo s weeks that the department has wha = is believed is evidence that MT. Mel
 lin gave testimony to the commjssio
 contradicting evidence in the pos 4 session of the attorney general and = is possible that if any claim of i'm Q munity is raised that 1t will be fougf s on thi sissue.
 The letter from the attorney sener:
 to President Hustis made 1t clear thS s the department takes the position thf t the New Haven directors did not Hs e for a peaceful dissolution in their rs
 fusal to sell their Boston and Mair
 stock under conditions imposed if Massachusetts and puts the blame fS d what may follow on the heads of thes s directors. The case was discussed ts O day at the cabinet meeting and tf
 departments course approved.
 President Wilson's Letter. l., The presidents letter to the al n, torney general follows:
 y "The White House, Washington, 't C.. July 21, 1914.
 My Dear Attorney General:
 "I have your letter of today el ,r closing a copy of your letter of Ju l. 9th to Mir. Hustis. president of Il in New York. New Haven and Hartfol n Railroad company. which. togeth \. disclose tho failure of the directors
 the New York, New Haven and liar
 ford Railroad company to comply wi ,f the terms of the settlement propos' sr by them and accepted by us in u - matter of their railroad holding s- Their final decision in this matt causes me tho deepest surprise al
 regret Their failure. upon so slig
 a pretext. to carry out an agreeme
 deliberately and solemniy entered i at to and which was manifestly in t - common interest. is to me inexplicaf " and entirely without Justification. g. You have been kind enough r. keep me fully informed of every st
 the department took in this matt - and the actien of the department h he throughout met with my entire a ly proval It was just. reasonable al ne efficient, It should have resulted E. avoiding whaU must now be done w "In the circumstarces the course Y