The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-02
JURY MAY INDICT ON
NEW HAVEN TO-DAY
Bills Against Some Of Former
Directors Expected in Fed
eral District Court.
.WHITFWASH" NOT LIKELY

After a weeks adjournment cNa Fed
erIl Grand Jury investigating tho alleged
criminal aspects In the New Haven case
vii. return 20 rs duties at 1890 o'clock
this morning, when & will reassemblc for
the purpose OF making a presentment To
Judge Julius NJ. Moyer n tho United
States District Court
There Is not much doubt now IN the
minds u those who have closely followed
the case that tentative drafts OF lndlct-
ments will he ready for the approval OF
the jury when It meets again. II the
jury sees At to ratfy these indictments
the tormailty ~ presenting and hling
them VIII only consume a few minutes
Attorney General Gregory said last week
that he expected n batch OF true bills In
tho case. These. Il handed down, would
no doubt AFFECT former directors OF tho
road.
When the Grand Jury eesslon was ad-
journed last Monday the unllkelhOod OF
"whitewRsh" became Immediately APP
parent The Grand Jury was Instructed
to return on A definite date and the hour
for redssemhling Ues set for the morn
ing Il II was merely planned to hear
more Witnesses in the case tho renewed
session would have been called for the
afternoon. the routine Grand Jury
sits IN the morning
Considering the present status of the
New Haven case, tho letter written by for
rner Attorrey-Gere-al McReynolds on May
| IS last 10 the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has an added interest. The Inter.
state Commerce Commission was inves-
tigating the New Haven case at the time
and the Attorney General called to It's
attention tho individuality OF summonins
as witnesses certain men who might ob
tain immunity thereby. ono part of his
letter read:
Two or three days ago noticed IN
/ the public press that you had summoned
Messrs. Charles g. Mellen. William Rookie.
/ Teller, George MacCulloch Miller, Charles
! T. BROKER, Edwin Miner. Lewis Cass
! Ledyard, George T. Baker and Edward
/ u Robbins 70 testify before you con.
/ corning matters relating to tho affairs
/ Of the New York. New Haven ard Hart
ford Company.
he ne temporarily out OF the Office
/ asked my assistants 70 call your atten.
ton 70 the possible unfortunate effects
/ Of an examination Of these witnesses al
this time. Returning to my office thi,
morning. 1 am Informed by them thai
they acted upon my instructions and ad
! Nised with you fully upon this subject
"Ot course have no desire to interfere
/ with or to urge any objection TO the
course you may deliberately decide upon
but IL seems my duty TO the Government
again TO suggest that you carefully con.
slider. along with other factors the effec
which an examination Mt this time OF the
persons named above may have"
Charles s. Mellen was the prlncipa
witness At tho Federal Grand Jury pro
ccedings and before taking tho stanc
filed Il plea OF immunity against prose
| Cuti1n on the strength Of his testimony
I before the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion None or the other men named II
the Attorney Generals letter was called
as a witness In the Grand Jury investi
cation; nor, In fact was any one excep
Mr. Me.!en OF those whose names hav,
,igured prominently IN the affairs OF IN,
New Haven called upon 10 testify.
~ the time Of the Washington invest
cation certificates were presented b,
physicians saying that tho trip TO Wash
lngton and the ordeal Of testfying nigh
prove fatal 10 William Rockefeller ant
George MacCulloch Miller. Mr.. Rookie
teller IS more than 70 years old and
according to his physician. was subjec
TO spasms OF the throat. Mr. Miller |
SO years old The certificate In his cas-
asserted that just before tho service o
the summons he had suffered a grea
mental strain on account OF the loss O
member OF his family,
II the Grand Jury voted indictment
before ndtourning last Monday the re
: malnder Of the week was probably passe
by the Governments legal stan desig
mated in the New Haven case IN draw
Ing up the documents.