The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-03
q DIRECTORS ~
(. OF new HAVEN
ARE INDICTED
William Rockefeller Heads List
Of Those Held to Trial by
Grand Jury
CHARGED WITH BREAKING
ANTITRUST LAW
Accused Men Alleged to Have
Entered Into Illegal Con-
spiracy

NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-Twenty-one
indictments against directors of the
New York. New Haven q Hartford
railroad during the period In which
the interstate commerce commission
has held that the road was looted.
were returned by the federal grand
jury here today.
The directors are charged with vio-
lation of the antitrust law In having
combined and conspired together
with numerous other persons to mo-
nopolize commerce consisting Of
transportation business"
The charge OF conspiracy n a GRIM
inal offense, and under section two OF
the Sherman act, under which the In
dictments are found, the maximum
punishment may be q fine Of $1,000
and one years imprisonment, or both.
The directors named In the indict-
ments are:
| William Rockefeller. George Mac
Culloch Miller, Charles f. BROKER,
William Skinner, ID. Newton Barney,
Robert w. Taft. James 8. Elton.
James 8. Hemingway, Lewis Casg
Ledyard, Charles M. Pratt, A. Heaton
Robertson, Fred 8. Brewster, Henry
X. McHarg, Edward d. Robbins. Alex
Cochrane, John L. Billiard. George F..
Baker, Thomas De Witt Cuyler, Theo-
dore N. Vail. Edward Milligan, Fran
els T. Maxwell
Not q single one of the accused
was In court and the only lawyer
present was John w. H. Grim. who
Is the attorney for Charles 8. Mellen.
Mellen was the chief witness before
the grand jury, and II is understood
that he elaborated greatly upon the
astounding story which he first re-
lated when called to the stand before
the Interstate commerce commission
In Washington. The indictments were
handed to Judge Foster by the fore
man Of the grand jury and the dis
keftct attorney was directed to notify
the accused to appear in court. Some
Of the defendants were to come into
court this afternoon. and others at
dates to be agreed upon later.
The grand jury has made most
sweeping investigation OF the entire
New Haven matter. Mellen was be-
fore II In person for nearly month.
Three special encouragement,
James w. Osborne, Frank NJ Swack-
er and r. l.. Belts, were named by
the then Attorney General James Nc
Reynolds to conduct the ,inqqry, and
| II 10 stated their work was most thor
Tough. ~
The Indictment alleges that the &C
cused were all directors Of fhe New
Haven railroad at the time the Of
lenses complained OF were committed.
and the body of the complaint specifi-
cally mentions the late ]. p. Morgan
as one OF the conspirators. The con-
spiracy Is alleged to have been par.
| ticipated In by numerous persons
against whom true bills were not re-
turned. The commerce which they
are accused Of monopolizing Is the
common carrier business Of trans
porting passengers and property by
railroad, by water, and partly by rail
and partly by water, from New Jer-
sey, New York. Connecticut. Rhode
Island, Massachusetts,. Vermont,
Maine and New Hampshire to each
and every other state In the union.
Taking advantage OF the fact that
the New Haven had the only railroad
OF any Importance leading from New
York city, Brooklyn and Jersey City
easterly In the said states of New
England" the Indictment says. land
treating the New Haven as the nu-
cleus, they have conspired to bring
as many of the other common car
riers and their properties, under the
influence, domination and control OF
the conspirators and to unity and
combine the activities Of all such COM
mon carriers SO as to grasp for the
New Haven company and themselves
the benefits arising from such unifi-
cation and combination and deprive
| the people Of the United States, and
, especially the people Of New Eng
land, of the benefits arising from
keeping separate the activities of said
common carriers and maintaining the
competition which rightfully should
have existed between them.
THE means and methods which
said conspirators were TO use IN
bringing said other common carriers
beside the New Haven company under
their influence were means
and methods involving certain unfair.
undue, unreasonable and unlawful
practices of kind to exclude others
from carrying on or attempting to
carry on lawful commerce.
"Said conspirators during the pc
Rod of time complained of were to
use certain concerns controlled by
the New Haven through stock owl
ership or otherwise, to-wit, the New
England Navigation Co.; the Boston
Railroad Holding Co.; the Billiard Co.;
the New England Securities Co.: the
Eastern Securities Co.; the Pacific
Co.; the Chilmark Co.; the Pacific
Navigation Co.; the st. Lawrence Sc
curities Co.; the United States Trans
portation Co.: the New England
Steamship CO., and the Millbrook Co.,
corporations, and the New England
Investment q Securities Co., volun-
tary concern, and the properties of
said concerns, and the influence,
credit, funds and properties of the
New Haven company, and their own
funds and credits TO Secure by pur-
chase all of the capital stock Of some
rival transportation companies, and
the majority Of the stock Of OTTER
I, companies; TO lease other properties
and to impose upon all Of these com
mon carriers contracts and working
arrangements. and induce them TO
engage In combinations. insuring the
carrying on OF all said common car
riers IN harmony with the designs of
/ these said conspirators and free from
the effects OF competition
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