The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-11-06
Eastern Railroad Officials In
dilted by U. 5. Grand JuIy
PENALTY UPON CONVICTION ONE
YEAR IN PRISON AND FINE.
Indictments Result Of Probe Into AZ
fairs Of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Company.

ty-0ne directors and former directors
OF the New York. New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad company, including Will
liam Rockefeller, Theodore N. Vail,
George F. Baker, William Sumner,
Charles F. Brocker and John L. Bill
lard.
The Indictments charge conspiracy
in violation Of the Sherman antitrust
law to monopolize commerce. Under
section OF the law. under which they
were returned, the maximum penalty
upon conviction is one year imprison-
ment and. $4,000 fine.
The complete list OF those indicted
is as follows:
William Rockefeller, George MacCul-
loch Miller, Charles F. Brooker, VIII
liam Skinner, D. Newton Barney, Rob-
ert W. Taft, James s. Elton, James S
Hemingway, Lewis Cass Lndyard,
Charles M. Pratt, A. Heaton Robertson,
Frederick F. Brewster, Henry 4. Mcv
Harg, Edward D. Robbins, former gem
eral counsel of the road; Alexander
Cochrane, John l.. Billiard, George F.
Baker, Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, Theo-
dore N. Vail, Edward Milligan and
Francis T. Maxwell.
Bench warrants were issued for the
twenty-0ne men named in the indict-
ments, upon request Of the district
attorney. Several, 1t was understood,
were to be brought into court to an
swer the indictments this afternoon.
The amount OF the bail was fixed at
$4,000 each by Federal Judge Foster
OF the twenty-one men indicted only
five are now on the New Haven direc-
torate They are Messrs. Cuyler, Nc
Z Harg, Milligan, Brewster and Maxwell.
These twenty-One men are charged in
the language OF the indictments as fol-
lows:
With having combined and con-
spir6d together with numerous other
persons. to monopolize commerce con-
sisting in the transportation business. !"
The indictment enumerates a large
number Of corporations approximate
ly 1907, whose business, it is charged,
was to be monopolized.
The late J. P. Morgan is named in
the bill as one of the conspirators
Among the officers and former di-
rectOrs OF the New Haven also men
TONED as conspirators, but not indict-
ed, were:
Edward N Reed. Charles p. Clark
Chauncey NJ Depew, Lucius Tuttle,
Charles 8. Mellen, Royal G. Taft. Rich
ard A. McCurdy, II. NICK. Twombley,
Alexander J. Cassett, Timothy f. Byr-
mes, Edward G. Buckland, Oaklegh
Thorne and Marsden ]. Perry, and "di
vers officials. agents, attorneys and
employees Of the New Haven company,
whose names are to grand jurors un-
known"
After maming 100 corporations, the
indictment charges that the conspira-
tors used certain of them. including
the New England Navigation company,
the Boston Railroad Holding company,
the Billiard company, and the New
England Steamship company through
their influence. credit and funds to inn
pose upon the other concerns con
tracts and working arrangements
which would insure monopolization of
commerce lin harmony with the de-
signs OF such conspirators."
Said conspirators," reads the indfct-
emnt "were to induce and compel such
sales OF capital stock. such leasing
of properties and facilities and such
arrangements and suchasngagin8 IN
combination by using and threatening
to use the advantage possessed by said
New Haven company and the accumu-
lation Of power arising from the con-
trpi Of some of the said other common
carrier4, to grasp the commerce right
fully and normally belonging to said
other and remaining common carriers
and 70 drive such~ofher common car
riers out Of such commerce except as
they might engage In It In common
and suh0rdination to said New Haven
conapAny."
WA monopolized By the defendants.
consi4ted of water. steam aue sleEts&e
railroad transportation IN al ~ New
England stp&es, New York, New JersAy,
and every other state In the United
Stdtee.M ~
The conspiracy y alleged to> haye
extended from July 2, 1880, the day
the Sh6fman anti-trnst aet became =
law, until the sday Of the finding and
prssentation o. this fndact1nent !"
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