New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-03

sary. your honor. to draw new indict-
ments."
At this admission of doubt of the
strength of the bill as filed George +.
Baker, who had been loking unusually
solemn, smiled.
I'VE should have at least three
weeks said Mr.. Lindsay, answering
the District Attorney. ave wish no
undue delay"
THAT is reasonable said the court.
Let them have three weeks
Then the question of bail arose. Mr.
I Lindsay suggested that the defendants
be allowed their liberty on their own
| recognizance. The District Attorneys
representative objected.
There should be bail as a matter
Of record he told the court, suggest
ing that it be fixed at $4,000.
Gee said George f. Baker in a
/ loud whisper TO Lewis Cass Ledyard.
"a fellow hates to have to say he's out
on bail"
THAT won't be hardship to the de-
PENDANTS said the court; "they won't
have any difficulty in furnishing it. SO
4 make it,"
Son Appears for Miller.
Then Hoffman Miller asked permits
| sion 10 confer with the court. He
/ told Judge Foster that his father is
/ in poor health, brought on in the main
I by worrying over New Haven affairs.
! To compel him to come into court at
this time would be hardship and
might affect him seriously, he said, and
he asked that he be allowed TO arrange
bail so that appearance at this time
would not be necessary.
That is not unreasonable" said the
court, and Mr.. Stevenson, declaring
that the Department OF Justice wished
20 work no unnecessary hardship
Judge Foster so ordered.
The three defendants who had plead
ed were then committed to the custody
of their counsel and repaired to the
Office of United States Commissioner
Clarence S. Houghton. Bail had been
arranged for with the American Surety
Company, but until the bonds were
drawn and approved by the District
Attorneys Office the commissioner
could not act. For nearly an hour they
waited with as much patience as they
could muster and, on the whole, with a
show of cheerfulncss, all except
George f. Baker, jr., who. with mourn
full mien, sat at his fathers elbow.
wealthiest men in the United States.
who could not run away if they wished
to, while a bond of $4,000 was being
prepared appealed to the prisoners"
In Mr. Houghton's office George r.
Baker was asked if he cared to say
anything. Before he had chance to
reply Lewis Cass Ledyard answered
for him.
UNo,L;nC 10 coy bo op.nnoJ from,
the end of the table, and the most that
resulted was a good natured argument
between the lawyer defendant and one
of the reporters on the advisability of
defendants talking. Ledysrd won the
debate. for at the succeeding confer
ence of lawyers it was agreed not to
allow any interviews or give out any |
formal statements, though II had been |
previously arranged to give out a |
statement in the late afternoon.
This statement, on the authority OF |
one of the lawyers, would have empha- |
sized the charge made by Hoffman Mil /
Ter. that the indictments are brought /
at this time because of the election.
Don't lose sight OF the politics of |
this thing" said the lawyer. There
YOU have the whole explanation"
Trade MOnOpOiy hiiegeu.
As has been predicted, the indict
ments generally and specifically charge
the setting up and maintenance OF
monopoly in restraint of trade, as pro-
hbited by the Sherman act. and after
naming the alleged conspirators, whose
names are printed in another column.
for the purpose of mOnopolizing trans
portation used "means ana methods
involving unfair, undue, unreasonable
and unlawful practices of kind TO eX-
clude others from engaging or at
20 engage in commerce IN
New England.
To accomplish these results the New
Haven, among other things, Is accused
Of using the Joy Steamship Company
and the Enterprise Steamship Com
pany as fighting ships TO destroy
water competition by ruthless slashing
of rates and concealment Of the fact
that they were owned by the New
Haven, a practice denounced by the
United States Circuit Court in the At
lantic pool case; by the maintenance
Of harassing litigation 20 compel COM
petitors 70 cease doing business or sell
out 20 the New Haven, and By the
making of improper contracts with
other companies.
y. Y. Central Called Conspirator.
The offences complained OF go back
TO 1893, when the New Haven leased
the Old Colony for ninety-nine years.
and include the absorption OF the old
New York & New England Railroad,
the Boston q Maine. numerous trolley
lines and the various steamship lines
plying between New York and Cana
dian and intermediate points. IL is in