The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-17
.NILLIONAIRES ARE
TO FACE THE Law
DRAGNET IN THE NEW HAVEN
AFFAIR BRINGS IN TWENTY
ONE RICH MEN.
CONSPIRACY is THE CHARGE
Wild Joy Riding in Finance. The
Late j. Pierpont Morgan Is One of
the Accused. Amazing Are the


ably the largest number of million
aires ever accused in single court
transaction, were indicted in the
United States district court here
Monday accused of violating the
Sherman antitrust law.
Included in the number are all OF
the directors of the New Haven rail-
road system who were in charge of
the operations of that corporation at
the time it was amalgamating into
it's system the various transportation
systems of New England.
The specific charge against the ac-
cused is that they combined and con-
spired, together with numerous other
persons, to monopolize commerce,
consisting of the transportation bus
mess.
The charge of conspiracy is a
criminal offense, and under the sec
ton of the Sherman act under which
the indictments are found, the maxi
mum punishment may be fine Of
$4,000 or one years Imprisonment,
or both.
The millionaires indicted were
VIM. Rockefeller, George Mccullough
Miller, Charles F. BROKER, William
Skinner, D. Newton Barney, Robert
w. Taft, James S. FELTON,, James s..
Hemingway, Lewis Cass Ledyard,
Charles M. Pratt, A. Heaton Robert
son, Fred S. Brewster, Henry K. Nc
Harg, Edward D. Robbins, Alex
Cochrane, John L. Billiard, George
F. Baker, Thomas Dewitt Cuyler,
Theodore N. Vail, Edward Milligan,
Francis T. Maxwell.
The grand jury has made most
sweeping investigation of the entire
New Haven matter. Mellen was be-
fore it in person for nearly month.
Three special attorneys general
James w. Osborne, Frank M. Swack-
er and R. L. Batts-were named by
the then attorney general, James
McReynolds, to conduct the inquiry,
and it is stated their work was most
thorough.
Indictment Charges.
The Indictment alleges that the ac-
cused were all directors of the New
Haven railroad at the time the Of
lenses complained Of were commit
ted, and the body Of the complaint
specifically mentions the late ]. P.
Morgan as one of the conspirators.
The conspiracy is alleged to have
been participated in by numerous
persons against whom true bills were
not returned.
The commerce which they are ac-
cused Of monopolizing is the com
man carrier business of transporting
passengers and property by railroad,
by water and partly by rail and part
ly by water from New Jersey, New
York, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Is
land, Massachusetts, Vermont and
New Hampshire to each and every
other state in the union"
Those Directly Accused.
The persons who were directly &C
cused of participating in the con-
spiracy, although not al: were indict-
ed, were j. P. Morgan, ST., (now
dead), George N. Miller, Wilson c.
Hunt, E. H. Trowbridge W. D. Bish-
op, Sr., w. D. Bishop, Jr.. Nathanie'
Wheeler, Henry c. Robinson, Edward
NJ. Reed, Charles P. Clark, Joseph
Park, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Henry S.
| Lee, Leverett Brainard, William +.
Barnett, Lucius futile, Charles S.
| MeIlen, John NJ. Hall, Charles E.
Choate. Nathaniel Thayer, Royal G..
Taft, Carlos French, George J. Bush,
| I. Dever Warner, Arthur D. Osborne,
u, B. Morris, Frank W. Cheney, Per-
cy R. Todd, Richard A. McCurdy,
| C. Mex. Twombley, John G. Parker,
| Alex. J. Cassatt. John H. Whittimore,
Timothy E. Byrne, Hiram NJ. Hocher-
sperger, James McCrea, Edward Mil
ner, Amory A Lawrence, Augustus
| S. May, Edward G. auckland, Arthur
E. Clark, Frank Jones, Samuel o..
Lawrence, George G. Haven, w. F..
Berry, w. H. Newman, Oakleigh
Thorne, Marsden J. Perry, with di-
vers officers, agents, attorneys and
employees of said New Haven COM
pany whose names are to the grand
! jurors unknown"
The companies mentioned in the
indictment include every line which
was a part of the original New Haven
system and included steam and cleo
trio railways, power companies, troll
| ley systems, etc.
Amazing Developments.
Government action against the di-
rectors of the New Haven followed
the investigation Of the affairs Of
that road by the interstate commerce
commission. Through this investiga-
ton the most amazing system Of
financial juggling was disclosed.
The commission charged the direc-
tors with conscious violation of the