Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-19
CHARLES :. NJ. .EN TELLS COM
MERGE COMMA ION THAT HE
HAD BEEN LED MoRGAN's
OFFICE BOY.
SEVERAL OTIgs4s:s sUBPOENAED
To APPEAR gAfE PHYSICIANS
CERTIFICATFf DF THEIR ILL
NESS PRESENTED TO BODY.
(By Assoc ed Press.I


washinsionu, y. 4 May lo.-Charlcs
;. Mcllcn. former rts.sidcat of the New
Haven railroad b,sare the Interstate
Commerce Commisytn today said that
j. Picrpont Morgant imcd him president
of the Northern rail- ad. He was proud
To be known as Nor ms man.
William Rockcfell, ?. George McCul
loch and Miller. TIVE New Haven drec
tors, sublocnacd a. appear today. had
their physicians ccrtfy TO their illness
Mr.. Mcllcn brou n with him books
and papers from ubich the commission
believes il will Lear much of the deals
with which the New lIaven il charged
Mcllen testified ifat he recalled no
case in which Moran did not have his
way. lie said il ut.uld be- difficult To
ecxplain what weIs his relations with
Morgan after Mor&al made him prcsi.
dent of the New Ils,.cn railroad
lie said the commits t}e of three or four
with Morgan IL on shaped the policies
of the New Haven.
There was a lara crowd around the
building where M,i;rn testified. many
women among thcn.
Through Mclcn'>s cstimony the com
mission developed dominant parts
taken by the dirc.neS like Morgan and
William Rockefeller in the New Haven
deals. Mcllcn went into the acquisition
Of the New York WrStchcstcr and Bos.
ton railroad bv the New Haven Ii was
brought out by Mclcns further refer.
cncc 10 Thomas T. Bryncs If New York
who. Mcllcn testified. operated through
people on Fourteenth street where. YOU
known Tammany hall is located
Mellcn said when he was president IF
the New Haven he demanded the details
Of the Wcstchcster deal, Morgan abso.
lutcly refused To give more than he had
done in his report t. the directors. which
Mellen said told little.
lie said that Morgan Inundated him
and asked him il he knew more about
the Wcstchcster report than. he Nor.
gan. did.
Mellcn held Morgan i'm awe. He was
almost cowardly before him.
The Wcstchcstcr deal was an eleven
hliiiIoh uolldf zeal.
Going more into the details of the
Wc>tchc>tcr deal Mcllcn said that Oak
leigh, Thorn Perry partly engineered
the sale 10 the New Haven and /, II $40.
900 for their work
Counsel Folk exhibited a letter Mel.
len wrote in which he said Mcllen cx
pected 10 be the goat" of the Wcstches
ter deal Mcllcn admitted the letter and
told the commission ID was usual in a
case like that for some one to he the goat
Before Mcllcn gave his testimony
about being Inundated by Morgan and
Of the Morgan 'framc-up" in putting off
The Wcstche>ter stock on the New Haven.
Mellcn asked 10 be- allowed not 10 an.
swcr saying there were personal mat.
tcrs between him and Morgan. and that
Morgan was dead and he did not want
10 talk about him. lie was told that he
would have To answer.
In telling about the negotiation of
the twelve million dollars worth Of
bonds ISSUED by the Boston x Main.
RAILROAD. Mellen admitted that Kuhn.
Loeb Co. were asked to make A bid
but were never given "A chance. H. said
he understood the bonds had been sat
isfactorily placed elsewhere and hc
;vlt he might properly be dismissed :
president of the New Haven had he ancs.
TONED the placing of the bonds.
Mellcn also said he believed the Yves,
chester railroad was organized merely ~
a striker for the purpose of beink sold
to the New Haven.