The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-10-18
M|[L|ONA|RES
FACING TRIAL
FOR CONSP|RACY
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER AND TEN
OTHER DEFENDANT RAILROAD
DIRECTORS CHARGED WITH MO-
NOPOLlZlNG TRAFFIC.

New York, Oct. 16.-The selection
1 of a jury to try William Rockefeller
| Edward ID. Robbins and nine other di
rectors, past and present of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford, rail
road on the charge of conspiring t
monopolize the transportation traffic
of New England, was completed Fri
day.
The twelve acceptable men repre-
sented the painstaking sitting of nearly
250 talesmen conducted by attorneys
for both sides during the three days
that the trial already has been il
progress.
The case was adjourned until Mon
day after Judge Hunt in announcing
that the jurors would not be kept in
the custody ofthe court, delivered what
was regarded by many as an unusual
ly solemn warning upon "the import.
ance of circumspection" in their con-
duct. He told them they were to allow
no one to approach them on amy
phase of this case" emphasizing at
the same time the Importance of the
matters under consideration.
Upon reassembling Monday the ju.
rors will hear the opening address of
II. l.. Bats of counsel for the govern
ment, who expects to take at least a
day and a half to outline the huge mass
of evidence to be presented in proof
Of the alleged conspiracy.
The jurors are: Steven d. Hiersch-
man, real estate dealer; Max Hart
man, commission merchant; Albert b.
Weldon, vault dealer; Thomas n. Pell,
insurance broker; Frank S. Douglass,
manufacturer; Fred c. Bonny, manu-
facturer; James II. Carton, business
manager; Joel Krous, real estate deal
er; Peter Wagner, builder; c. A. Flint
salesman; Henry c. Date real estate
dealer, and Alfred l.. Grace, electri-
clan.
Strong opinions as to the enforce
ment of the Sherman antitrust law
under which the directors were indict-
ion of nearly a dozen jurors who other
wise seemed acceptable.
uTiIIia,, brntInr 80
John ID. Rockefeller, and one of the
richest men in America. More so than
his brother, he has been director of
some of the most important railroads
Of the country. Although he recently
severed his connection with the New
Haven, he is still listed as a director
of the New York Central, the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul, and the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western. Mr..
Rockefeller Is now "A years old and
has been in poor health for years, suf-
fering from an affection of the throat
Three years ago the congressional
committee which investigated the
money trust" desired him as a wit
ness and over the protests of his ply
sicians, an attempt was made to exam
inc him at his southern home at Jekyl
Island, Ga, where he was located af-
ter weeks of search by subpoena serv-
ars. The questioning was abandoned
when he was seized with laryngeal
spasms and after his physicians pro-
tested that the ordeal might cause his
death. Mr.. Rockefeller lives at Tarry-
town, n. Y.
Lewis Cass Ledyard is one of the
prominent lawyers of the country. He
was for years counsel for the elder
J. p. Morgan and was his chief ad-
wiser in the organization of financing
Of number of the great industrial
nd railroad enterprises with which the |
Morgan firm has been connected. nota- |
bly, the United States Steel Corpora
ion. In several of them he became a |
director including. beside the New
Haven. the New York Central. Nor |
heru Pacific and the American Tele- |
phone and Telegraph Company. He |