The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03


 s4tsx0 Haven who vyeres indicted Nov ? last Tor conspiracy to monopolize the nransportat1ons facilities of New Eng- land yesterday got the bill Of partlc- sila axs they demanded from the govern naent
 ssnAesfsss charges are made in the bill:
 That the directors were respen- sihIa< ftoT< tho tangle of proceedings that resulted in the elimination of the 11etropolitan Steanasaa1p Com panv as compettcx of inc New
 That Eelvsaz,d D. Robhanss for many years counSeI for the New 4a.veza. transferred to his f1zdfe cer- 4ain shares of stock that fnlFned q part of the proceeds of thes1fetro- poiltan transaction.
 That H2obbans. on AEay z7s 1914. received and deposited checks for s2o5 GOO h various banks the9znoney being a further part Of the Metro pol1tan prOceeds-
 That Robbins was a paTty1t to the ran5oz-7al fo Canada of the assets. books. parers and recoTds of the Rlara I,sszass trough which xlae New Haven carried out it's
 Boston end Maine deal
 That Lewis Cass Isedyazyd spent three years in tying to prevent
 seSst of ta1s fascts con-
 sr1fnS the activities and actions of the cpnsp1rstors and
 That no member ofsthe New a a<a-s ss esa board Of 1913 was a1lo<Eed even 4o respond to q toast involving ? a10ad 1l1atteTs until what he had So say was silhr1it tied to the Ezaec- 1zfsve <alzrEaz tt6e of the board sssbbsns and Izsdyard c11sef ESguTes- 4 Asprn D, Judge Hunt Of the isrJzsifea StAtRs District Court directed E4zA e-oveznuert to file a bill Of par epl axS ons 9f1e petition of W1lllsIn Rockefener. George 1daeEH lIoslgh A1ll- s1srs Charles F. Brpozxer D. Newton aesaatn g " Lewis CaH Iedyazd l6har1es IT Pratt, AZ Heaton Robert tson. F'reaeTfck F. Brewster Henry K s11eEzarg and A A1exandnr Coc hrane
 an June q Robbins hose plea for a1afnunity beazse he had tsas1led be fofe a Federal Grand Tal1 had been ! d daSaied was granted sl1uia ar petition bv Judge Hunt The bill filed yestsr- lay meets both demands It com pAses sixty -three printeds pages and be&ra tn cia1 ssi re s of n issd States Attorney Marshall. 5t is the work tf Spec aI l 7H A A seys General Frank zA- s5Esaelzer land R F. Batts.
 Robb7ns and Led ard are 1rlas1e the two most conspicuous figures. a1nong fhs Indicted men Isedyard was per solta1 counsel to- ,. P Mor gaus during 4fi6 period when RofI5ins was general o6nselof the New Haven. aa1ds of him dtsis said that for tlfree years before fhe retuTning of the indictnnent he took steps to prevent the ascertain 1neA1k Of the facts concernng the ac- fzVIties and acions Of the conspirafors sncarr-virie out the conspiraey- 2
 Charge Iedyard ysizh Conceal naeat-
 is added that Lsedyard made statenaen4s. intended to haK g and havs angs the e1ect of col1cea1illg the pur- posea of the eoflSp trators and prevent ing actions to enjoin the illegal acts CT to punish the offenders and that She other defendanfs knew Of these ac- tzyftIes Of Iedyard and acqufesced in and approved of them. The bill then
 edyard counse1lsd with and pro cured Charles s. Afellen (then presi. dent Of the New Haven9 to write letter on ecEmber 2. 1912 to Undtee States Attorney Henry A Wise. wtlicf was designed. intended and calculate fo conceal the relationship Of them selves and otfaer consi orators to tn, sal conspiracy and acts in further. asnee 4h ereofs
 In this letter 41ellen assurned fuI sEbflfty for the traf1ic agree neu between the New Haven and tn, Grand Trunk. As a result of thu admission he was indicted. with b Presd
 
 SnIthers Of the Grand Trunk, fo violating the Sherman law.
 sedyards year ago, sought per mission to feaf1ff before 4he Interstat Commerce Connandssion while it wa conducting tits New Have inyestiga 1en He was not sworn but duran'
 E6d dakA kakged MeI1en wit were under fire.
 Robbins ls made to appear in tn bill as a chief figure in the acquisifdol of tIle 1Ektropo1ftan Stea n1shfp Co Q Maine. of which Charles " Mors was president until disaster overtoo him nring tIle panic of 1907 Non Of the deaIs in which the New Have figured has been go difficult to m tangle as this one, and not only be fore the Interstate Commerce. Com lnissiun but in the course of suit brpzRghE sy Jennie AIorse a sister c esnaFles Morse it has been assert ed repeated Iy that no New Have money was involved.
 Note for s1 ,0oO, 900 in Deal.
 The bill of particulars howeve: charges that on July Il. 1913, tn New Haven executive committee at thorized giving a six moq1ths note fe S1sa00s000s to the Farmers Loan an Trust Go This nofes it is dec1aree played an important part in the Me- TO p9a1La4K ued1s setIIno1lgl1 IL had bee ustensfbly y com leted t vFoa years be gore that time. This deal is descriK ed as:
 "A transaction whereby Robtir cooperating with other of the COT splrators and utilizing funds and eree 1t of the New Haven, the New Ene land Navigation CO and the Billa1 Co., the Ne ew gland Securities Co the Eastern Securities Co. the Pacif Co., the Pacific Navigation Co., tI ChlImark Co and the St. I.awrenc Securities Coz. Ltd. pr ocured cortr. of the Metropolitan Steamship Co New Jersey esuccessor to the MaiT conapaR6ta ssad caused its. boats "a. and lar a5f d, to 5e rehnoVed to and oI erazed in PacIf1c Coast waters, an