The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-13
Directors and Former Direc-
tors of the New Haven
Road to Face Trial
GEORGE MILLER NOT
CITED TO APPEAR
It Was Explained That Government
Would Not Press Charge Against
Him on Account of His Inirmities-
The Defendants in Case.

f1n Oh account OF HIS lnnrm1C1eS-
The Defendants in Case.
NEW YORK, Oct 13.-When the trial
of the directors and former directors of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad, charged with conspiracy to mo-
nopohze the traffic of New England was
moved today the government failed to
mention the name of George Miller, one
of the u defendants cited to appear Mr.
Miller is S3 years old and it was explained
that the government would not press the
charge against him on account of his infirm-
tiles.
| The following are the men under indict-
| ment:
William Rockefeller is a brother of John
ID. Rockefeller, and one OF the richest men
in America More so than his brother, he
has been a large factor in the railway
world, having been at various times officer
or director OF some of the most important
| railroads Of the country. Although he re-
Gently severed his connection with the
| New Haven, he is still listed as a director
| Of the New York Central, the Chicago,
! Milwaukee & St Paul and the Delaware
! Lackawanna & Western Mr. Rockefeller
! is now II years old and has been in poor
health for years, suffering from an afec
| tion 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 physi-
Clans, an attempt was made to examine him
at his southern home at Je1yI Island Ga.
where he was located after weeks of search
/ by subpoena servers. The questioning was
abandoned when he was seized with laryn-
geal spasms and after his physicians pro-
tested that the ordeal might cause his
death. Mr.. Rockefeller lives at. larry
! town, y. y.
/ Lewis Case Ledyard IS one of the promi-
nent lawyers OF the country He was for
years counsel for the elder J. P Morgan
and was his chief adviser in the organiza-
ton financing of a number of the great
industrial and railroad enterprises with
which the Morgan firm has been connect
ed, notably the United States Steel cor
iporation. In several of them he became a
director, including, besides the New Ha-
ven, the New York Central, Northern Pa
cIhc and the American Telephone & Tele-
graph company. He took a prominent part
in the famous deal which resulted in the
Iacquisition of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company by the United States Steel cor
poration during the panic of 1907 and tes-
titled in the subsequent government pro-
ceedings against that corporation. He is
He is "a years old and lives in New York
Charles T. Brooker is best known as
brass and copper manufacturer. He Is
president of the American Brass company
(which operates large factories in Connect
cut. and Is rated as many times a million
aire. He was born in Connecticut in 1917
and has been actively identified with the
affairs of the state. He served in its legis-
lature and was member from Connecticut
in 1900 and 1912 of the Republican ma
ti0nal committee. His home is in Anso-
MIA, Conn. Resigned from the New Haven
Charles NJ. Pratt is nultimilionaire of
the Standard Oil group with whom he was
associated in the upbuilding of that COM
pany. He has never been especially active
in railroad affairs His home is in Brook
lyn where he was born in 1865 He has
devoted time and money to educational
matters, is a trustee of Amherst college,
which has been the beneficiary of his gifts,
and is president of Pratt institute, Brook
lyn. Resigned from the New Haven.
Edward ID. Robbins, of New Haven, who
was general counsel for the company dur
ing the years most of the great mergers
were completed, is considered one of the
ablest corporation lawyers in New Eng
land He held this position from 1906 to
1914, when he retired Previously, he had
been Connecticut counsel for the road for
many years He is about 60 years old.
ID. Newton Barney of Pennington
Conn, is a Connecticut capitalist His
many financial interests include director.
ships in the Aetna Life Insurance Co., the
t Hartford-Aetna bank, the United States
: bank, the Securities Trust Co., and the
n Morris bank, all of Hartford He is also
;, treasurer of the Hartford Electric Light
Co. He is SO years old. Resigned from
: the New Haven
: Robert w. Taft is a New England cotton
manufacturer and banker. His home is il
t Providence, r. l., where he was born il
: 1868. He is president of the Merchants
# National bank of that city and has othe1
Y large financial interests in Rhode Island
S He became director of the Rhode IslanC
a company, the New Haven holding company
4 for trolley lines in that state. Resigned
d from the New Haven
l. A. Heaton Robertson is a Connection
e attorney and has been active in Demo
4 cratic politics in that state He served il
its legislature and has been a candidat,
p tor. He was born in New Haven in 1885,
a where he still lives and has large banking
le and industrial interests These include di
,e rectorships in the New Haven County Ma
le tional bank, the New Haven Trust com
pany, the New Haven Savings bank, tn
r. Southern New England Telephone com
I'd pany, and the New Haven Ice company
nt Resigned from the New Haven.
james S. Hemingway of New Haven /