Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-11
Trial of Former
 N. H. Directors
WILL BEGIN IN NEW YORK ON
 WEDNESDAY
CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED
Ma Penalty is One Year in JaH an 'oo Fine-eovsrnu.ns H. s"breerssd More Than 100 Wit. nessss.

New York. Oct. Io.-Eleven 6irar. tors and former directors of the Neu Iork. New Haven and Hartford rail. Toad and Edward D. Robbins S.,.e-., counsel of the road. face trfsi sb1, week on a charge of couspfrfng t< monopohze the transportation traf5r oL New England They are to hs 1slen a<' 70 the bar in the federal coiirs Oerore Judge Hunt on Wednesday
 While the trial Is one of a nun1ba, oI proceedings that have been direct. eu Tn the past few years axafnst th. NeW Haven read. in view of the oues. uon or alleged violation of the Sher. man antitrust law, ft is the firzt m. der which the directors thenseIves ar, brought Into the court with the pros. pect of facing Imprisonment.
 man1in1un Penalty s5,ooo Fine ane
 One Year in Jail.
 The maximum penalty. if thev ars convicted. is one year fin prison and so.OO0 me. as provided in thaat sectior of the sherman law known as the
 The indictment of the defendant. which occurred last November rem resents the efforts of the presnt ad- ministration. it is said. to carry to ar Issue In the courts tho question of personal guilt of directors of an ai- Ieged monopiltstic coporation The proceedings were taken. 1t Is under stood. at the direct instfzation ,f President Wilson.
 There were originally txenty-one de. tenoants. whose names are among the Foremost in financial afrafrs in ths United States Three of these gained immunity on the ground that they had teSuned at previous New Haven pro- ceedinss and six were granted sep- arate trials on the plea that they were not directors when certain of the acts charged in the indictments were com uittod.
 Twelve to Go On Trial.
 The twelve others who so on trial on Wednesday are:
 William Rockefeller, LexiS Cas- Charles F. Rrooker' Charier r ,-,s,' P1st' Edward 70. Robbins. D. Newton Bar ney. Robert VI. lr1ft, A. Heaton f-op- ertson, JarJes s. Herninrway. Henry K AcHArg and Frederick B. BrewEter
 Tns ax last named are still nsteS as directors of the, New Haven
 The str granted a separate trial are George F. Boker IT. De Witt -Cuyler. Theodore N. Va# Francis T. AraxwelI Edward Milliban and Alexander coch- rane. The three Eiven immunity were William Skinner. James s. Elton and John Billiard ---s.
 mellsn- to Be Star Witness.
 The indictments were procured chiefly on the testimony of Charles s. -HrAAcnt AoEINcr president or the New Haven. who is expected to be the Eov- ernments star witness at the triai. They charge fin a general way that the New Haven directors for the rast twenty-five years. fin fact from the day or the enactment of the Sherman law. July q. 1890, combined under the control of the road virtually an the railroads. trolley lines and water line. of New England which they did not crive out cf business. thus extinguish- Ing all competition.
 Nore than l6o corporations are mentioned tn the indictment as thnr having been unlawfuliy controlled and the government has in its possession a mass of evidence fin regard. to the most fnnumeraole transactions by which they were brought under the alleged domination of the New Haven. that rfvalE. if ft does not exceed. that collected Tn any other of the proceed- Inss brought under the Sherman anti trust law. For the government more than 100 witnesses have been supoenaed and there is every reason to beffey-n that the trial will last three months at least
 Much of the testimony adduced win undoubtedly be a repitition om naatters the New Haven by the Interstate Commerce commission. but new and sensational disclosures are promised before the trial is completed The investigation of the commission bare iy touched some matters. it ls under stood. which tho government prose- crtcrs in this case. after months of study. have succeeded fin fully or1ng- ing to light
 Notable Array of Counsel.
 The defendants have engaged a mo- table array of counsel which includes among others Delacy Nicor. John c. Milburn. Charles F. Choate. Richard V. Lindabury. Royal Victor and John w, IT. Grim The governments caze win be conducted by Prank M. Swack- CT specia. assistant to the attorney general. James W. Osborne. speciai as- sistant and other government counsel AUTO RACE DRIVER