The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
FINANCIAL KINGS
FACE PROSECUTION
FOR CONSPIRACY
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nessee Coal and Iron Company by the
United States steel Corporation during
the panic OF 1907 and testified in the
subsequent government proceedings
against that corporations He is no
lonCer connected with the New Haven.
He Is sixty-four wears old and lives in
New York.
Oldest Defendant Eighty. Three
George Mccullough Miller, aged
eighty three, Is the oldest of the defend
ants. He is an attorney and special.
list in corporation law. He has been
prominently active for years in church
and charity affairs in New York and is
director Of the Central Trust Company
and the Greenwood Cemetery Corpora
ton. Resigned from the New Haven.
Charles f.. BrOokcr is best known as
brass and copper manufacturer. &c
il president of the American Brass
Company, which operates large factor
les in Connecticut, and is rated as many
TIRES a millionaire He was born in
Connecticut In 1917 and has been ac-
lively identified with the affairs of the
State. He served in its legislature and
was member from Connecticut in 1910
and 1919 Of the Republican National
Connecticut. Resigned from the New
Haven. am
Two Others Well Known
Charles NJ. Pratt il multi millionaire
of the Standard Oil group with whom
he was associated in the upbuilding of
tfat company. He has never been
especially active in railroad affairs.
His home Is in Brooklyn where he was
born In 1855. He has devoted time
ana money to educational matters, is
trustee Of Amherst College, which has
been the beneficiary of his gifts, aud
is president Of. Pratt Institute, Brook
lyn. Resigned from the New Haven.
Edward d. Robbins, of New Haven,
who was general counsel for the com
pany during the years most of the
great mergers were completed, is con
sidered one of the ablest corporation
lawyers in New England. He held this
position from 1906 to 1914, when he re-
tired. Previously, he had been Con
necticut counsel for the road for many
years. He is about sixty years old.
Capitalists Of Note
D. Newton Barney of Pennington,
Connecticut, is Connecticut capitalist.
His many financial interests include d.
rectOrships in the Aetna Life Insurance
Co., the Hartford. Aetna Bank, the Uni
ted States Bank, the Securities Trust
Co., and the Morris Bank, all of Hart
ford. He is also treasurer of the Hart
ford Electric Light Company. He is
ffty-si years old. Resigned from the
New Haven. ,,,
Robert w. Taft is New England
cotton manufacturer and banker. His
hcme is in Proyidenee, Rhode Island,
where he was born in 1868. He Is pres
ident of the Merchants National Bank
Of that city and has other large fnan.
cial interests in Rhode Island. He be
came a director of the Rhode Island
&c mpany, the New Haven holding com
paning for trolley lines in that state.
Resigned from the New Haven.
A. Heaton Robertson is a Connect
cut attorney and has. been active in
Democratic politics in that state. He
served in its legislature and has been
candidate both for Governor and Uni
ted States Senator. He was born in
New Haven in 1850 where he still lives
and has large banking and Industrial
interests. These include directOrships
in the New Haven County National
Bank. the New Haven Trust Company,
the New Haven Savings Bank, tn"
Southern New England Telephone Com
Danv. and the New Haven Ice Company
Resigned from the New Haven.
Three Other Defendants
James S. Hemingway, Of New Haven,
y one of the leading bankers in Cow,
necticut He is vice president of tn"
Second National Bank Of New Haven.
commonly known as "the raiIroAI
bank and is treasurer of the Ne"
Haven Savings Bank. He is about if.
ty.six years of age. Resigned from
the New Haven.
Henry X. McHarg is New H"rh
banker and broker and a former GOV
ernor of the New York Stock Exchan2".
He has extensive coal and coke inter
tsts in Virginia and has been identihed
with the Wabash and other railroads.
in addition to the New Haven of which
h, is still a director. He is sixty-four
wears old and lives in Stamford, Con
| mecticut.
Frederick F. Brewster, of New HAY
en, is reputed to be one of the wealth
lest men in Connecticut. He is a cap.
| itulist, a bank director and is connect
eG with the W. & Il. T. Fitch Company,
of New Haven, hardware manufac'
tnrers He is prominent as a yachts.
nan and clubman. He is about forty.
two years ola, and of the Now Haven 5