The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-13
FORMER NEW
 HAvEN' DIRECTOR
 ESCAPES TRIAL
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John D. 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 recently severed his connection with the New 1 Haven. he is still listed a. director
 of the New York; Central, the Chicago, Milwaukee. 6 St. Paul, and the Della ware Lackawanna & Western. MT. Rockefeller is now "A years old and has been in poor health for years, suffering from an affection of the l throat. Three years ago the Con- gressiona1 Committee which investi-
 gated the Money Trust desired
 him as a witness and over the protests of his physicians, an attempt was made to examine him at his Southern i home at Jekyl Island, Ga, where he was located after weeks of search by subpoena servers. The questioning
 was abandoned when he was seized physicians protested that the ordeal
 might <eause his death. MT. Rocke- felIer lives at TarrytOwn, N. Y. Lewis Cass Ledyard is one of the l prominent lawyers of the country. He was for years counsel for the
 adviser in the organization or fnanc- ing of a number of the great indus i trial and railroad enterprises with which the Morgan firm has been con nected notably the United States Steel Corporation. Tn several of them he became a director, including, be- side the New Haven, the New York i Central Northern Pacific and the
 American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
 He took a prominent part in the fla nous deal which resulted in the ac-
 quisition of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
 CO by the United States Steel Cor
 poration during the panic. of 1907 and
 testified in the subsequent government
 proceedings against that corporation.
 He is no longer connected with the . New Haven. He is 64 years old and
 lives in New York.
 Charles F. Brooker is best known
 as a brass and copper manufactures.
 He is president of the American : Brass Co., which operates large fac
 .ories in Connecticut, and is rated
 as many times a millionaire. He was rborn in Connecticut in 1847 and has been actively identified with the af- ] fairs of the state. He served in it's 1 legislature and was member from Connecticut in 1900 and 1912 of the Republican National Committee. His home is in Ansonia. Resigned from the New Haven.
 Charles M. Pratt is a mu1ti-ni1- lionaire of the Standard Oil group with. whom he was associated in the dpbuilding of that company. He has
 never been especially active in rail- road affairs, His home is in Brook lyn, where he was born in 1855. He
 has devoted time and money to edu- cational matters, is a trustee of Am herst College, which has been the beneficiary of his gifts, and is presi- dent of Pratt. Institute, Brooklyn. Re
 signed from the New Haven T1z AT-. whorwas general counsel for the com pany during the years most of the great mergers were completed, Is considered one of the abIest corpora , ton lawyers in New England. 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 c
 D. Newton Barney of Pennington.
 Conn, is a Connecticutacap pitalist. His many financial interests include di-
 rectorsh1pS in the Aetna Life Insur-
 ance Co. the Hattford-Aetna Bank,
 the United States Bank, the Securi-
 ties Trust Co., and the Morris Bank,
 all of Hartford. He is also treasurer
 of the Hartford Electric Light. Co. He
 is 56 years /old. Resigned from the
 New Haven. Robert W. Taft is a New England
 cotton manufacturer and banker. His
 home is in Providence, R. l., where
 he was born in 1 8S8. He is president
 of the Merchants National Bank Of
 that city and has ether large financial interests in Rhode Island. He be- came a director Of the Rhode, Island Co., the New Haven holding company for trolley lines it that state. Re- signed from the New Haven.
 l A. Heaton Robertson is a Connecti- of4 Jo j-,
 lature and has been & candidate both for Governor and United States Sem ator. He was born in New Haven in | 1850 where he still lives and has large banking and industrial inter ests. These include directorships in the New Haven County National Bank, the New Haven Trust O., the
 New Haven Savings Bank, the South ern New England Telephone Co, and the New Haven Ice Go. Resigned from the New Haven. James S. Hemingway, of New Ha- ven, is one of the leading bankers in Connecticut. He is vice president of
 ven, commonly known as the rail-
 road bank.' and is treasurer of the
 New Haven Savings. Bank. He is
 about 56 years of age Resigned
 from the New Haven.
 Henry K. McHarg is a New York
 banker and broker and a former gov
 ernor of the New York Stock Elk
 change. He has extensive coal and coke interests in Virginia and has
 been identified with the Wabash and other railroads in addition to the New
 Haven of which he is still a director.
 He is GA years old and lives in Stam-
 ford.
 Frederick E. Brewster, of New Ha-
 ven is reputed to be one of the
 weaIthiestt men in Connecticut. He is a capitalist, a bank director and is connected with the W. & E. T. Fitch