Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS
ON TRIAL IN NEW YORK
Three Tentative Jurors in Box When
First Days Proceedings
End.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
Eleven Defendants Represent Wealtl,
Running Into Hundreds Of Millions
and Prominent In Field OF Educa-
ton and Philanthropy.


mer directors OF the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. which
will test the ability OF the government
to obtain the conviction Of the directors
OF an alleged monopolistic corporation
under the so-called criminal clause Of
the Sherman antitrust law, was begun
hero to-day before Federal Judge Hunt.
Three tentative Jurors were In the box
when the first days proceedings end cd.
The eleven defendants represented
wealth running into the hundreds Of;
millions. and were men who have not
only taken a prominent part In hnan-
ciai affairs. but, as pointed out by their
counsel. had occupied positions Of pub
lie trust or had been variously active
In the field OF education and philan-
thropy. 1t was remarked that never in
tho history Of the Federal courts had
such number of prominent men been
called to trial with the possibility Of
terms In jail facing them
Tho defendants were William Rookie
Teller. Charles T.. Brooker. D. Newton
Barney. Robert w. Taft. James s. Hem
inEway. Lewis Cass Ledyard, Charles
NJ Pratt. a. Heaton Robertson. Fred
erick +. Brewster. Henry * McHarg
and Edward d. Robbins.
WILL NOT PRESS CASE
AGAINST MIR. MILLER
George Mccullough Miller. another
defendant also was cited to appear
to-day. but his name was omitted when
the clerk called the other defendants
Mr.. Miller Is eighty-three years old.
and tho condition OF his health was so
precarious that counsel for the govern
ment consented not to press the case
against him. Technically, he was
granted severance. as were six
others OF the original twcnty-onc de-
PENDANTS.
The appearance OF Mr.. Rockefeller
attracted tho greatest interest He sat
near the jury box and closely followed
examination OF talesmen. Beside him
sat Edward d. Robbins. the New
iiav"n's chief counsel. The other de-
PENDANTS sat near their attorneys, Of
whom there We're seventeen Exami-
nation OF talesmen was conducted for
the defendants by Delaney Nicoll who
stressed the high positions held by the
defendants and frequently remarked
mat Neverthcless. they have been in
dicted for conspiracy against the
United states" The attorney also
tried to elicit from talesmcn an op,n-
ION as to whether the growth OF the
large systems Trough the combina
ton or small roads had not been mecca
saTy TO the development OF the coun-
try, but was restrained By the court
on objection OF r. l.. Bats. Of govern
ment counsel.
MT. Nicoll read n list % o75 corpora
Nons mentioned in the governments
Indictment and bill OF particulars and
OF more than seventy persons connected
Win the case. either as defendant or
"i!eSco coconspirator, TO ascertain from
cach 'aleSman whether he had dealings
with or Was acquainted with them.
INC three tentative Jurors selected
were: Daniel NJ. Flanagan, retired dr.
goods merchant; LAX Hartmann. com
mission merchant. and Albert r. We'll
"oh. builder. II was not thought to-
night that Jury would be picked until
Fridry.
ROCKEFELLER ONE OF
RICHEST MEN IN a. &
william Rockefeller is brother of
John ID. Rockefeller and one of IN.
richest men in Acmer!ca More uo
than his brother. he has been a larp.
factor In the railway world having
been at various times officer or dirnc.
tor OF some OF the most important,
ralirohos or the country. Although he
recently severed his connection win
mo New Haven, he is still listed ,s
n director OF the New York Central
tho Chicago Milwaukee and ST. Paul
ana the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western. Mr.. Rockefeller Is nov sa,.-
enty-four years old, and has been IN
poor health for years sufferin, fror,
an affection of the throat Three
years ago tho congressional commit
tee which investigated the money
trust desired him as ~ witness and
over the protests Of his physicians an
attempt was made to examine him NJ
his Southern home at Jckyi Island On
where he was located, after weeks op
search. by subpoena servers The oucs
tioning was abandoned when he wa
'~cd with laryngeal spasms ana af-
ter his physicians protested that tho
""d"Al might cause his death AR
!:""liefeller lives at Tarrytown, n Y
Lewis Cass Ledyard is one of the
prominent lawyers of the country He
was for years counsel for the elder ]
- Morgan and was his chief adviser
in the organization or financing OF a
number of the great Industrial and
railroad enterprises with which the
Morgan Arm has been connected. no.
tably, the United States Steel Corpo-
ration DIN several OF them he became
a director. including. beside the New
Haven. the New York Central, North
crn Pacific and the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company. He
TOOK prominent part In the famous
deal which resulted in the acquisition
4 Of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
4 pany by the United States Steel Cor
4 poration during the panic OF 1907 and
testified In tho subsequent govern
ment proceedings against that corpo-
ration He is no longer connected with
\ the New Haven. He Is sixty four
years old and lives in New York.
George Mccullough Miller, aged
n eighty-three. is the oldest of the de-
PENDANTS. lie is an attorney and
u specialist in corporation law. He has
ne.n prominently active for years in
nrif
York. and is a director Of the Central
Trust Company and the Greenwood
Cemetery Corporation. Resigned from
the New Haven.