New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
GOVERNMENT OP|
 NEW HAVEN |
Attorney Bats Lays Emphd
 Methods Used By Defend
TO WRECK COMpEYI
Claims Accused Men Committcl 'Knowing That Theso Acts in Violation of the ShcrTl1al and With Criminal Intent"

and With Criminal Intent"
 New York. oct. 1s.-V Rockefeller and his ten co-defd on trial charged with conspir commerce unde Sherman law were accused by L. Bats, government counsel. ir ing the case of the governmd day, with having committed ur acts to gain control Of the tra tation lines of New England ing that these acts were in Vi of the sherman law and with c intent"
 MT. Batts, laying emphasis alleged methods employed rathd the fact that the combination been attained. described in det alleged wrecking of competitors New Haven, through suits forced them into receivership enabled the New Haven to ge trol, instances of alleged secrd quisition of steamship lines, al devious financial transactions tl which the acquisitions were alleN have been concealed.
 Suit Through SaloonI<eeper
 William Rockefeller he cI with having conspired with oth rectors of the New Haven to forI New York and New England rs' into the hands of a receiver tn a suit instituted by a Boston s, keeper and with signing the gl tee indemnifying the man "fol consequences of the suit"
 Edward D. Robins, former cl of the New Haven, he accusd having created dummy corporl 10 act as vehicles for shady d Robbins, he said, in enabling the Haven to get secret control of Metropolitan Steamship, used banks, five separate bank 'acc' then different deposits; nine dl checks and a number of indivi and dummy corporations to hayI company transferred to the Haven. He added that in the ad | l!shment of these transactiona subsequent ones connected vii Robbins deposited S200. 900 to own account, in four different and the records did not show this money went any further"
 Goes After Billiard.
 John l.. Billiard of Meriden, scribed as the man who gained by doing nothing" was the VI through whom. the attorney said New Haven concealed its owne of Boston and Maine stock from Massachusetts authorities. BI without a cent, he said, bought 1,001,000 worth of Boston Maine stock from the New II held it until the New Haven ready to take 1t back and mad| profit of s2,750,000 irl deal. Part of these funds, said attorney. were used by Charles s. len in conducting activities. the nd
 
 of which the government had mol bee able to discover. and portic it was used to buy a Boston n paper and part was paid out to Brown, "a disbursing agent in at ance on the Connecticut legtsla where a charter for the orgaizatis the Billiard Co.,, was secured at cost"
 Texts Read to Jury.
 Before Mir. Batts began Assis District Attorney Stevenson rea' inc jury the text of the indictn He also read the text of the sher act. ..-
 7,SOO Miles of Line.
 "The New Haven railroad. he tinued. (which once owned only miles of track, succeeded in acs ing all its competitors until 1t trolled 7.5O0 miles of line. and ga a position where every person gagged fin business in New Engl every enterprise. was under its p' and control"
 Steamship and trolley lines similarly acquired, he said. and a ( olete monopoly of all transporta traffic attained q monopoly that unlawful and designed to place unlimited power in the hands these conspirators."
 Broke Up Chief Competitor.
 The chief competitor of the in the early days was the r orlx and New England railroad. 1892, Mir. Batts chuJ ged. the New zen broke up a through route m aimed by the New York and England road by gaining contro lne of its connections to New 2 he Housatonic. The latter had oint interest with the New York New England in the New Eng Terminal Co, which ran car | Q New York from the terminu he Housatonic at Wilson's P ronn. This company operated a leficit. which. however, was mad oy the two railroad companies. acquiring it's control, the New Hs he government attorney declared fused to pay it's share of the de which forced the company int The New Haven, he
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