Evening star., 1916-01-09
Fate of Former Board Men,
bers UndiscIosed as Panel
Tries to Reach Verdict.
JOY STEAMSHIP LINES
COMPETITION AN ISSUE
Jury Asks for Correspondence Of
William Rockefeller in Relation
to L. I. Sound Traffic.

NEW YORK. January s.-The jury in
the case of the eleven former directors
of the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford railroad charged with criminal
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law were stili celebrating on ver-
dict tonight. The case was submitted
to them at / 30 O'Clock yesterday after
noon.
Runiors circulated in the courtroom
were conflicting One was that a ma
jority' of the jurors favored the ac-
quittal of all the defendants: another
that they had agreed on the acauittal
of some and could not agree on the
others; still another that they favored
the acquittal of some, the conviction
of certain others and could not agree
upon the rest
The length of time that had been
taken in the deliberations led some OF
the attorneys to conjecture that the
Jury had found against the defendants
on the question whether a conspiracy
existed in 1890. the date OF the enact
ment of the Sherman law Inis was
the fundamental question which Judge
Hunt told the jury in his charge must
first be settled.
Speculation as to Points Raised.
In that event, 1t was suggested that
the Jurors might be deliberating on
the question as to whether the con-
spiracy was continuous to the date OF
the indictment and were taking UP
each phase of the case in this connec-
tion. covering the entire Twenty-Five
years of the history of the alleged con-
spiracy. ,.a from
If anything was to be dedueHc f,sd ron Sor
the nature of the exhioits cat ,het the
during the day it appeared tnat tie .ne
question of the New Haven's compeua
ton with the Joy steamship ,',,an,s ,ius'
of the extent of William RockeieIieIL
ma ri ticipation in Ii, was one issue OF oe
hate In addition to correspondence OF
Rockefeller in the matter OF preven'rnS rn.,
the sale of two steamboats, 10 the oog
line the jury spent two hours III op tba
testimony of Frank NJ. Dunbaugh, Tor
mer president of the Joy line
Request for Correspondence.
The Jury also asked for correspond
ence between officials of the Maine
Steamship Company and the New
Haven, in which appeared in letter
written to a New Haven official about
the Joy line the expression:
I'VE will take off their hides and lay
them out to dry on the Long isiand
shore" .-.-....
They also asked for a letter referring
to rebates alleged to have been given
by the New Haven on sugar shipments
for which it was competing with the
Joy line. ,
II was commented upon by counsel
that neither this nor the Rockefeiief
correspondence had been mentioned ny
the government in summing up the
case.
Ask Reading of Part of Charge.
After the jury had heard the reading
of the testimony. the foreman. Steven
D. Hirshman. asked the court to read
that part of his charge relating to the
so called tripartite agreement and the
Sound lines agreement, the first of
which he had held not to be in violation
of the Sherman law; the other OBJ
noxious' to it.
C. A. Flint juror No. 10, also asked
the court to read that part of the
charge referring to the so-called Cor
sair agreement of 1893. by which the
territory of New England was divided
between the New Haven and the Boston
and Maine. Judge Hunt granted the
first two requests, but informed Juror
Flint that he had rot mentioned his
request in his charge. except in the
reading Of report of the Massachu-
setts commission on commerce and in
dustry, which contained a reference
to it.
The jury had failed to reach verdict
at 80 o'clock tonight and the jury
men were again locked up over night.
1t was said on good authority that the
court, in the hope that a verdict might
be eventually reached would keep them
out a number of days, if necessary. Hay
ing failed to reach quick decision. 1T
was pointed out that the many an1
complicated phases of the case offered
opportunities for the jurors to enter
into long debate. hardly unexpected
under the circumstances.
Give Up Hope of Verdict.
Several of the defendants went to
their homes or hotels during the even
ing hours. apparently having given up
hope of a verdict tonight. but pre-
pared to return on telephone summona
All of them except William RockefeI-
Ter were in court when the jury filed
in Just before noon for the reading of
the testimony. The defendants closely
scanned the faces of the men who were
to decide their fate-twelve passing on
the guilt or innocence of eleven-but
the Jurors did not appear to be aware
of the scrutiny.
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