The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
Five New Haven Men on
Whom Jury Disagreed Will
Be Accused Again
MOVE FOR NEW TRIAL
WILL BE PRESENTED
One Of the Men Is William
Rockefeller, Who
Is Now Ill

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former directors OF the New Haven rail
road, in whose cases the jury disagreed
will again be placed on trial, charged
with violation OF the Sherman law, had
not been announced to-day. In announc.
ing that he would move for a new trial
r, l.. Bats, government counsel, said
this step would be taken in due time.
Those acquitted were d. Newton Bar
ney, Pennington, Conn. Robert w. Taft,
Providence, X. L.; James S. Hemingway,
A. Heaton Robertson and Frederick f,
Brewster, New Haven, and Henry X. Me-
Harg, Stamford, Conn.
! Those on whom the jury disagreed
were William Rockefeller, New York /;
Charles +. Brooker, Ansonia, Conn;
Charles NJ. Pratt, Brooklyn; Louis Cass
4 Ledyard, New York, and Edward d. Rob-
bins, New York
OF the five defendants whose guilt or
innocence was not decided, William
Rockefeller was the only one whose term
/ of service as New Haven director CON
tinued throughout the entire time of the
alleged conspiracy. He antedated
Charles Brooker by three years. Messrs.
Ledyard and Pratt took part in the
transactions which led to the acquisition
of the stock of the Boston and Maine in
1907. Edward ID. Robbins was general
counsel OF the road and figured in the
Metropolitan steamship transaction nc
companied by the formation of a num-
Der of alleged dummy corporations re-
sulting in the transfer OF the steamships
Harvard and Yale TO the Pacific coast
The other directors were little men
toned in the evidence, and their chief
defense was that they depended upon the
advice of Charles S. Mellen or Robbins
in the acts charged against them, which
virtually consisted of casting their votes
in favor OF propositions which came be-
fore the board of directors for approval |
The defendants wsre indicted on Feb. |
26, 1915. The trial began October l3, 1t |
is estimated that it entailed an expense
to the government and defendants of
of a million dollars.
The verdict was returned at 4 o'clock I
yesterday afternoon after 81 hours of I
deliberation and the jury was discharged. t
The final vote on the five defendants
upon whom the jurors could not agree
stood to for acquittal. r. l.. Bats,
chief council for the government an
that in due time he would move
for a new trial of these five This will
be done he said before any effort will
be made to try the six other former
directors of the road who were indicted,
but who obtained the right to be tried
separately.
The jurors did not reach their verdict
Until after they had reported to Judge
Hunt earlier in the day that they could
rot agree. Up to that time-noon-the
lad been celebrating with view to
ringing in a verdict on the guilt or in
locense of the defendants collectively.
rhe court then instructed them to make
urther efforts to concur and that if
hey could not agree upon all, to try and
each decision on some. The vote on
he question of all at that time also !
TODD to for acquittal, it was learned.
On returning to the jury room the
lrors renewed their discussion with the !
ourt's instruction in mind and unani r
lously eliminated the six defendants )
fho were acquitted. Two of the four J.
lrors, who had voted against the de- /
endants originally, stood firm, however, {,
gainst AIessrs. Rockefeller, Ledyard,
rocker, Pratt and Robbins. Then the -,
ther two switched TO their original po- !,
tion, leaving s to 4 as the final YER I
let. In,
From the time the case was submitted ;;
, them at 1880 o'clock Friday after ~
Don. the jurors took in all eighteen
allots. The first stood six to six for a,
,quittal, four for conviction and two y
ank. 1t was not until Saturday that !,
icy reached the eight to four align
ent.
William Rockefeller, who is i'll, and
enry X. McHarg, were not present :,
hen the jurors, haggard and untidy, n
ed in the courtroom to render their
rdict. The nine other defendants were
their usual seats. Some of them. +.
ring the long hours of waiting had =
ughed and joked with counsel and =,
wspaper men. Others had evidenced a.
leh nervousness, particularly after \,
dge Hunts instructions yesterday -
ging the jury to bring in verdict as ns
some individually. With the entrance ~
the iurymen. with their hats and -,
ats in hand, presaging a verdict, the os
,mtal state of the defendants was OBJ =,
,uElv one of tqusp strain