Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-10
PLANS STARTED
FOR RETRlAL OF
NEW HAVEN MEN
Rockefeller, Brooker, Led
yard, Robbins and Pratt
Face Another Battle
FREED MEN ARE HAPPY
Federal Jury Acquits Six Rail-
road Directors After 81
Hours Deliberation

Nrw YORK Dec. 10-Arrangements
- tba retrial Of william Rockefeller
"a four other New Haven directors. on
hose guilt on conspiracy charges the
uadsral Jury disagreed, were begun by
,bo District Attorneys office here today.
win the stacks Of testimony to be
i,..uad and arranged TO bring the Govern
ssor,'s heaviest forces to bear on the FIVE
aofendants to be retired. however, 1t Is
belIeved weeks will elapse before another
s,,s, ia drawn to determine whether they
ssonsnIred to monopolize New England
.rarsnortatIon. Some persons in the
s,ederai building think there may not be
retrial, however.
1.svis Cass LedyarG. former personal
,arnsel for j. Pierpont Morgan, and one
- tbe defendants who will be retrled
Uave physical evidence that the jury's re-
1ort hit him hard. William Rockefeller
Vas not in court, and the other defend
ants ON whose guilt the jury disagreed
,,,ore nerfect poker faces throughout
,bo final jury hearing and had nothing
to say.
Former Connecticut Republican Ma
,ional Committeeman Charles F. Brooker,
a, Ansonia, Conn. a brass manufacturer;
charles NJ Pratt, whose father was a
big man in Standard OIL, and former
Nav Haven Lines counsel, Edwand d.
Robbins are the three other men who
must face trial again.
After being out Il hours ant minutes
.he iury in the Government g case against
rockefeller and 10 other former directors
of the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford road returned n split verdict late
yesterday.
six of the II men on trial since October
"a. charged with conspiring to monopo-
iize the common carrier business in New
England in violation of the Sherman act,
were acquitted upon the guilt or inno-
cence of the remaining five the jury re-
ported to Federal Judge Hunt who tried
the case, IL was unable to agree.
The acquitted are:
D. NEWTON BARNEY. of Farming
ROBERT w. TAFT. of Providence,
RI
A. HEAToN ROBERTSON. of New
Haven, Conn.
. FREDERICK F. BREWSTER, of New
Haven. Conn.
HENRY X. M'HARG, of Stamford.
Conn.
The court was we'll filed as the final
proceedings began, the defendants and
lawyers being in their accustomed places
and a few spectators having found their
way in to see the unusual sight of the
Federal District Court in session on a
Sunday afternoon.
''Is your verdict as to all the defend
ants?" was Judge Hunts first question.
mo. sir" replied the foreman.
Before receiving 1t let me ask you
whether you believe that 1t is impossible
for you to agree concerning all the de-
fendants"
81 do" replied Mr.. Hirschman.
Gentlemen" said the Judge, address,
Ing all the jurors 'is that your wish. that
the court accept the forenan's statement
concerning all the defendants?"
1T is," answered the Jurors in chorus
Then l am TO assume that you wish
to be relieved of Your duties, in so far as
the defendants are concerned?"
Again the jurors answered together,
and Judge Hunt asked that the verdict
be read. Mr. Hirschman. then reading
from the paper, announced the verdict.
Clerk Elmer Westerfelt then swore the
Jury as accepting the verdict as their
own, and the Court said:
THE defendants who have been found
not guilty are discharged. The other
attendants will remain on the calendar
lot such disposition as may be made of
them"
Then turning to the jury he thanked
them for their faithful attention 10 their
uuueS' anu shlu tney were particularly
10 be commended for the dignity and
eircumspection with which they had per-
formed their duties for a period of 13
weeks.
Then came the time for congratulatlng
the defendants who had been acquitted
and their lawyers. and for assuring those
on whom there had been a disagreement
that II might have been worse Mr. Taft
shook hands with f. NJ Swacker, one of
the Governments attorneys.
The jury stated that there was a taclt
understanding that none of them would
discuss what happened in their dellbera-
uons' hut In a few minutes enough had
.eaked ut TO give a fair idea of what
had influenced them.