The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-12
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|sVRHsFA1lA 10 AGRasE on 9TH.
ER FIVE DInHC4ORs OF
RAILROAD.

~ns0 1AssW GcO0 Oh VBl0l 1Or Nearly
Three M0nths--verlict Came AZ.
Ter Instructions We're Renewed by
Judge-E -Eashieen Ballots Taken.
New York. Jan. s.--Six Of the IL
former directors OF the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad,
CHARGED by the government with Grim
final violation Of the Sherman anti
trust law were found not guilty late
today by the jury that for nearly
three months has been trying the case.
The jury disagreed on the Ave others.
Those acquitted were: d. Newton
Barney. Fsrminston. Conn: Robert
W. Taft. Providence. r. l.; James s.
Hemingway, A Heaton Robertson and
Frederick +. Brewster. New Haven,
and Henry X. McHars. Stamford.
Conn. ~
Those on whom the jury disagreed
were: William Rockefeller, New
York; Charles r. Brooker, Ansonia,
Conn.,; Charles NJ. Pratt. Brooklyn;
Lewis cass Ledyard. New York. and
Edward ID. Robbins. New Haven.
The verdict was returned at 4.sO
o'clock this afternoon after 81 hours
OF deliberation. and the Jury was dis
CHARGED. The nnai vote on the five
defendants upon whom the jury could
not agree stood 8 to for acquittal.
r.. L Bats. chief counsel for the
sovernment. announced that In due
time he would move for = new trial
of these fve. This viii De done. ne
said. before any effort viii be made
to try the slx other former directors
Of the road who were indicted, but
who obtained the right to be tried
separately. v". q
The jurors cid not reach their ver-
dict until they had reported to Judge
Hunt earlier In the day that they
could not agree. UP to that time
noon--thsy had been deiibsrating
with = view to bringing In 4 verdict
on the guilt or innocence Of the de-
fsndants collectively. The court then
instructed them to make further ef-
forts g concur and that II they could
not asree upon all to try and reach
: dscision on, some. 1she vote OF the
question Of ali at that time also stood
: 70 : for acquittal. II was learned.
On returning to the jury room the
tufors renewed their discuspion with
the courts iilstructions ia mind and
slniInlfnously eliminated the six de-.
fsndatts who were acquitted. Two OF
the four Jurors who had voted against
the defendants originally stood Arm,
however. assinst Rockefeiier. Led
yard. Brookei. Pratt and Robbins.
Then the other two switched to their
original position. leaving 8 to 4 AZ the
final verdict. q M
From the slme the case was SUBJ
mittsd to them at 1880 O'Clock Fri
day afternoon. the Jurors took IS bal.
lots. The first stood six Tor acquit-
tai, four for conviction and two
blank. It was not until Saturday that
they reached the to 4 align
msnt.
William Rockefeller. who is III, and
Henry X. McHarg were not present
when the Jurors, hagsard and untidy,
Med In the court room to announce
their verdict. Some Of the nine 9TH
sy defendants during the long hours
Of waiting had laughed and joked
with counsel and newspaper men.
Others had evidenced much nervous
ness. With the entrance Of the jury
men. with their hats and coats IN
hand. presasins q verdict. the mental
state Of the Defendants was obvious
fiy one Of tense strain. V'fSffs si- W,
After hearing the verdict and with.
out regard for their ststus under the
verdict. the defendants shook hands
with the Jurors and with govern
ment counsel.
Charles 8. Mellen. former president
OF the New Haven and the chief
witness In the case. was not in court
White they had discussed all the
principal phases Of the case. Jurors
said the chief issues considered were
the matter Of the alleged suppress.
sion by the New Haven OF the com.
petition Of the Joy steamship line
and the acquisition OF the Boston &
Maine railroad by which the govern.
ment CHARGED the New Haven com.
pleted Its monopoly of New England
transportation traffic.
The Jurors explained that they had
sought to follow the instructions OF