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Show WM, ROCKEFELLER WOULD CHANGE PL! i He and Twenty Other Ex-Dlreeton of the N. y?, Ni HPAVH Railroad Petition Court -j . Now .York.No.v 30, William Rockefeller, Standard 6fl millionaire toiJgbcspuhUuermJsslpn, of tho fed eal court to change 'ills plea to tho InUIctmenj chawing 'hlm'''-aiid twenty other former directors of tho New York, Now Haven & Hartford Hail-road Hail-road company witlT crlmlnal,vlolation of tho anti-trust law. Mr. Rockefeller filed a plea m abutcment last Monday Mon-day . Mr. Rockefeller was Joined in IiIh application by Robert W. Tntt, Chas. A. Brooker,' Wifrlam Skinner and 1 Tames S. Eltonj These dofeiidauts filed pleas in abatement with -Mr. Rockefeller last Monday., in. their application to Judge Sessions, llie-P 'fcmlnnts did not indicate the nntujte of tho pica they wish to make. Under tlio pica in abatement they sought tq have tho indictment dismissed dis-missed on the grountt that it was defective. The alleged defect consist oil of tho fact that one of tho court officials connected with drafting the Indictment was a resident of New Jersey instead of Now. Yorki, Applications for permission to change their pleas wero made also by D. Newton Barney, Frederick F. Browstor, Henry.) K. McHarg and Georgo F. Baiter. A vigorous argument against the granting of such permission ,was irmdo by Assistant Attorney General Swacker. , . ' "Judge Sessions granted permission to nil nlno men to chango their pleas. Substitute picas wero not offered at once, however, and argument proceeded pro-ceeded on the original pleas in abatement. abate-ment. - |