New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-23
STANDARD OIL INQUIRY.
EVIDENCE THAT BOOKS WERE BURNED IN
NOVEMBER


Cleveland Dec 22.-The taking OF dispositions oy
Attorney General Monnett in the attempt 10 PRIV
that the Standard oil Company had destroyed a
10, of tie hooks and papers few days before inc
Sunreme Court ordered the books to be produced
ms evidence In the investigation OF the o'a"oa'u
oil Company. resumed to-day 40
John McNierney, of No. 81 Oregon-st., tes,l"eu
that he had been in the employ OF the Stahuaru
on Company for over two years. He said that on
Saturday morning November 49, he was ordered
IN burn n lot OF the Standard OIL Companys DOCKS.
He burned them about o'clock In the furnaces vi
the car shops. Later in the day. he said. ne was
ordered to go to the Eucid-ave offices ana get
some boxes The boxes were taken down from 'ie
fifth floor In the elevator but some one objected 10
Thorn being taken out of the front door Ihere-
upon the boxes were taken back to the NTH moor
NcNiernev remained around the Eucd-ave ONCE
until ; o'clock that afternoon, and then the boxes
we're lowered by rope and tackle from one OF the
windows He assisted by four otner employees %
the cornpa n.y. The boxes taken to the company
warehouse They remained there until Monday.
About 10 o'clock Monday morning McNicrney and
q man named Moran took the books out OF the
boxes and burned them in the furnaces There
were nine boxes OF books and six SACKS OF pdpehh
Some of the books were about t"eNtyx rne said
the books that we're bnrned On oa, o,"es
Fridav night He received his orders to get the
boxes from George Fields the carshop ,ote h ma
Moran burned the books that were destroyed on
SATURDAY morning Moran helped open The boxes N}Xe
and took out the books and burned them. On MOL
da a Fields gave him orders to go to the warehouse
and get the boxes and take them TO me lutiaogii
Nasrcr eTsommissioner Brnsmad was not taken up
to-day because Messrs. Rockefeller oquugd a nnt
He found Attorney-Gcneral Monnett desired 70
proceed with the hearing and to subpoena 1o9 on
cmpanv an" Attorney Kline for the company. OBJ
jected and argued for more delay, oor q wear and
two months getting three days testimony, we
have met with nothing except delays ana 'he
syie K K iSe's stated to the of his knowledge
that Secretary Squire saG yq M S had
ont Of the city for several months and ne dia nov
know where Frank Rockefeller was ,v re
service on Them Commissioner Brinsm nn oiue'eu
the posPoRedt q insmony before Not
ary Mason was resumed. Charles C. hogan 1i oroi
foreman in ,6 She 9n fWP Te 81 Rsmne He
in the employ of the company LOT Ia mnne' Win
Instructions TO George Fields TO burn the accounts
and books In the boxes hauled from the rnhonse
t 1To boxes he declared contained miscellaneous
collection of papers and few BOOKS, W. or nrder
nonv hooks He declared positively that no iedsers
or journals were burned The burning OF TINS ma
teriaL he said Of no consequence. ana was ac :,
cording 10 custom. In July, 1895. he said Iot or
similar material was burned and IN isss NOR nc
counts and books destroyed This last tine
A number OF account books were burned; Hosan
said he had been requested TO look at me Dooks
hcforc DESTROYING them and not burn any that were
less than ten years old. lie said he saved few
less than ten years old. and that had been set
aside by mistake. = ,,,,. ,rouo.
Virgil p Kline Of the law firm Of Elne; rG' o
COMPANY send, the following communication 10
the Associated Press:
Nv attention has been called to a printed state !.
ment to the effect that previous to the decision Us
OH Company spent several days in CoumDus, ana
II IL intlnated that received up peiorehaina
tna lee
formed the officials Of the STANDARD OF COMPANY.
That statement Is absolute falsehood ana an IN,
suit TO the court There Is no truth In any part or
IT, save that spent part OF one forenoon IN %
mmbus with Mr. Neal preparing a brief In the case.
The statement given out that the company mas
DESTROYED any Of its books of account for the pur-
false