New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21
ASK BRIBE-GIvER'S NAME.
srANDARD OIL COUNSEL WANT TO KNOW
WHO APPROACHED MoNETT
BUCKEYE PIPELINE HEARING TAf>EN u ~ -''
AFTERNOON-MR. RICE TELLS OF
STOCK TRANSFERS.

r-o, Tho arrival OF those interested In the st9hu-
ard oil Company hearing. at the Holman Hou'1'
Yesterday morning. II was decided 10 take nv ~.
rnonv An agreement made. however, 10 nave
q hearing In the case Of the State OF OHIO against
the Buckeye Pipe Company. a branch OF tho SUM
ard Oh Company. at O'Clock at No Ito bFo"u""S'
in the Office OF Mr. Mills. acting as Corii''iSS'0
for the state 1885,. c.a
Messrs Elliott and Kline. counsel for the S'anu-
ard oil COMPANY sent letter TO Attorney d
Novel q, the state Of Ohio yesterday morning
demanding that he make public the name Vi ~
man who offered the bride to him TO let up IN MS
fight The letter reads;
The Hon r s Monet. Attorney General Of Ohi one;
On March George Rice announce 20 the PI ,is
-. tSsf q bribe OF $4,000. less 10000 coinn!s-
sion h2G r oee@ against the standard OIL Com
yanv now pending IA the Supreme Court % Onio;
0e 9 Are Se ee story but by the tine og arrived
ST columbus. tho same gay you CTi'' IN various
the story true. and accoTdlhgy , III n Won
newspapers The morning Of ne ON hs On Com
ntcf ~ sarc "friend Of yours bad offered
sou 500 90 10 influence your action WIN
IN the supreme Court OF Onto ReePu'n5ea y pGws
yapers o. the state, n sa The Ohio state
Ie1,ug5i. have called upon YOU disclose the name
OF the friends" who thus coTrupuy SPpio"'"'D
s0n ,e roportcd IN "rhc cleveland Plain Dealer
o, me o,, IN e s' Sane Of Your friend half dozen
senartments would be after HIM at once efu e. ~,
rsht be they could force or persuade nm N 10 Te Sp
mar he reason given ny YOU for refusing 10 NJ
close The name Of your friend Is an admissc"
nc ,ompany docs not know the name OF tne pan ,o
who Won say was commissioners 10 49,, ,bat
S,1D "a and therefore YOU must have known I'm .
$be iioged fricnd made the oTcr to You wfhS (l
Tie authority or knowledge OF inc ''""""'" va
~ "Tbc Now-Yorl, World" OF the sth instant instant,
,or .-a reported saying that you nau "L..oo,,i5
,he mend 10 tried to hribc YOU mat you, o %oH"
rof cXiosc him urf pnhl. IN ,,i f,Iro,,or-
ci tribune Of me eh instant you ere Tf d ro
s-t.. amor
'ose sr as Vonr statements connect the STANDARD
oV COMPANY with any attempt TO Orloe !ou Ia,
ere ,o,e'ly no onlv Of the friend who approacned
70 nave I've, a ap OF others acting with him because
on the 18th instant you said IN me puepnr , iTeN,
RAT these men were tolesraphing you from New
While nothing your story has S aTs'tXS e 'S af
HeCto| "a brborv You have desired the public to
assume such connections we now Ue ersons who
|oade s,ch an offer to YOU. claiming 10 rep1 esele
ne SanoaTe s q las, and most vicious Of the many
false and sensational stories 70 wn1cn fT" nave
given currency TIRcrI p KLINE
ATTORNEYS for the standard 16Td Z OH Company.
NeN-York. March %. lsss
with reference TO this letter Acknowledgement
Monet, said he would reply II after he had con-
suited with the Supreme Court OF OHIO
erha hearing IN the case OF the State or ONO
against the Buckeye Pipe Line Company was De-
eun so that the Attorney General might take deP-
IN proceedings
ennul the charter OF the Buckeye company LOT
t,on If the Antitrust laws OF Ohio. The as
sortion OF the prosecution IS that the standard vi
Trust stNl exists In that state ana thaI uesP'.v
Tho law the Buckeye Pipe Line COMPANY Is sun
= member Of IT, The Buckeye Pipe Line company
vas organized for the transportation OF cruue OH,
It's headquarters are at Lima OHIO ana us capi'"'
,.ool, &c 100000 H. H. Rogers IS the president
George Rice was the first witness called Mr..
Flagg asked him If he ever owned ceruhca.e ..
the standard OIL Trust. and he answered Yes
.o,psAl objected that the question and answer were
IRRELEVANT because the whole matter had oeei ue-
.,aed IN the proceedings taken in Columbus
counsel offered like objections TO all other aues-
tons asked Under the law the Commissioner has
~ mower 20 rule on such objections ana couhsei
made them only to show on record
The witness identified two certificates. one GER
.iec.+a ~ the Standard OF Trust and the other a
eart,acate OF Assignment Of Legal Title as his
property. ,e -. -.
k,nd called certificate OF equitable interest which
you handed IN to the trust and for which you re,
ceived certificate known as nm assignment OIL les"
tltleg' asked Mr. Flagg
Mr. Rice said that he could not reply unless
given an opportunity 70 explain. and Mr.. f'ass
asked .,o...
Cor which you received stock OF constituent COM
rsMIg Rice said Yes" and again asked to be
a yes or no answer and counsel for the pipo
IN" ''MP Flage. you are not treating our client
fairly" .,.., ,o.,u,,or ,ooo,,so Mr.
pica &c NE vowed enemy Of the company. and It
Is through him that the Attorney General expects
\ Mr. Tiaeg asked an explanation Of The exchange
Of stock certificates. and Mr. hlce showed Inat a.
me dissolution Of the trust he received IN pace OIL
lis original certificate Of stock certhcate OF as
nroportion OF the property owned by the twenty
different companies represented In the trust; -,
Rice IAN equitable interest in the property owned
iy the trust the second conveyed TO me the iega
'' What dld you receive directly on presentation
II received corporate scrip In nineteen different
constituent corporations end paper scknowIedg
on Company. Of London" " -,
Now. having stated much, will you state I
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company was "a m mem
asked Mt Flag
How do you know"
3S IN the ''rI
Are you able 10 state how far the Buckeye Pip
Line company excludes the product Of competing
''' II think the Buckeye company does g per cen
OF II" T' # Within your knowledge that other com
parNes have tried TO obtain some OF this business
Not that know Of. It may be so without my
That was the last question Mr. Flagg hsd TO ask
and then Mr. Kline asked the witness II he haC
not testified in columbus against the standard OF
Company and against the ueKesT T@ oI le ION
Mr. Rice said he had. and in reply TO othe
questions said that his expenses had been paid b.
me Attorney General. but that he had not bee
paid for his time nor did he expect 10 be pai
for IL. - go, ~
The hearing will be resumed in Mr. Mills's ofic
Al 10 o'clock this morning
TAISER WILHELM DER CROSSES RECORD
Gustav II. schwab the Nev.-York agent Of tn
North German Lloyd Steamship Company receive
q a. bic message Yesterday saying that the Kaise
Wilhelm der Crosse had Just reached Chcrb0urg. %