Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-17
BRIBEK. IS CHARGED.
Attorney tncral MOnnett Wants
Standal Oil investigation.
DETAILS f ALLEGED OFFER.
Name of Perm who Tried to Bride
Him COncaed--FulI Account of
TclephOn Conversation and
PersOnaInterViewG Given.

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| Columbus, April 17.-Attorne
| General f. S. 1onnett has asked tn
! supreme courtof Ohio to order tn
| Standard Oil list to appear in cour
and answer to + charge of having at
| tempted to imne and embarrass tn
administration justice in the con
tempt cases no pending against tn
trust by offerinia bride to stop pro
ceedings. The p,tion does mo- disclos
the name of the erson who offered tn
bride to Acknowledgement Monnett, blu
1t gives such cd description of hin
that those who a acquainted with tn
attorney genera and his intimate
friends are all gusing upon one man.
After reviewintthe different stages
Of the litigation gainst the STANDARD
Oil trust Attorne General Monnett IL
his petition says:
1.-The attorney general calls the
courts attention B the letter writer
by NJ F. Elliott al Virgil P. Cline, at.
torneyS for the Sndard, on March
last and which VS. published at the
time. He says Il history of the in
given out to the5ubic press at the
same time that a'opy was handed to
him as an officer | the court He be.
lieVes that the letr was given out in
an attempt to bin the court and pub.
lie as to the tue SITE of affairs in ref
creme to the subsct matter set forth
Therein, as follows
A TAX Oer the Wire.
"Abut jan 10, S99, the undersigned
attorney genGal vas called by long dis
lance 'elephne finn Cleveland from a
private residence in Cleveland by a
party esidi'g in that city, and SUBJ
stantlaly thi conversation was had:
Is hat Du, yeneral? to which he
replied wa
He ten aked DO you know who is
talking? ano gare his first name, and
the attohey'eneral said he knew who
it was.
HE sal, 'ou have got those fellows
on the julp.
Inc doney general asked him,
'What petle' and he said, The Stand
ard peopl,
ana Tn the attorney general want
cd TO kno'i what way, and he said:
! cannot III you. Come at once to
cleveland. And he said he could not
come TO Omnibus right away, as he
was conllntto the house with the grip,
that the Drney general should do
nothing uni he saw him, that it was
very import that he see the attorney
general andat he did not care to give
the details O. the telephone.
Face, Face Meeting.
"On Monnes return from a trip to
washington, pout Jan. 25, the same
cleveland mi that telephoned called
about ii o'clo at his office and asked
TOT private terview at once, which
was accorded n. After preliminary
inquiry as to lat had taken place-or
II any dlscussl had taken place-con-
corning the pdency of the Standard
Oil cases or lir dismissal whsle he
was IN Washinn or elsewhere he dis
closed to the arney general that par
ties representative Standard Oil COM
pany had askeas to the relationship
existing betweenimself and the attor-
ney general, thength of time of their
acquaintance a the nearness of their
business relatiship. The Cleveland
saide informed them (the
Standard Oil oresentatives) of the
length of his tquaintance and the
nearness of hibusiness relationship
and the frequeE with which he met
him in his offic capacity and stated
he was as neato him as any living
man and asked hem what they want
I'd. The party lrpoting to represent
The Standard G company thereupon
named one of t. stockholders of the
company and tp oher persons who
we're Interested having the proper
person approacrthe attorney general
o nave the contnpt proceedings drop
'ed or settled. he Informant stated
It was the bigsst thing that he had
yer had to contl'
"rhereupon II Cleveland gentleman
sked what va expected of him, and
arious propositions We're suggested
nd discussed, III of which your re-
ltor Is not abl0ow to fully inform the
ourt, but thos that were disclosed to
I'm We're substantially that it would he
efficient If hGould induce the attor-
ey' general tclet the cases pass over
Is term and tat the defendant compa-
would takeall the responsibility for
skiing for days; that the attorney
sneral was t. active and all that was
quired of Inn was that he let the
ses now pehing die out.
GettinaDown to Figures.
"Whereupoi the informant stated
at he had Did the representatives of
e StandardOil company that he did
It believe ne attorney general could
influence or approached on that
bject' andasked the parties purport-
3 to reprsent the Standard Oil COM
ny what vas in it for him and for the
torney geeral. Thereupon the repre-
NATIVE q the Standard Oil company |
Id that he and two other parties.
mirg stockholder of the Standard
COMPANY and one of the officials, had
ought $4,000 would be ample.
Thi informant said: No, do not
nix that enough. I would not insult
n By any such proposition. In these
vs. 100000 could be squandered in a
ntl on any board of trade. It is
:hilg compared with your millions
erUpon the representative of said
enlant company said, DO you think
100 would fetch him" The attorney
enls informant said, 1T would not
w'rth while to approach him with
slch amount, and you must at least
bh that or will not undertake it,
Tie informant then said. If you
ID make it half a million, will see
1t can be done The informant said
tie representative of the company
there should be 100000 for serv-
tor such a dirty job
Cfereupon said representative went
lev York and telegraphed to Cleve-
N Language that conveyed the in
nation (your relator cannot give the
ct words) that such party had the
authority to negotiate upon the
MS suggested. There were many
n details that your relator cannot
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