The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-09
Those Who Offered Ohio's Attorney
General Money
IN STANDARD OIL CASE
OFFICIAL SUBMITS AFFIDAVIT
TO SUPREME COURT.
Says That the Man Who Approached
Him In the Interest of the Big
Company and rendered Him Half
a Million Dollars Was Charles B.
Squires of New York.

Columbus, O., May S.-Attorney Gen.
eral Monnett this afternoon filed i'll thc
supreme court his answer to the motor
of the Standard Oil company. request
ing thta he designate the persons al
luded to in his statement that he has
been approached with offers of brides
TO dismiss suits against the company
and names Charles Is. Squires, former
ly of Cleveland, and now of New York
as the party through whom the alleged
proposition was made. The attorney
! general, in his answer, says:
"The motion having been made to be
heard May is, the attorney general
valves the length of time and asks
! for an immediate hearing. He concurs
in the request of the defendant that
the court appoint a commissioner 10
| take the legal testimony which bears
upon the truth of such charges as are
set forth in the complaint, or that such
testimony may be taken in any other
mode that this court may deem expe-
dent.
THE plaintiff had no means of bring
ing the defendant into court in con-
tempt without an order from this court.
but the same having been waived by
the entry of appearance by this motion
and to avoid delay, plaintiff complies
with the demands of the motion, so far
as it is able.
THE attorney general cannot comply
with the first request, requiring the
plaintiff to name the person who ap-
preached the Hon. Daniel j. Ryan, but
the same can be had through legal pro-
cess under the orders of the court from
witnesses who have the knowledge
thereof.
The plaintiff cannot comply with the
second request of the Standard Oil COM
pany's attorneys compelling Hon. D. X.
Watson to furnish the names of the
parties who made the offers and rep
reservations in said complaint set forth,
but the same can be obtained under an
order from this court from witnesses
who have such information.
Squires the Man.
"As to the third request in the mo-
tor addressed to the attorney general
to name the party who had the con-
versations with him and to name par
ties connected Herewith representing
the Standard Oil company, the attOr-
hey general says the party calling him
up from Cleveland and the party max
ing the propositions set forth in the
complaint was Charles B. Squires, for
merly of Cleveland, now of New York
City, and the stockholders and the
company that Charles B. Squires clainl-
ed. were the parties and through whom
the proposition had in some way come
to him, was Frank Rockefeller of
Cleveland. a stakeholder of the Stand
ard Oil company: +. 3. Squires secre-
tary of the Standard Oil company, and
Charles n. Haskell, late of New York !
City.
THE attorney general says that to |
ascertain in what way Charles B. |
Squires received his communications |
from the above parties. the state will /
be compelled TO take testimony under /
an order of this court.
The only agent or employee of the /
Standard Oil company" the attorney |
general says. that plaintiff can furnish .
the court under that motion that paid .
the expenses of Dewitt c. Jones and |
heard at least part of the conversation
referred to in the paragraphs of the
original complaint, and the only name
hat plaintiff can furnish to this court
without legal process is the name fur
lished plaintiff by Dewitt c. Jones.
namely, that of Virgil p. Kline, one of
he attorneys in this case, then repre-
'eEting the Standard Oil company. and
Virgil p. Kline and Dewitt c. Jones.
n this behalf. can only be obtained by
he court authorizing the testimony 10
De taken of such parties having the in
formation thereof"