The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-10
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OhiO's Attorney General Claims that
Charles B. squire Ohered Him n
BrIbe-Mr. Squire Enters ah Enl-
phatic Denial.
Columbus, o., May s.--Attorney Gen
eral Monnett on Monday afternoon
filed in the sureme court his answer to
the motion of the Standard Oil Co. re-
questing that he designate the persons
alluded to in his statement that he had
been approached with offers of brlbes
to dismiss the suits against the com
pany, and named Charles b. Squire,
formerly of Cleveland, and now of New
York, as the party through whom the
alleged proposition was made. The at
torney general in his answer says:
"Thc motion having been made to be
heard May IS, the attorney general
valves the length of time and asks for
IN immediate hearing. He concurs In
the request of the defendant that the
court appoint a commissioner TO take
the legal testimony which bears upon
the truth of such charges as are set
forth in the camplaint, or that such tes-
timony may be taken in any other mode
that this court may deem expedient.
"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 ny 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 per-
son who made offers to Hon. Daniel j.
Ryan, but the same can be had through
legal process under the orders of this
court from witnesses who have the
knowledge thereof. The plaintiff can
not comply with the second request of
the Standards attorneys compelling
Hon. d. X. Watson TO furnish the
names of parties who made the offers
and Representations in said complaint
set forth, but the same can be obtained
under an order from this court from
witnesses who have such information.
"As to the third request in the mo-
llOll diblNbSNu W lhN
10 name the party who had the conver-
satons with him and TO name parties
connected Herewith representing the
Standard Oil Co., the attorney general
says that the party calling him up from
Cleveland and the party making the
proposition set forth in the complaint
was Charles B. Squire, formerly OF
Cleveland, now of New York City; and
the stockholder and officer represent
ing the Standard Co. that Charles b.
Squire claimed were the parties
through whom the proposition had in
some way come to him were Frank
Rockefeller, of Cleveland, a stockholder
of the Standard Oil Co., +. b. Squire,
secretary of the Standard Oil Co., and
Charles y. Haskell, late Of New York
City,"
The attorney general says that to as
certain in what way Charles b. Squire
received his communications from the
above parties the state will be COM
PEELED to take testimony under an order
of this court.
New York, May 9.--The Press says:
In a statement to the Press last night
Charles B. Squire said: "If Attorney
General Monnett, in his statement to
the court Of Ohio said that ] offered
him a bribe as representing the three
1uen he mentions, it is absolutely and
unquaEifiedly false. know nothing
about the statement you say the attor-
ney general has made, but he surely
could not have said l offered him
brbe of 100000 or any other sum as
representing men from the Standard Oil
Co. or anybody else. | never offered
man brbe in my life, and if any
body says did, he tells an untruth."