The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-26
ATTACKS MINISTER
FOR HASTY SPEECH
Declares He Either Mendacious-
" Garbled Story or Made
Charge Without Endeavor-
ing to Ascertain Facts in
the CaseCites Official
Record as Evidence
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By Associa ted Press. ]

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NEWYoRK. April 25 Starr ]. Murphy,
Of John D. Rockefeller's private counsel
to day issued the following statement by
Mr. Rockefeller authority In his latest
attack upon Mr.. Rockefeller, Or. Wash
sington GLADDEN. seeks to make out case
OF perjury and in doing SO assumes pa
ternilty for fnlsehood which has been
frequently published during the past ten
years. and until now never answered,
83S Dr.. GLADDEN. says: 20 South Improve
ment Company was one OF the Sschemes
invented by tho Standard Oh magnates
to plunders their competitors and enrich 1
themselves. The organization and tho
methods Of this conn pany were abundantly
proved in court and the company was
driven out OF business. A few years af-t
3terwards, before the committee OF the
New York Legislature, Mr.. Rockefeller
under oath took part In the following
5colloquy: IVA " S sS 85i
5."rhere was su ch q company
4 A''I have heard OF such company.
III . You were not in 1t :? 8Sf sSi3ss g
t II was not Y $ x 8
Mr.. Lloyd appropriat telyS adds: SS Ss
so help me God. - 7Ss
On the same day another OF the form
ser trustees and one OF the closest asso-
,ciates OF Mr.. Roc ockefeller$ being asked a by
a congressional committee who mad Q up
that South Company, named Y as among
them the principal members OF the Stand "A
ard Oil Company and at the head Of them
all stood the name OF John D. Rocker ell
ler.8 H II Id III
ffa DR.. GLADDEN. makes much OF his posi-
tion as an original inyestiga tor and says
that It Is within the ID power8 of every inT
l4telligentj man to find out Il from the original
documents Whet her5 The sta ement is true rue
sor not, s{S ss 3s a
a But 3unfortunat ely his 81 statement is I'M
true and his whole charge erjury rests
upon the garbed report Tho testimony
Is taken from q report Of an inVestlg lgat ton
relative to trusts, New York Senate 1885,
pages 419-420.t Any one turning to that
report will find "a that Mr.. Rocket fellers
testimony to the effect that he. was nit
in such o company. did not refer to tho
South 1mprovem Company. but to an
other entirely d III rerent corporation callN3
ed the Southern Improvement Company.
There were two corporal tions--the South.
improvement Company and tho Southern:
improvement Company. The Southern;
Improvement Company was incorpora ted
In PennsylY lYanla, III April IS, 1870, 1, and Mr..
feller:4 was not connected with It,
The SOuthsslmproyementS8 VI Company was
incorporated over a. Yea r la tor,S May s.
1871. and Mr. Rocket eller was connected
with 1t. The charters OF both these cor
porattons are printed in full in the sta
tutes OF Pennsylvania and are accessible
to all. II DR.. GLADDEN. has mendaciouHly
garbled the testimony In order to make
out case, there is nothing more to sny,
II he has done4i ignorantly and has con-.
fused the names OF these two corpo ora-f
tions. he is scarcely less culpablo. since
before mailing a charge OF so serious q
character. q WAS obviously his duty to
possess himself Of the facts.