Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-30
DGFIES ATTORNEY
GENERAL HADLEY
FRANK ROCKEFELLER REFUSES
TO APPEAR IN OIL HEAR
ING AT CLEVELAND.
DECLARES THEY CAN
SEND HIM TO JAIL
Former Accountant Of Standard Oil
Company Gives History of Trans
actions in Organization of Repub-
lie Concern.

Cleveland, o., Jan. 26. - Frank Rookie
Teller refused to appear before Attor.
ney General Hadley and testify Thurs.
day in the hearing in connection with
the action of the state of Missouri
against the Standard Oil company A
deputy sheriff served a subpoena upon
Mr. Rockefeller Wednesday evening.
Thursday morning the deputy reported
that Mr. Rockefeller had said: II won't
appear l can't appear, and there is no
use talking about it. They may send me
to Jail if they want to-" No service was
obtained on John Teagle, w. E. Judd,
w. F. Lowe or w. P. Mckee. Lowe is
OF the Navarro Oil company, and Judd
and Mckee of the Republic Oil company.
Dispositions Taken.
The taking of the dispositions of
Cleveland Independent oil men in the
Aosssss,f 4sGaloss suaocs .ofs rn4ssourf against
the Standard Oil company was be-
gun before Notary Frank w. Schwent-
ner here Thursday morning. Attor-
ney General Hadley of Missouri was
present to conduct the examination
of the witnesses, three of whom had
put in an appearance when the first
session was called to order by Mr..
Hadley. Louis H. Turrell, of De-
troit, Mich, former accountant of
the Standard Oil company in st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, and other cities, was called
as the first witness
Mr.. Turrell testified to facts con-
corning the formation of the Republic
Oil company, of Cleveland, which Mr..
Hadley holds to be Standard Oil con-
Germ. Turrell stated that in 1901,
while in st. Joseph. he was called to
the Standard Oil company's offices in
New York and was asked to become a
director and stakeholder in a new oil
company which afterwards proved to
be the Republic Oil company. He
stated that he was induced to sign
articles of incorporation as F. A. Tur-
rell instead of Louis H. Turrell and
was asked to say nothing about being
a Standard Oil employee
Gives History of Transactions.
Mr.. Turrell then gave a complete
history of all the transactions in the
organization of the Republic Oil com
pany. He stated that he subscribed
to 300 shares of stock, for which he
did not pay cent, and that he was
made secretary and treasurer and a
director of the company and was
given charge of the accounting sys-
tenn in the Cleveland field He testi-
fled as to meetings of the directors
of the Republic company at the Stand
ard company's Offices at 26 Broadway.
New York, on several occasions, and
said that everything done was upon
suggestion and order of H. M. Tilford,
one of the executive heads of The
Standard company He was present,
he said, at the final settlement for
the property of Scofeld, Shurmer and
Teagle, which was later transferred
to the Republic Oil company. He
stated that the settlement for the
Scofield, Shurmer and Teagle proper,
ty took place in the Office of Virgil p
king, Standard Oil attorney in Cleve
land, and that the firm of Scofield
Shurmer & Teagle received In pay.
ment check and notes signed by
the officials of the Republic Oil com
pany. The witness said he signed
The check and notes in his capacity
as secretary and treasurer. Mr.. Turs
rell said be was instructed not to use
any of the forms OF the Standard Oil
sompany in his accounting system, SO
hat 1t would not become known that
he Standard had anything TO do witt.
he Republic company.