Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-27
John D. Rockefeller, Henry C..
Prick and the Presldent-.ROose.
welt Accepts 1t Because Nation
Demands Ir-=John d. And Prick
Have Them Because They Fear
Attacks Rockefeller Afraid Of
kidnaPpers.-Frick Of Bombs
And Guns

| II was discovered. from the extra as
sduty of the guards at Lakewood than
from any ether fact. that Mr.. Rookie
Teller was there. lie had there five
men. whose duty II was to see that no
intruder got within pistol-range of the
master. These men. of the class known
as "pinehuwkers." were the most de-
voted protectors II man could wish for
A "pinehawker" Is a farmer In the
scrub pine region. q native Jerseyman,
sturdy. slrewd and simple.
Wages Of Guards
To such Il man the wages Of sl.1j n
day that Rockefeller paid his guardians
was big money for doin' next to moth
In" They would go through fire and
water for II. and also for the boss. 70
whom they regarded as great because
of his wealth. and affection inspiring
because of his feeblcness, and because
they read in the newspapers that he
was attacked. Loyal? Loyal AS bull
dogs.
They knew that Mr.. Rockefeller was
being pursued at that time by Attorney
General Hadley Of Missouri. with sub
poenas to appear In his inquiry. held In
New York under a Supreme Court Com
mission. into certain Standard Oil In
Equities. II q subpoena server had at d.
tempted TO do his duty these men would
hardly have stopped at murder. They
I even examined the butchers ana tho
bakers wagons in search of subpoena
men.
But before that Mr. Rockefeller sell
dom or never went abroad without
Caesar" young and husky servant
who seemed to charge himself partic-
ularly with his employers safety
During the weeks at Lakewood re-
ferred to Mr.. Rockefeller never showed
his face ut Lakewood, and even stayed
away from church. Yet Immediately
afterwards lie travelled unattended to
New York In Pullman ear. let news
paper photographers snapshot him.
talked benignly and even cordially To
reporters, made no bones about ming
ling with people.
The crowd? lie felt safe IN IL. In
his Lakewood residence. solitary
place. he was afrald-for even after
the subpoena men had ceased from
troubling his house kept up ITS appear
ance Of siege. Why did lie fear?
Afraid Of kidnappers
A World reporter asked that ques-
ton yesterday Of Il man whose business
It Is To know the inncrmost secrets al
the greatest men. the smallest clerks
and the ways Of tricksters large and
small In the wall street district. lie
replied:
What's John ID. afraid Of? Kidnap-
pers, Nothing else"
Kidnappers! That recalled the dnr-
ing scheme of Pat Grove to carry on
), John ID. Rockefeller himself from his
mansion in Cleveland. This bandit in
tended to dress like n gentleman, cut
la swath In Cleveland society" per-
suadc MIR. Rockefeller to ride In his
lCrOwo'sJ automobile, put II revolver
to his head. manure him In "A Euclid
avenue mansion aud hold Rockefeller
for u $4,000 900 ransom. PrepostorOua
as the plot unveiled by Grove was.
there was something IN II that made
the Millionaire ponder the possibilities
of n better scheme.
He's afraid of being kidnapped.
Afraid of mobs? No. Afraid Of re-
venge taken by some crazed man.
worked NJ by reading of the stories OF
oppression. true or false. related "a
RoCkefellcr's corporations? No. Mere
ly OF kidnappers.
Protecting President
The President ofsthe United States
that's an entirely different story. Whel
Mckinley was struck down ut the Pan
American Exposition in Buffalo, his
successor. Mr.. Roosevelt. was persuad-
ed by cooler heads than his own that
he was the man to set an example tn
all future Presidents in taking precau-
tons for his own safety.
Everybody said, Rdmirer aud oppo-
nent alike, that Theodore Roosevelt
would like nothing better than to crap
pie with an assassin single handed and
wiring his neck. II was obvious, how
ever that IL Mr.. Roosevelt, notorious
ly rash and fearless. surrounded him
self with guards his successors would
stand better chance of living their
terms out against the attacks of hare
Drained fanatics than Lincoln, Garfield
and Mckinley stood.
Roosevelt, therefore. after making II
plain that he was doing II less on hi
own account than upon that Of those
who might come after him, organized
an elaborate system of personal pro,
lection. lie Ignores II at times. II,
breaks out of II when he feels like IL
and takes solitary walks and rides near
Washington and Sycamore hin, hui
whenever he Is In u crowd he /.
: watched aud hedged By the Secret,
Service men, who devote their watkins
hours To deyising plans TO ward on 4
fatal blow
Thus when Mr. Roosevelt goes West
on scheduled tour nn advance man
visits each uf the cities ana town.
which tho President Intends "a WISH
q ana roarhoH tho lural police ua 10 IN,
measures tu he nhun. THIS man lhOw'
how IA Guard nrry step ul tho rTrai
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