New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-28

much no received. NJ. Hadley told the "ll1s
he was not compelled 70 answer PaImeoo saIn w
90. Sc 6av and his expenses which included h'le'
expenses and the monev paid 10 servants TOT i-
formation After much discussion it came OUT Una
the witness paid s. servant OF " imam -, y.
Rockefeller. hut the witness would not ten Wa MAJ.
information was or 10 whom he gave tho none
The witness further admitted that synulcd'7 az
Gle had been sent OFT with his consent an" s'7..-
by him. and that he had frequently told rePo''~'S
concerning his work ia serving subpornas.
There has been = lot OF grandstandnG and al
vertisinc about this and a lot Of sensationahsm
declared Nj Hagerman. and we coulG even reao
il way IN Kansas City.
The only seusatonalism there has been in TINS
case has been the sensationsHsm OF these VII
nesses to evade service OF subpoenas. was it not:
asked Attorney General Hadley of the witness.
Exactly" replied the witness.
Letters 10 counsel for the defence by Mr. HadieF
asking witnesses 70 appear voluntarily ana a.
cert service were introduced II evidence incluulhs
similar letter addressed to each witness also john
D. Rockefeller.
The defence objected to the admission of the let
terS. but the commissioner admitted them
Under cross-examnation by NJ. Hagerman'
Henry z PIat5 who testified Monday regarding
the methods in vogue in the office Of ". H. Tltord
and r W. Mccall. where he was a clerk for three
! years. said he was condenser "a person VINO
| condensed the tank mileage and other reports
for the benefit of the Or the various depart
merts He said his salary was IS week Mr.
| Hagerman brought out that Platts knowledge
| that daily cash reports of the Waters-Pieroe com
! pany were received at No Is Broadway, was de
| rived from carrying what he believed to he sucE
! report from the Office TO NJ Mon dis office
This ended the hearing Attorney General HAD
! ley requested Commissioner Sanborn 10 send the
signed testimony to the Suprems Court of missouri
with the commissioners certifoattoa attachea.
MR. HADLEY LEAVES CITY.
.t+orne, General Hadlay started for Jefferson
/
| Push q Lake. Frank \. Hagerman, OF Kansas
CITY of the counsel for the Standard on Com
panv. left here for the West on the same train.
/ At the Waldorf. just he started, Mr. Hadley
said:
cane to New York to establish the e, common H1ro
ownership and contEol q the st99qaTa 6m T ~
Pany of Indiana ne ftep4 P3srca On Companv OF
| Missouri. and have accomplished my MISSION. i
fbat s6me one else With intelligence and persistence
might have done the same thing a1Gep e pf n do
! no. deem II necessary, however TO dissemble. as
f9e P 9sc t 6at am c6 6aaad E Est
OF course the missouri COMMISSIONS N az,
s sSs tn zu S0G.t are : = . -
Being asked II he should make any further eftoft
| N ret service or John n. Rockefeller Mr. Hadley
replied: The hearing being al an end, the process
| server has ended his work could only expect g
| secure the appearance Of Mr. Rockefeller by the
| regular forms Of authority. Anent MI ArchnoIa
/ statemer. that M. Rockefeller was wiling 70
! before the hearing ended that would he glad 70
! examine him if he would appear. I had no com
rornication whatever from M Rockefeller.
The only additional testimony 10 be taken is that
/ Of Henry Clay Pierce, at the ad)ourheu nearing
! AZ St Louis April 5
! NJ TTadley said that while no injunction had been
secured 70 restrai. the Republic Oil Company rom
transferring interests he had the assurance OF
10 SECRETARY Of state Of Missouri THAI no papers
vrorld be approved that would validate change OF
,-v,orsbir pendink decision Of the present case
| II would seem" added Mr. Hadley that there
| ;s NV a dfspoeition modify the methods OF
-. C+.rdard as 70 eliminate the bogus competition
The disappearance OF the Republic from the helo IN
| otra- states would indicate thai attitude.
iran. \ Hagerman. the Standard attorney
| altr, ~ the existing embarrassments encoun-
+erA5 nv corporations engaged In interstate bus--
ness said
am clearly Of the opinion. peTsonay a ar S ts
speCrive Of my p.ose4t - rms evil so called,
We have eng lged tha Itle - ENGAGED in inter-
y-U continue until all corporatoIS s lions ike
state operations beconf zoe ,4toritl for their
n froro The general government ana t ~
| to government supervls,liGm i, he several states
Ia%s II absolutely impossible for the eEeEoST ~
interstate activity and P s the only cure or exist
them. National ooio'i -
| ing conditions.
Attorney General Hadley ADDED ma ne ne. 80,
+r,st tho result Of the hearings Wono ue 'ii5 :,
tion 81 the charters Of the waters - -,
I,blic oil companies and that he would not oe
I, -ts.5 4 there would result entire re-
rfanization Of the Standard Oh 'oH'pdIS ~" "
interests throughout tho country
! T71-T,dCe Priest. one q INC prhclpal atloIl'Hs
! for the Standard oil. said that h expected no
serious Frenl, waterman and John D Johnson when
shown the published statement thar me naIe AZ
| Jared the report was erroneous