The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
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tsYou remember of being at Leaven-
worth at the time of a railroad acct-
dent there?3
ct have an indistinct recollection OF
1t. / was asleep in my berth when l
was informed that there had been an
accident
"Were you advised by counsel either
before or during that trip that YOU
might be subpenaed If you got into
M~issouri9'
ct do not recallsit..''
els it not a fact that you did not
come into Missouri on that trip, and
that you did not wish to take the risk
Of being subpenaed In this caseso
SIt was not.
"Why didn't you come into Mis-
sourig''
"I had no occasion to GO"
The Name Of Lawson.
"You know you had a refinery there
near Kansas City, did you not7'
81 heard there was one, but ! have
never seen it,
"Did you not wish to see the great
oil from the Oklahoma Territorya'
HAn oil refinery has about as much
attraction for me as Carrie Nation. -
In the laugh that followed this sally,
Attorney General Hadley broke in with
the rejoinder: Z thought you were
going to say 'As Tom Lawson
- Nv pn~orn ~ ,lol, xyo ~ oro I~oc 51~x
than before at this mention Of the
name Of his ~arch-enemy.
"Did you learn that while you were
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory that
Waters-Pierce sold oil there and that
the Standard Oil company Of Indiana, Of
which you are a Director, did notq"
81 decline to answer on advice Of
COUNSEL
"What business do you know Of
ever having beer transacted before the
board of directors Of the Standard Oil
company Of Indianai"
Might Think It over.
81 know they have declared divi-
dends. If I had time I might think Of
nNre.'
"I should be delighted If you would
Think
"Shall I do it nows"
"No, after adjournment
"Do you now hold or control, either
for yourself or thru any oseer person,
stocks in the Waters Pierce oil com.
pany7'
The question was objected to by
counsel and theA witness declined tc
answer on their advice. Mr.. Hadley
requested that the question be certified
for the purpose Of an application to the
supreme court. -.
edo you know a man named M. Var
Buren,, who lives at Ardsley-on-the
Hudson9"
IT don't quite place him now. Why
don't you give me his first name7'
IT don't know it. To refresh you,
recollection, did not a man of tina
name hold for the Standard Oil com
pany of Indiana and the Standard Oh
company. Of New jersey stock which
, amounts to a controlling interest in tn,
Waters-Pierce company Of Missouri9'
ct decline to answe on the advic'
of COUNSEL
, Declined to Answer. ,
He was asked if it was not a fac
that he is a. director Of the Standar
company of New Jersey and that j
owns, holds or controls either thru II
). self, or@some other corporation or Ind:
t vidual, all or a controlling interest i
e the stock Of the Standard Oil compan
d of Indiana and the Waters-Pierce con
= payn of Missouri, and he declined t
answer. =, -
Commissioners sanborn went thru til
u usual formality Of directing the wi
ness to answer and he again declined.
He likewise declined to answer tt
question as to whether he was one {
the. trustees Of the Standard Oil Tru:
during it's existence and whether he w
= not one of the original trustees Of I'll
original Standard Oil company whic
controls the Waters-Pierce Oil con
- pany.
/ Asked if, since that time, the Water
Pierce company had not been controlle
by the Standard Oil, company, he Xix
- wise declined to answer.
u "Who has control Of the business (
the Standard Oil company of Indiana9
"The president, James A. Moffat.
Never Heard Of 1t.
els it not a fact that the Water
u Pierce Oil company and, the Standa1
Oil company Of Indiana have divide
, the state Of Missouri as a trade teri
u tory between thems" ,
"a "It is not. I have never heard,
~ a director of the Standard Oil COZ
IL pany Of Indiana, that such e. divisi'
was ever made.'
els it not a fact that the Standa:
il Oil company sells oil in the northe:
half of Missouri and the Waite,
Pierce in the southern half, and tn
Teach refuses to sell oil, in the terrific
u. of the other half? Have You any e
a. PLANTATION as a director of the Stan
- ard Oil company for such a division
!, territory9"
y "I have nothing to offer, I do n
y kno what it is so.'