Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-10-18
In1I1IIIIj.!I7Y GRANTED
10 Ill WITNESS
PIPE LINE SUPERINTENDENT OBJ
TA!VS BATH BEFORE He
TESTiEiES.
THE UNITED STATES
IS WATCHING CASE
Distrc: Attorney Sullivan Attends
Trial, and Prosecutor David Pre-
pares to Put Forth Best Efforts
Trying to Prove Big Pool.

F'indlay, O., Oct. 16-Immunity was
granted John O'Brien, of Lima, O.,
the first witness who took the stand
Monday when the trial against the
Standard Oil company on the charge
Of conspiracy was resumed.
When O'Brien, who is superintend-
ent of the Buckeye Pipe Line COM
pany, was asked what was his bust
ness, he appealed to the court. He
said the answer would tend to incrim-
mate him and asked for immunity
from future prosecution. Attorney
Phelps remarked:
well, I guess we will have to make
him immune
The court ordered the witness to
answer questions under immunity.
No more objections to answering ques-
lions was made, and the witness, after
stating he was the superintendent of
the Lima division of the company,
gave the geographical bounds of this
division.
Tells of Pipe Line System.
gathering the oil from the producers
tanks, which hold from 60 to 100 bar
rels each In the several counties
comprised in the Lima division the
company has between 500 and 600
storage tanks, each of which holds
about 10000 barrels. On the west OF
the division the connecting line with
that of the company is the Indiana
Pipe Line company. Although Attor-
ney Phelps said it was we'll known
that the Indiana's pipe line ran to the
refinery at Whiting, Ind, the witness
said he had never been to Within :
and could not testify from knowledge.
There was also an eastern connec-
ton for the lines of the Buckeye, but
witness could give no details.
Prosecutor Outlines Case.
Encouraged by the intimation that
the United States will follow up his
~ght if it be successful, Prosecutor
David will put forth his best endea;1
~rs this week. United States Distric:>
\ttorney Sullivan was present Mon
,ay to watch progress.
Prosecutor David outlined the case
which the state is erdeavoring t.
make against the Standard. He said:
eff the foreign holding company
0lan can be adopted relative to one
company, it may also be done with
reference to entire associated inter
osts just as easily as the New Jersey
corporation took over twenty-odd cor
,.orations in the original trust afte:
he supreme court had killed it out OIL
Ohio. ~ :''Ss ,..--~, ~>~~
",That the public may understand
the situation in this case it may be
we'll to outline brify the position Of
! the state.
Will Try to Prove Big Pool.
! 1--WE expect to prove that abou
January 1, 1882, the Standard Oil com
pany, Or, more literally speaking, al
of it's officers and stockholders, en-
tered into contract with 80 other cor
porations, stock companies and linn
tied partnerships engaged in variou:
phases of the oil business, by which
the wells of these properties passet
under the control Of 20 companies.
under this arrangement all of thu
capital stock of these corporations
with the exception of a small amour
necessary to be held by resident di
rectors under the laws of corporal,
creation, was transferred to and hell
by nine trustees appointed under tn
trust contract, who were authorized
TO vote all stock, elect corporate off
GERS and control the policy.
I'm return for and representing tn.
stocks transferred to them these trus
tees, we shall try to show, issued t
each individual stakeholder Standar
Oil trust certificates in proportion t
the interest of each individual il
stocks Of all the corporations s.
merged"
Prosecutor David will bend ever,
effort to ascertain the true facts abou
foreign companies holding controlling
interests in the subsidiary branches O
the Standard Oil company.
May Search World for Evidence.
It is probable foreign countries ma
be appealed to for permission to OF
tain evidence. The officials of subsic
larry concerns were on the rack Nor
day, but they will receive immunity.
1--WE are not after the hired man,
said Prosecutor David Monday, "bu
after John D. Rockefeller and his az
sociates."
Standard officials of Cleveland VIII
have not been subpoenaed are N. c
Villas, A. P. Mcintosh, Martin Snyde
and J. M. Robertson.
Railroad Trial Begins.
New York, Oct 16-The trial G
the New York Central Railroad con