The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-16
Standard Oil Men Indicted at
FindIay, Ohio, Cannot Be
Found by SheriffS.
WANT LAWYERS TO APPEAR
RCCKEFELLER'S AIDS Do NOT
WANT TO GO TO SCENE OF
PROSECUTION IN PERSON.
FIGHTING HARD.
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Cleveland. o.. Nov. 15.--With war
rants for the arrest of three Stand.
ard Oil company officials Deputy Sher-
III Johns OF Findlay and Deputy James
Ambrose of Cleveland searched high
and low IN Cleveland, but without re-
suit. The men wanted are NJ G. Villas,
treasurer OF the Standard Oil COM
pany of Ohio; J. VI. Robertson, sec
rotary, and H. p Mcintosh, director,
indicted at Findiay with John D.
Rockefeller by the grand jury which
made it's report Wednesday evening.
The officers searched houses, watch
ed clubs and Offices, visited hotels,
theaters and cafes. but all in vain.
The indicted Standard Oil officials
were apprised OF the coming OF the
officials with warrants.
At Robertson's fiat the neighbors
did not even know he lived there.
The janttor was missing; the janitors
wife did not know all the tenants.
The ohsAcrs visited the Mcintosh
home. Mrs. Mcintosh was very cour-
| teous- She invited the visitors into
the parlor. She explained that her
husband departed on business out of
the city. Further she had not the
least idea. But Fl. p Mcintosh, Jr.,
showed more knowledge of the stu
alton. YES. fathers gone. No use
to ask us where. It's up to you to
get him." Then another son inter-
vened with: Don't you remember
how Andrew Carnegie evaded service
just left the state awhile was ALL"
Ambrose and John did not go ont
to Wicklif:e, where Villas lives. They
began a downtown vigil, making the
rounds Of places where the men might
spend part of the evening and using
the telephone. Both Villas and Robert
son recently caused their residence
phones to be removed The officers
took several looks into Standard Oil
Offices. They separated without
clew. I'll never give it up till I get
EN-" was Johns final word, "but I'm
MP against 1t on what to do next"
The officers did not visit Forest
Hill, the Cleveland home OF John D.
Rockefeller, as they said it was
known that the latter is not there.
When the deputies made inquiries at
the Offices of Villas. Mcintosh and
Robertson they were told those men
are out of the city.
Deputy Sheriff Johns declared. that
the failure to obtain service on the
Standard officials resulted from a
breach OF confidence by a newspaper
correspondent. This, he said, gave
the men indicted ample time to get
out of the courts Jurisdiction.
s. 8. Tolles OF attorneys for the
Standard OIL company called Prose
cutor David of Hancock county by
telephone and asked If Villas, Robert
son and McInt h would be permitted
to answer the warrants through their
attorneys. Prosecutor David replied
that an answer by attorneys would
not be countenanced, that he was de
termined to have the three indicted
men arrested and brought to Findlay,
D., to plead and enter bail.
II am not inclined to be lenient in
these cases." said the prosecutor, be
cause your clients are not behaving
with dignity and respect to the court
by attempting to evade service"
Tolles then stated to the prosecutor
that il personal appearance is insist
ed on he would bring the three indict-
I'd men to Findlay himself
''If you promise to do that I will
wire Deputy Sheriff Johns to return
nere," answered the prosecutor.
Findlay, o., Nov. 15.-Prosecutor
David stated that no attempt will be
made at this time to compel Rookie
fe,ler to come here. as his appearance
was entered by his attorney in the
matter pending in probate court. Mr..
David gave as a reason for not max
ing the indictments public the fact
that none of the parties named in
them were served with warrants of |
arrest. He declared that several per- |
sons subpoenaed as witnesses in the |
recent Standard Oil trial here left |
the state and thus avoided tes- |
tifying. The indictments are in |
possession OF the clerk of the |
courts of this county. It Is under |
stood the indictments charge the de- |
PENDANTS with having continued to !
contract the oil productions and TO |
fix prices on and after July Z. 1906. |
in violation of the Valentine antitrust |
act, a state law under which the re- |
cent prosecution of the Standard Oil |
company in this county was conducted |
and in which fine OF $4,000 was i'm |
posed by the probate court Mr.. David |
said there will be no further action |
before the present grand jury relative |
TO the investigation OF the charge by I
G.. o. Myers. one of he jury which |
convicted the Standard Oil company |
az the trial in probate court, that he |
was twice offered a bribe to hang" /
the Jury.
Newspaper Man Dies.
Cincinnati, O., Nov 10 - Frank |