The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-15
PIPE !. LINZ, ! N men -. T.. H..
ON THE STAND
One Admits Having Voted Stan
~. -, @dard oil Proxy at His Com.
1 !; :, J, H. 4: pany's Meetings, -

/ Findlay, Ohio, Oct. 15.-When the
trial of the Standard Oil company: Of
Ohio for alleged conspiracy against
trade was resumed here today, John
O'Brien of Lima, Ohio, superintendent
O fthe Buckeye Pipe Line company,
was put on the stand. Asked what was
his business, the witness appealed to
the court. He said the answer would
tend to incriminate him and asked for.
immunity from future prosecution. s
Attorney Phelps for 1a1 the e defe ;3 Sa re
to make him immune" and the court
ordered the witness to answer .ques-
lions, thereby extending immunity. No.
more objection to answering questions
was made and the witness after stating
he was superintendent Of the Lima di-
vision of the company and gave the
geographical bounds Of this division.
Mr.. O'Brien described the process of
gathering the oil from the producers
tanks into storage tanks. In the sew
eral counties comprising the Lima di-
vision the company has 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. Altho Attorney Phelps
said it was we'll known that the Indiana
pipe line ran to the refinery at Whiting,
Ind, the witness said he had never
been to Whiting and could not testify
from knowledge. ~. r. 49,.
There was also an eastern connection
for the lines Of the Buckeye, but wit
ness could give no details. e. .-
:: Voted Standard Proxy.
Mr.. O'Brien said he had for more
than year been a director in the Buck
eye company He was present at the last
annual meeting of the company at
Lima. Witness said he voted the proxy
Of the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey; that at this meeting there were
Buckeyes; r. A. Mclaughlin: Mr.. Bell
of Oil City, Pa, Witness did not remem.
Der the number Of shares represented
by the proxy he voted.
sssDon't you know that you voted all
the shares Of the company, except
shares owned by those who were pres
entq'
ttI don't know that
els not that your best recollections'
f." Idon It remember. ;.
2. A. Mclaughlin of Lima, who is
agent there for the Joseph Seep Pur
chasing agency, was next called by the
DrOSeCuG1Ou. l1o uSSCI1Utu tuo ulCtAOO
Of purchasing oil and said this oil was
mostly transferred to P. s. Trainor
altho some went to the Craig Oil com.
pauv at Toledo and some to the Can.
field company. The latter company, he
/ said, was not running.
| Mr.. Mclaughlin is director in the
| Buckeye Pipe Line company and in the
Ohio Oil company. He did not know
| who. voted the proxy Of the STANDARD
| Oil company Of New Jersey.
ct will ask you if the stock of thu
Ohio Oil company that was voted al
| that meeting by some one of the gen
tlenen present was not the stock Of thu
Standard Oil company Of New JerseyP
1T was.
| Mr.. O'Brien was recalled by the de
| Tense and asked if the Buckeye ran OF
| into any lines except those Of the In
4 diana.
/ eyes; into those Of the Norther,
Pipe line, it runs oil for the Sun OF
company, the Paragon and the R. g
| Stett Oil company s.
Replying to another question, he sal,
! that Joseph Seep paid rent for hi
\ Offices, both in Findlay and Lima, t,
the Buckeye company. Objection to al
: questions was made en- bloc by the de
Tense at the conclusion Of the examina
tion Of each witness. These were over
ruled and exceptions to these ruling
made by the defense.