The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-14

Standard Oil Magnate Willing to An
swer One of the Questions
He Has Been Asked.
DENIED AN ALLEGED DEAL
HEARING ADJOURNED UNTIL
JANUARY 80.

now L DIRK, Jan. 13.-Tnc taking or
testimony for use in the Missouri
courts in the attempt of the state to
Gust tho Standard Oil company of In
diana, the Waters-Pierce Oil company
and the Republic Oil company from
doing business in Missouri was re-
sumed today.
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri
announced that II. Clay Pierce Of the
Waters-PiCvcc company had agreed to
appear in the state of Missouri to have
his deposition taken in the case at
any time Mr.. Hadley wished.
Reed the First Witness.
D. H. D. Reed was the first witness
called He is a farmer and said that
at one time he was connected with the
Standard Oil company; he had been an
accountant. superintendent of a REIN
cry and travelling auditor. He said he
had been employed by Wade Hampton.
tic ala not know by which Standard
Oil company Mr.. Hampton was en-
ployec. On three separate occasions.
he witness said. he audited the books
Of The Wate-s-Ffcrcc on company in
81. Louis on order OF Wade Hampton
He reported the result on the first audit
to W. Mckee at 26 Broadway. On
the second auditing ne reported to Mr.
White, also at &c Broadway.
Did Mr.. Mckee afterward become
an officer of the Republic Oil COM
pany?" MIR. Hadley asked.
He did" replied Mr. Reed
Rogers Asked to Testify.
At this juncture it was announced
that Mr.. Rogers wished to come in and
answer certain questions which he had
previously refused to answer. Mr.
Hadley asked if John D. Archhold or
William G.. Rockefeller We're in the
room, and said that he wanted to ex-
anime them. They were not present,
but their counsel said they would try
to have them present Monday.
Mr.. Rogers then took the witness
stand He had been asked. he said,
whether he had in 1904 any business
transactions with H Clay Pierce,
whereby he had secured for himself or
the Standard Oil company the stock of
the Waters-Pierce company.
Il refused on the advice Of counsel
solely" said Mr.. Rogers, land 1 am
now informed that this refusal may
injure MIR. Pierce. I wish to state that
neither in 1904 or at any other time did
| have such transaction with Mr..
Pierce
Mr.. Rogers was ordered to return at
the next meeting.
Francis d. Carley, the next witness.
testified to his purchase of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Tank Line COM
pany.
stenographer's Story.
Albert A. Smith. who said he was a
stenOgrapher employed in the Hall Of
Records of New York City, was a wit
ness He said he had been employed
at 20 Broadway from 1903 to 1905. AS a
stenOgrapher in the office of w Z. Be
mis- he received dictatiOn of letters ad-
dressed to both the Waters-Pierce COM
pany and the Republic Oil company
concerning the usual, general and or
binary conduct of the business. He
never allowed. the witness stated, the
names OF either company to appear in
the carbon copies of the letters. This
was accomplished, he explained, by
covering up that portion of the letter
where the name appeared by placing a
separate piece of paper under the name
On crosS-eXamination Mr.. Smith ad-
mttted that he had been discharged by
the Standard Oil company.
'Why?" asked Attorney Hagerman.
/ won't tell that to any one" re-
piled the witness. Then he added:
You get Bemis to tell you why. He
VIII tell you"
An adjournment then was taken IN
iii Jan. so. at which time Attorney Cen
eTal Hadley and the oil companies
lawyers VIII return to New York.