The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-13
TESTIMONY TAKEN
WITNESSES TALK IN STANDARD
OIL TRIAL
Hearing Of the Case Adjourned Uatil
Monday Out Of Respect to Menu
DRY Of Former Judge Bur-
kett.

Findlay. Ohio. Oct. 12.-After a two
hours session. today the trial of the
Standard Oil Company of Ohio. charg-
ed with conspiracy. against trade was
adjourned until Monday. The ad-
journment was agreed on between
counsel out of respect 10 the memory
Iormer Judge Burkett. whose fu-
neral took place this afternoon.
The proceedings TO-DAY consisted of
the taking OF testimony OF three wit
nesses summoned by the prosecution.
By evidence. Of the count T, corder. I'll
tie was eIta bilJhed Ia tho Standard to
certain lot In the city of Findlay,
on which is located THAR local oil dis
tributing station for thu local retail
trade. Oil Inspector SnaEer testified
that the oil sold at retail In this
locality was obtained from the Solar
Rctinin!, company at Limo At Upper
Sandu ky, also in his inspection terri
tory, tncy c,ived the oil from the
Standard refinery at Cleveland.
j. II Scott. local agent of the
Joseph Seep Purchasing Agency. oc-
cupied the greater part of the session
showing the methods o. purchasing
crude oil from producers He said
that the oil he purchased md paid for
by Scep's checks was transferred to
the order of F. S. Trainor Of Oil City,
Pa
r. &. Shaffer. a local attorney and
deputy oil inspector. was the next
witness for the State. He described
the manner of testing OIL The Stan
dard he said. had a distributing plant
located in Findlay on the land iden-
titled by the ded record previously
read as the property of the Standard
company. The company has four tanks.
three for that number of grades of
oil and one for gasoline. This oil is
retailcd in tank wagons. Mr. Shat
fer said this oil came from the Solar
Refining Company at Lima.
Questioned again by the prosecuting
attorney. Mr. Shaffer said that all OF
the shipments from the Solar Compa-
ny came in Union tank line cars. ].
s. Colt of Findlay. an oil buyer for
Joseph Seep, was the next witness
called by the prosecution. He said
his office was in the same room with
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company's Of
flee in Findlay and that the latter
company had telegraph lines running
into the oil fields
In response to a series Of questions
by MIR. Phelps. the witness described
the manner in which he purchased
crude oil of producers. The producer
was paid for his oil by check on Jo-
sepb Seep. The oil was transferred to
p $ Trainor He has facilities for
buying oil in the pipe lines Of the Ma
tional Transit Company in New York
and Pennsylvania. in The Indiana Pipe
Line Company pipes. In the Eureka
Pipe Line Company Of Pittshurg. the
Cumberland Pipe Line Company of
Kentucky and the Buckeye Pipe Lin"
company of Ohio. All of this was
transferred 70 2. S. Trainor. Trainor' g
drafts were on the Seahoard National
Rank of New York. Witness said his
purchases averaged from fifty to sew
nnty-fivc thousand barrels of oil a
month The witness did not have per
sonaI knowledge OF any competition
buving oil. but he had heard of it.
BEFORE coming here. he had bought
oil in Allentown. \. y, for Mr.. Se"p
In his business here the witness saif
tho telegraph lines of the Buckeye
pine Line company were used He
maid no tolls for tho use OF thes"
wires.
Mr. Troup for the defense endeavor-
OH h.. cross examination to ascertain
If rho witness did not know that the
Paragon Oil Company of Toledo and
the sun oil Company were indepen-
dom, oil companies. The witness could
NOT make positive answer but had
heard they wore.
a. 10, the court adjourned to