The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Gents Furnishings and Clothing

of this company of which you are direc- tor?''
 "Very little except as to it's financial standing"
 MT. Bedford said his duties as director are to listen to reports of officers of the company and to vote on them. The of- ficers, he said, are J. A. Moffitt presi dent, and w. B. Cowan. vice president. He could not remember the names of the others at the moment. he said. The hear ing proceeded very slowly, owing to the fact that the testimony was taken down in long hand by the commissioner.
 JockeI Talks a Little.
 Secretary A. V. Jockel, who said he was formerly a bookkeeper for the Standard Oil company, then took the witness stand. He testified that he was employed dur ing part of 1904 at the office of the com pany in Newark N. J., and that he knew w. R. King, a general sales agent, and R. P. Tinsley, vice president of the Waters-Pierce Oil company.
 What connection did MT. Tinsley have with the Standard oil company" asked Mr. Hadley.
 Counsel for the Standard oil company objected to the question. When MT. Had ley insisted on answer, the witness said:
 .I don't know what is his exact title
 
 he received all reports between New York and the Newark branch of the Standard Oil company"
 Mir Jockel testified that other oil com panies besides the Standard Oil had of fees at 26 Broadway, New York. MT. Tinsley of the Waters-Pierce Oil com pany had his office there The president of the oil works was also located at 26 Broadway. He said that Mir. Tinsley was employed by the Standard oil company as an agent of subsidiary companies. The bookkeeper said he knew R. B. Bakus and R. A. McNall, who he said was first with the president at the oil works and afterwards with the Waters-Pierc Oil company.
 He said that w R. King had charge of the domestic department of the Standard Oil company at 26 Broadway in 1904 and that at Newark there was formerly chief clerk by the name of A. C. Ebie.
 ''Tell about his transfer to the Waters Pierce oil company" said MT. Hadley.
 q know he asked for a transfer, but whether the name of the Waters Pierce Oil company was stipulated, I cannot say. The transfer was made immediately through c. c. Young, Mir. King and Mir. McNar. He went to Oklahoma City as special agent for the Waters-Pierce oil company. I was afterward transferred to that territory.
 
 were overruled when MT Hadley demand ed the details. MT. Jockel continued:
 Tells of Conversation.
 ''I was summoned into the office of c. C. Young on November 15 1904, and in- formed that request had been made for my transfer to a western agency. Mr. Young asked if I would consent to go. told him would, provided proper terms l@o L. To k.11 matter would have to rest for a few days until he had received further in- formation A few days later I was again called by MT. Young and he told me that MT. King requested my presence at No. 26 Broadway, the next day at 10 o'clock He gave me a letter of introduction to MT. King
 The witness offered to give contents of the letter and it was objected to by the lawyers of the respondents.
 Give the contents of the letter. said MT. Hadley.
 'As far as I remember the letter it said;
 This will introduce to you Mir. Jockel, of whom we spoke over the telephone
 'I presented the letter to Mir King and after he read it he took me to the upper floor and introduced me to MT. McNall and we came to terms after a short conversation. I was to go to Okla homa, stopping on the way at St. Louis. I was instructed by c. c. Young and Me Nall never to mention the fact that I had known about this and had been em- ployed by the Standard oil company.
 '"ro what company were you being transferred in Oklahoma?"
 .'The Waters-Pierce Oil company"
 'If you stopped at St. Louis and re- ceived any instructions from Mir. Tinsley, state what the instructions were"
 MT. Tinsley instructed me to be very close-mouthed and be very careful of what I said. He informed me of the condition of the office affairs existing in