The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-16
Ownership of Majority of Stock
in Other Concerns Is
Testified To.
WITNESS WHO REVEALS THE
TRUTH CLAIMS IMMUNITY
Evidence on Behalf of PrOsecu-
tiOn Will Be Concluded in
One More Day.

FINDLAY, Ohio, Oct. 15'-That the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
owns a. majority of the stock of the
Buckeye Pipe Line company OF ONO
and the Ohio Oil company was testlned
to by the directors of these companies,
in the trial here today of the Standard
OIL company of Ohio for alleged con"
spiracy against trade,
John O 'Brien a director and super
1ntendent of the Buckeye, who also
owns stock III the Standard Oh COM
pany of New Jersey, was the first wit.
ness, He took the "immunlty oath
before giving testimony,
He said the question as 10 his Of
fetal position would 'Etend to Grimm
aten him, and the order Of the court
directing him, waived the right OF the
State to prosecute IN connectlon VIII
this company, which is defendant be.
fore the same court on q criminal
charge as that of the Standard. Ho
testified freely thereafter, and brought
out much information regarding the
business and connections of his COM
pany-
More Light Is Shed.
II. L. Bates, a director of the Buck
eye and It's general agent at Lama, eX-
planned the method OF handing the OIL
purchased of John Seep of ?. >. Tralnor.
This information was further elucidat-
ed by T. 4. Mclaughlin of Lima,
director of the Buckeye and agent for
Seep Purchasing agency. u &. Palmer,
n director and general superintendent
of the Ohio Oil company, testified as
10 that company's ownership by the
Standard Oil company OF New Jersey.
The trial Of the Standard Oil COM
pany of Ohio for alleged conspiracy
against trade was resumed here today
after adjournment since last Friday
noon 1t is the intention of the prose-
cution to occupy the day with witnesses
who are connected with the Standard
or its alleged constituent companies,
The trial attracted few persons today.
Not more than dozen spectators were
present when court opened at Q clock.
John 0 'Brien Of Lima, o., superln-
tendent of the Buckeye Pipe Line COM
pany, was put on the stand Immediate
". When asked what his business was,
the witness appealed to the court.
He said the answer would tend to
criminate him and asked for Immunity
from future prosecutions.
Witness Made Immune.
Attorney Phelps, for the defense, re-
marked:
"Well, 1 guess we will have to make
him immune and the court ordered
the witness to answer questions,
No more objection TO answering ques~
tions was made, and the witness. after
stating he was superintendent Of the
Lima division of the company, gave
The geogra phical bounds Of this divi-
sioH
Mr. O 'Brien described the process of
gathering the oil from the producers
tanks, which held from sixty TO 100 bar
rels each, from where the oil is run into
storage tanks. In the several counties
comprising the Lima division the com
pany has between 500 and 500 storage
tanks, each of which holds about 10000
barrels
On the west of The division, the con-
Meeting line with that of the company
is the Indiana Pipe Line company.
Although Attorney Phelps said it
was well known that the Indiana pipe
line ran to refinery at Whiting, Ind,
the witness said he had never been to
Whiting and could not testify from
knowledge.
There was also an Eastern connection
for the lines of the Buckeye, but wit
ness could give no details.
States Case Nearly In.
1t was announced this afternoon by
attorneys for the prosecution in the
trial of the Standard Oil company of
Ohio for conspiracy against trade, that
the State would conclude its case to"
morrow.
This came after Judge Banker had
refused to admit evidence intended to
show that an agent of the Standard
had offered and paid a rebate to a
local grocer for handling its oil in the
retail trade.
The testimony was excluded on the
ground that nothing was offered to
show that the agent got such authority
from the Standard Oil company but
must have acted upon his own initia-
tive. Court adjourned at 4 clock un-
I'll tomorrow.