The sun., 1906-01-13
NO MORE DELAY FOR ROGERS.
COJ'RT HEARING TODAY on HIS
REFUSAL TO TESTIFY.
r,c puts In an Ahidavit Urging That lie
shouldn't Iie Compelled TO Talk IN
the Face Of sketch Artists ana He-
/ portcrs JockcI Stlt%s TO Ills stors.

tho Supreme Court on the Drder 10 sho"
cause why, Henry II Rogers, Nice-preSidett
of ths, company, should not answer certain
vital ,oiegtions concerning the stock owner
shin n, the oil corporations doing business
in Missouri which are supposed TO he ami
lated with the Standard
The nuparent object Of the lawyers was
to put the matter Off until next week. Az,
tornsv- General HadIev having ANNOUNCED
that it would he absolutely necessary Tor
him TO return to ST. Louis on the evening
train, tomorrow night in order 10 tahe
part in the suit 10 bar the New YORK me
insurance Company from doing business IN
the State of Missouri.
Justice Ciildersleeve, however, seemed to
sy1nnathiae with the Missouri officials IN
their. desire TO finish up the case as far as
il refers TO this State. He went 30 far as
10 Offer to sic in tho case this morning thus
brea king "a rnle OF the court IN regard to
SATURDAY sessions Usually the court ad-
iolrna from Friday to Monday, but Justice
CildersiAeve said that he would he on hand
this morning to hear the arguments lie
gave the counsel on either side an hour ana
a half to present the casa. The taking OF
testimony will proceed this afternoon, and
Mr. Usdley hopes 10 clean up his side be-
fore the dav Is over.
The Standard Oil lawyers made return
Yesterday to the order to show cause why
MIR rogers should not answer the questions
in dispute Attached to the return was an
sf,idavl. or Mr.. Rogers reciting the great
harr,hps he had gone through in giving
his estimonv before Commissioner San
born The witness seemed to be partlcu-
nj nj
eknt IA artists were allowed in the room.
Ir, describing his first appearance he said:
There we're about twenty newspaper
rerresentatives and sketch artists present
and cameras had been placed in the room
to take the pictures Of persons appearing
Typewritten statements Of the case had
been prepared and CIRCULATED among ,he
neyspaper representatives So crowded
vas the room hy outsiders that II was only
sf,e, much trouble and delay that seats
co,ill he procured f." the attorneys IN the
case
After two davs The hearing was ad-
irurned 10 larger room at ~ "all street.
Notwithsta nding hat the commissioner hhd
ordered that cameras be not used some en-
ter,,r,.ine person caused a tlashhght pc
turo to he ken, and the srnoke filled the
,ooro tn such an extent that an adjourn
neut was necessary.
sensational newspaper articles have.
since tho taking Of testimony began, been
beralcled throughout the country, and II ls
.ul,ntffet that tho process of law ls thlls
being ADVISED Under these existing ctrcum-
stances and conditions any witness 'l'he
rvsalfy connected with important AFFAIRS
and cesd,lcting many large business enter
nrisaa: eho,ld not i've compelled to testify
rorcern,pp arv matters unless 1t should be
made to aptear very clearly tnat sncn
matters have ~ material cullnectloh Wtil
the csss, and do not merely bear upon ms
rolation. To- or his acts in connection with
,he ;nterests Of or the conduct Of. the
husi,,ees oI companies other than the sald
RESPONDENTS: and witness ought not
under such circumstances ana c"nditions
to he required to testify to anything IN
relation to the ownership "f STOCK ol IN"
resu,ndents, even if the court determines
the natter material where there Is pend
ing under determination in the supreme
C'our, OF Missouri the question whether the
State is entitled to have produced the STOCK
books of the respondents
In otbpr words. purely private ahalrs
OUGHT not thus to be needless!y exposed
to plbiic view, and citizens OF this state
should receive such protection under these
extraordinary conditions a. the Court Shail
deem proper. through limitation of THESE
inourieB-to strictly relevant matters.
MIR Rogers's affidavit caused no end Of
astonishment to the lawyers interested in
the case. What the sketch artists, photog-
raphers and reporters present had to
"a do with the testimony given could not
be figured out by any OF them AS lor
,he typewritten statements circulated the
nnjv one that could be recalled was that
which came from the Standard Oil Com
pany.tn reference to A. V. Jockel, a vol'ln-
tary witness against the trust
While he was on the stand the first day
Of the hearing a document suddenly ap-
reared among the reporters purporting to
give an account, as recited in the records
Of the American Surety Company. OF a
criminal case in watch the witness was
involved Under oath Howard Page, in
charge Of the foreign business OF the
matter was obtained by his secretary from
tho American Surety Company and that
Indirectly he had helped to circulate 1t.
The amount involved was only 500. The
charge was Misrepresentation. Jockel ad.
nnitted that he had been arrested, and that
he had spent two nights in jail. He denied
however, that the case had been settled
hy the payment of the amount involved by
his relatives. He declared that the charge
had never been pressed and that he wa:
discharged finally in the Tombs police cour
because no one appeared to press the case.
AS for the fashlght photograph Of which
Mr., Rogers complains, the photographer
who made II succeeded yesterday in getting
a group which not only embraced MIR
Hadley and his assistant, Rush Lake, bu
Commissioner Sanborn and all the STANDARD
Oil lawyers except the rantankerous MIR
Rowe. The picture was taken after the
proceedings had been adjourned for the
.jockel was the only witness examined
Yesterday. Mr.. Hadley Immediately turned
him over,to the defence for cross e xamira
ton. Jookel stood the ordeal we'll. In his
direct examination he had told how he hac
been transferred from the Office OF the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey a
Newark to the Office OF the Waters Pjercs
company at Oklahoma He testified tina
both Manager Young of the Newark offict
and K P. Tinsley, then aeent at 20 Broad
yyay, and later vicc-pres of the Waters
Pierce company of Missouri, had told hin
TO keep his mouth shut about his previous
connection with the trust. He said that he
got his instructions before going West.
What are you doing now?' asked MIR.
Hdgenian.
II decline to answer by advice of counsel,
said the witness. and the audience roared.
You didn't continue in the pay of the
STANDARD Oil Company Of New Jersey after
You went West, did you?'
Il did not"
Then you merely quit one company anC