The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-17
OIL KING, GUARDED,
IN JERSEY HOME
John D. Rockefeller's Where
abouts Are Now Definitely :
oWn-Again.

New York, March 17.-There can no
longer be any question as to the where
abouts of John D. Rockefeller. He is
safely ensconced at his fine country
home near Lakewood, n. J; The sub
pena issued for him by the supreme
state Of New Jersey, and SO the Stand
ard Oil millionaire is free to- go and
come as he pleases SO long as he does
not pass the state line.
Mr. Rockefeller has seen to 1t that
he has double security against the in
vasion of the subpena-servers, who have
been logging him for weeks. It is un-
derstood that he is in deadly fear that
some of them may attempt to kidnap
him and take him out of New Jersey.
To guard against such an emergency,
he has installed powerful searchlight
at his country home. This bright light
covers every road to his house, and, no
one could approach it under cover of
| darkness. .,' .#.e. r. "A r.
~ = Under Orders to Shoot.
Besides this the house is guarded
nightly by armed pickets, and the coun
try folks in the 'neighborhood have
heard that the pickets are under orders
to shoot anyone who is found lurking
about the place after nightfall unless
he can render a good account of him
self. f..
Mr.. Rockefeller has been seep twice
about his house or grounds this week.
A meter inspector, who has seen him
many times in Lakewood, met him
Thursday face to face in his house. He
has been staying at Lakewood since
Feb. 8, and it is said he has been hav-
ing a world of fun from the conflict
ing reports concerning his whereabouts.
| When he went to his Jersey place
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to leave the. train at Lakewood, but
got off at Point Pleasant, a station not
far from his home. Mrs. Rockefeller
preceded him by two days, arriving on
Feb. with her sister, Miss JUICY Spell
man. Five servants from the ,Rockefel-
| Ter place at Pocantico went on the same
train, and Mrs. Rockefeller superintend-
omnibus bound for their Lakewood
home An automobile had arrived the
| day before and Mrs. Rockefeller drove
home in that.
William Forester, RockefelIer's SUI
perintendent, left an order with the
local newsdealer to deliver Rockefel-
ler's favorite New York newspaper reg
ularly every day. -
On the same day appeared in the
village John, the tall Swiss valet and
personal attendant, without whom the
oil magnate never travels. John 8
princi pal duty is to, keep cranks and
/ business men alike from his master,
with an especial argus eye for newspa-
per reporters. Wherever John D. is,
there John comes also. The Swiss is
a feature Of Lakewood life.
Phone Put in Order.
Whenever Mr.. Rockefeller is in Jer-
sey the telephone company has to keep
the wires running to his house in per
feet order They must be taut and
the connections without flaw. On
Feb. 5 the company's superintendent Of
repairs was sent for, and tho he has
been at the Rockefeller place many
times before, he was received with as
\ were suspected of carrying dynamite
in his satchel Of tools. ~ =.
The telephone man was directed
around the house to the rear door. Four
inches of space showed here and the
woolly head Of the negro butler peered
! out. Each man knew the other, but
no sign Of recognition escaped the but
Ter. He demanded the repairer s badge.
| When it was shown, the butler com
in his hand. Then he beckoned the he'll
10 man into the kitchen, preceding him
on tiptoe. .,-.. ~. j - 81, .+,@s.
After disappearing into the hall
: where he held whispered conversation
| with someone, who then went upstairs,
the butler permitted the repairer tc
enter the room containing the telephone
and he was allowed to make his repairs.
Miss Adams, who acts as secretary to
Mrs. Rockefeller, and 70 her husbane
: also, went to Lakewood and arranged
, to stay indefinitely at her usual board
ing place, the cottage of the Misses
Burke, in Third avenue. s., Fl