New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-10
MR.. ROCKEFELLER At LAKEWOOD.
So Says Resident, Who Seems to Think He
Is Having an Amusing Time.

the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: There seems to be so much natural curiosity
about the whereabouts Of John D. Rockefeller that
your readers may be interested to know that Lake
wood people are sure he is here. and has been
since February 3. Mrs. Rockefeller arrived here
on February with her sister. Miss Lucy Spenan.
Five servants from the Rockefeller place at Po-
cantico arrived on the train. and Mrs. Rookie
Teller personally it that they were placed
in an omnibus and taken TO the Rockefeller home
here Then Mrs. Rockefeller entered the Rookie
Teller automobile, which came down from Pocantico
the day before, and drove home
The only newspaper Mr.. Rockefeller reads regu-
larly is The Tribune. On February the village
newsdealer received order from the Rockefeller
superintendent. William Forester. 10 send The
Tribune regularly every day, The day Mr..
Rockeellers valet and personal attendant. without
whom he never travels. made his first appearance
in the village. He is tall Swiss who IS known
in the village as John. Johns principal duty Is
to keep cranks and newspaper men from approach
ing Mr.. Rockefeller. and he is a fine for the
job Mr. Rockefeller never goes anywhere without
this bodyguard Consequently, where John is. there
also is John d.
The day before Mr.. Rockefellers automobile ar
rived here. all the New-York newspapers told OF
the machines whisking away from Pocantco with
the curtains in the tonneau drawn. Whether Mr..
Rockefeller came down in the automobile or made
the journey from New York over the Pennsylvania
to Point Pleasant and met the automobile there, I
can't say. Mr.. Rockefeler's home is ON the Point
Pleasant road Point Pleasant Is dead place at
this season. and It would be cinoh for him to slip
in and out OF the place without being recognized
A six mile ride in his automobile and he Is In his
own house. safe and snug. That's how Lakewood
folks believe he got here.
Whenever Mr. Rockefeller Is here they're always
mighty particular at his place TO have the tele-
phone in good working order. On February a re-
pair man for the local telephone company was sent
for He is we'll known to everybody at Mr.. Rookie
feller's. but on this occasion his reception was
somewhat mysterious. He was shooed around TO
the back door. After knocking. the door opened
about four inches and negro butler peered out.
He knew the repairer. and the repairer knew him.
but the butler made him show his badge He COM
pared the number with slip he held in his hand,
and then beckoned the repairer into the kitchen.
He kept him there while he went ahead to see II
the coast clear. The repairer heard him whisper
TO some person. and that person went upstairs.
Then the repairer allowed 10 enter the living
room and fuss with the telephone.
On February Miss Adams. who is secretary to
both Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller. arrived here and
arranged to stay indefinitely her usual boarding
place the cottage OF the Misses Burke in Sd street
She has been here every day since. She bought all
the papers and took them down there. and after
that the newsletter received order to send
copy of THE Herald" THE World The Ameri-
can" The Times" and The Sun each morning
to Mr. Rockefellers. Last year Mr. Rockefeller
used TO wait until Monday to read The Sunday
Tribune but he reads all the papers on Sun
day. He find out where he is. probably.
About February 10 Mr.. Rockefellers grandson,
who has been here since the middle OF January,
began make almost daily visits 10 the Rookie
Teller place. He is Fowler Mccormick. ten years
old. For three four days following February rs
the Rockefeller automobile met the last train from
New-York each night. Mrs. Rockefeller and John.
the bodyguard, were in the machine. On each oc-
cason stranger would be picked out OF the crowd
of arrivals by John and he would hurry with him
TO the automobile The same person never showed
I'm rvUtc Mrs RnNEefellSr would ma for
the stranger and his suitcase at her side. The
stranger usually returned on the early morning
train the next day.
A grocery firm is sending supplies TO feed fam
lily OF twelve 10 Mr. Rockefellers every
day. and so is the butcher Their delivery boys
can't learn from the servants word about Rookie
Teller. The most recent visitors here have been Mr.
and Mrs John D Rockefeller. tr.. who were here
last week and went away Monday. Rockefeller is
here; Yours very truly A F1LLAGER.
Lakewood. n. j.. March 9. 1906.