New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-12
NEW OIL WITNESSES.
ZIP CAREY SUBPGNAED.
Mr. HadIey Expects j. j. Corkh'll
and ". f.. Bemis to Testify.

The hearing in the quo warranto proceeolhs
:, xha state Of Missouri against the Standard
on Company and certain subsidiary companies
% adjourned again yesterday by Comu1issloheI
r.tor,, at No 81 wall-st-, until ?. m 1o-oa3'
=. .te,r If the argument which will be hearo
=, r,etice Gfldersleeve this morning in the 0u-
--snne Court on the question of conpeliiiie
Lz.ryv H Rogers TO answer questions III 'ie
,os-Ing Attorney General Hadley OF MlSSoUi1
,vrsots TO examine several new witnesses peloIe
CIo-,r,fssioner Sanborn this afternoon unless Tie
cor-t proceedings make further delay necessary;
NJ Badley and Deputy Attorney Oeiiei@ a
lake were busy yesterday getting sUOP -
o. neyr witnesses. They said that the oeiay
4O- -. standard Oil LAWYERS had forced had
-se,Ited in the discovery of new evidence WHICH
thew regarded as important
A,,onq the new witnesses for whom suopcenas
rove obtained yesterday are Francis D. Carey
7obn 7 CorEhuI and William E. Bernis. W. l.
1VardwelI. former treasurer OF the STANDARD
n, r-o-,na1v. was at No 81 WalI-st- yesterday
-vben the hearing was adjourned. and he prob
.b,v vrfll be a witness this afternoon
NJ Lake had talk yesterday with Francis
r Ca-lsv in his Office. at No. 500 5th-ave'
1rbere he is associated in business with his SON
,n-lav. oliver Hartman. While MI. CAREY sdio
he had been out OF the oil business for eighteen
years he told Mr.. Lake enough TO make ms ap-
Tsarance as a witness desired by Mr.. Hadley's
deputy.
Mr. Carlev said he was one Of the organizers
- -. Cy,ess-C,arlev company. OF Louisville. KY.
IN 1875. The company bought sold and trans
,o-,aa oil hut did not have any reflneries. II
connection Of the Waters-Pierce OIL Com
nay and the Consolidated Tank Line Company
Ahorr 1850 the Chess-CarIey company and lhe
zzs+ersPferce company agreed TO pool issues
N the fight for business IN Missouri with 1iie
rss,,t that The Chess arley company was
merged in the Waters-Pierce company. Iheh
wr Csrlev SAYS the consolidated company vas
bought up by the Standard Oh company me
n.potiations being carried on through an agent
acting for John D. Archbold
81 sold out 70 No. % Broadway Mr. CAREY
said. and then came TO New-York
Nv HaaIev's attention was called yesterday
- Io,- C,orkhiu and William T. Benis by
letter signed "A Wall Street CLERK in part as
follows:
Tia nucleus Of the entire STANDARD on Company dl
Of Ire world is the confidential depart sSo1 Is
no at No e Broadway, OF winch w, L 355I7fiaI
fbs manager Berniss Old secretary aho ne
cerk John J. Corkhill knew Ell the secrets q 9 me
supposed separation OF the ale +51enfs and de-
TerIes by wagons daily were al Feeslrs 5ili 3a5
come disagreement with the company ana 1eA1 =
Mr. lake found Mr. Corkniu at lawyers Of
4o. IN Broadway In the afternoon. Mr.. Corkhiii
sai he wanted time 70 think it over before tell
ing M Lake anything he knew about business
affairs at No, 20 Broadway. To reporters who
sccomnanied Nj Lake Mr.. Corkhin told some
Of his experiences in the Standard OIL Building.
He said:
Iwent there when was boy. and was John p
Rockefeileys office boy 81 80 week T 4,S4I9S
nice to get along with. 1t was not until lls
halF began TO- tsh out ana ne ceased q 20 Froeyay
that he system Of RrogTession when ne s bF oge
the executive committee year and argue
for increase In salary. II We
could make good argument before Mr: K9c aS5
pleasant When n a Foeers 1ouid saw gr1ffiy
that he mad heard enough and We had no right 10
ask :or an increase OF salary. Mr. Rockefeller
bold sided with Mr.. Rockefeller on such occasions.
hen II 6 Tlnsey became a member Of the ex
.: eoonoies Mr. RocSefei eGu suadny ceased 10
De active. Rogers and T4nsiey cut of expenses in
every direction The system OF progression
stopped. In 1900 when I insisted on asking for an
Increase in salary I was told by Tinsley that had
Estter MOI , come On such an eTTand again ] saw
= ne cog e i9ok IN ne eye of M Rogers that
position
Mr. Corkhn. after leaving the Standard Oil
company went into brokers' office for time.
Then he became secretary TO Police Commits
sioner Partridge on the recommendation OF
Mayor Low. Before the end Of Commissioner
PartE1dge's term Mr. Corkhiu was appointed
complaint clerk at Police Headquarters. and he
remained in that position during the administra-
ton Of General Greene. he retired from the
Office soon after Commissioner N1cAdoo went to
Mulberry-st
subpoena servers IN the employ Of Henry Wolf
man made another attempt yesterday TO serve
q, Gay Pierce former president of the Waters
Pierce OIL Company. In his rooms at the Wal
ooT1 Some one Who responded the telephone
rom NJ. Perces apartment late il the after
noon said
Two process servers got in here this after
noon and threw them OUT
DID they serve q subpena?'
/ decline 10 answer
Are you afraid 10 leave your apartments
1 refuse 70 answer"
chuclde was heard as the telephone receiver
vas hung UP. At the hotel last evening il was
salQ that Mr.. Pierce had been going in and out
ually, unreCOgnized by the process server who
We're watching the entrances to the hotel.