The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12
TUCKER PLEASED.
Uncle Sam Oil Promoter Salts
fled of Square Deal.
Thoroughly Enjoys Way Things
Have Shaped Themselves.
WINS A POINT IN CASE
Jones, a Former Attorney, Ad-
mits Aiding Opposition.
Worked With Standard Lawyers
in Framing Trust Deed.
Evidence of a Conspiracy to
Crush Out fuckers Company.

Leavenworth, June 12.--The Uncle
Sam Oil company's attorneys brought
out some favorable testimony before a
jury in the United States circuit court
at the opening session to back up their
| allegation that the Standard Oil COM
pany had an indirect connection with
| the suit to have a receiver appointed
for the Uncle Sam company. John ].
Jones, formerly an attorney for H. H.
Tucker and the Uncle Sam company,
made damaging admissions while un-
| der cross examination.
| E. A. Krauthoff made the opening
statement to the jury, saying in sub
stance that they expected to prove that
the whole plan of H. H. Tucker in the
organization of the Uncle Sam Oil COM
pany was fraudulent. He told of Tucker
| hrst issuing capital stock for 20 million
| dollars, then reducing it to 10 millions
and afterwards increasing this to II
millions, and of finally issuing bonds for
millions. He told that after Tucker
was prohibited the use of the mails and
indicted for fraud he executed a deed of
trust on the company property so as to
| have a receiver appointed with a view
OF preventing the stockholders of the
Uncle Sam company from reorganizing
and taking everything out of fuckers
hands
Albert L. Wilson. for the Uncle Sam
company, made counter statement to
the jury alleging that the fraud order
issued by the postoffice department the
Indictment of Tucker and the apoint-
ment of a receiver was due to a plot
on the part of the Standard Oil com
pany. He was well started on an anti
Standard Oil grafton when Judge Ami
don stopped him and inquired what
bearing this had on the case
It'd rJ-,,- L
t1on at issue was whether or not the
Uncle Sam Oil company officials prop
erly executed deed of trust to file for
suit for the. appointment of receiver,
and he added that it did not make any
difference whether the company was
solvent at the time or not. He asked
Mr.. Wilson If he expected to prove that
the Standard Oil company was in a
conspiracy to make the Uncle Sam COM
pany execute this deed of trust.
Mr.. Wilson said that was one of the
things he expected to show and he would
come to it at once. Changing his line
of address he charged that the law firm
of Karnes, New & Krauthof made col
lections for and were the attorneys for
the Standard Oil company, and after the
Indictment of Tucker they "butted into
the case Mr. Krauthoff, he said call
ed at fuckers office and said he repre-
sented Uncle Sam stockholders and told
that a move was to be made to reor-
ganize the company and incidentally
take it out of fuckers hands.
Soon after this. he declared, J. B.
Tomlinson and John ]. Jones, attor-
neys for Tucker, appeared and work.
ing in conjunction with Mr.. Krauthoff,
urged and finally induced Tucker to
execute deed of trust. In addition,
acting on the advice of Tomlinson and
Jones' that Tucker was induced to
turn $2,5o0 in Uncle Sam Oil company
bonds over to Mr.. Krauthoff which
were placed in the name of three
clerks in the law firms office and on
these dummy bondholders application
was made and a receiver appointed
He charged that Tomlinson and Jones
were in a conspiracy against their
client.
Mr.. Wilson charged that David Null
vane an attorney of Topeka, Republi-
can national committeeman for Kan
sas was sent to Washington to prevent
a fraud order issuing against the I'm
Gle Sam company; that soon after his
trip inspectors were sent on, an inves-
tigation made and a fraud order fol-
lowed Immediately. He intimates
that Mr.. Mulvane did not act in good
faith and that he, too, was in the
Standard oil conspiracy. In closing,
he charged that Harry Bone United
State attorney and all who had any
thing to do with the Indictment of
Tucker, were in the conspiracy.
1t was asserted that the Oil City
Derrick and the Financial World of
new L OTk HdQ puDllSleO IdlSo ana
libelous articles against the Uncle Sam
Oil company and that the articles
were inspired and paid for by the
Standard Oil company. One article
from the Financial World against the
Uncle Sam Oil company headed PRO
gress of a Giant Fake" was referred
to. 1t was set forth that the Uncle
Sam people desired to have the Nedi-
tors of the two Eastern newspapers
brought into court to show that they
were in a conspiracy against the Uncle
the affidavit that The Kansas City Star
and the Kansas City Journal pub
lished advertisements at the instance
of the Stardard Oil company of a ma
ture to create prejudice and cause dis
trust in the minds of the stockholders
of the Uncle Sam company.
Another allegation was made that L.
G. Boyle, as an attorney for the Stand
ard Oil company, influenced postoffice
company from the use of the mails
and that Boyle had paid large sums
of money to accomplish this. The al
legation was made that a number of
railroads were in a conspiracy to crush
the Uncle Sam company; that the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe was
operated by and for the advantage Of
Slonecker of Topeka a referee in
bankruptcy, was in the pay of the
Standard Oil company and was there
fore prejudiced against the Uncle Sam
company.
There was a sharp exchange be-
tween Alexander New and Mr.. Wilson
when Judge New asked if Wilson
conspiracy to indict Tucker. Judge
Amicou admonished both aftornevz