The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-17
ROGERS, OIL KING,
A PHYSICAL WRECK
so SAY HIS RELATIVES AND oEv
ERAL FRIENDS.
HAS HAD PARALYTlc STROKE
Standard OIL Financier Is Exeusec
from Being Hailed Into Court to
Testify in Lawsuit lnvolv.
ing s5o,ooO,Ooo.

Boston Sept. 17-Upon the evl
dence of members Of the family of
Henry II Rogers and the family physt
clan, that Mr.. Rogers suffered stroke
last July, and has since been unable &c
transact any business, Judge Ham.
mond In the supreme court Monday
announced IL would be cruel to compel
his attendance In court and dismissed
a motion to that effect. The condition
of Mr. Rogers was disclosed In the
course of a hearing on a motion to
show that he was capable of attending
the trial of a suit against him for $50.
100000 brought by c. H. Raymond, OF
Somerville, for alleged conversion OF
certain royalties I'm connection with
the production of petroleum.
Counsel for Raymond sought to
show by the testimony of friends of
Mr.. Rogers in New Bedford and Fair
Haven and also numerous telephone
tickets giving a record of calls be-
tween New York and the home OF Mir.
Rogers in Fair Haven that Rogers had
been about the streets, had partiCipat.
ed in certain festivities, had engaged
in certain business I'm New Bedford
and had been In frequent Communica.
ton with his associates in New York.
President Winsor of the First Ma
tional Bank of New Bedford, stated
that he had conyersed with Mr. Rogers
at the bank, but said il was not upon
business matters.
Several witnesses admitted that
they had talked with Mr. Rogers with.
in the past few weeks, but all declared
that he was much changed
In support of the claim that Mr..
Rogers was too III 10 appear, four wit.
nesses were heard. The first was
Urban II. Broughton, the sOn-in-aw of
Mr. Rogers. He said that since July
%, when Mr.. Rogers was taken i'll In
New York, his father-in-law had been
unable to transact any business, and
that soon after that date Mr. Rogers
told him that Broughton must pick up
all his business and carry on the af
fairs to the best of his knowledge, and
that he would not hold MIR. BrOughton
responsible for any mistakes.
At this time Mr.. BrOughton testified
that the physicians had refused to al
low Mr.. Rogers TO see any member of
the family. He admitted that once In
August his father-inlaw had talked
with John ID. Archbold, of the Stand
ard Oil Co, but II was not upon bust.
ness. AT present he said MIR. Rogers
face is distorted on the right sdie,
the left Side OF his body is out of its
natural position and his speech is af-
fected.
Henry II. Rogers ir., corroborated
his brother-in-law I'm many respects.
Norman w. Ncsbit, a New Bedford
dentist, testified that he had attended
Mr. Rogers twice within the last six
weeks, and on both occasions he no
ticed that he had changed and was
very nervous.
The last witness was DR.. Pratt, who
told the court that he could not state
exactly what would be the ultimate re-
suit OF the attack last July, nor to
what II was due. lie thought It might
be apopleXy, or perhaps a clOt on the
brain, or a slight paralytic shock.
DR. Pratt refused to say whether
Mr.. Rogers condition or reluctance 10
testify in the Massachusetts suit was
due to his fear that he might be called
upon to give evidence in the case OF
the government against the Standard
Oil Co.