Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
REBUFFED BY JOHN D.
MARSHAL CHANDELIERS COLD
WELCOME IN CLEVELAND.

In view of the fact that Mr.. Rockefeller
claims in yesterdays newspapers that he
had voluntarily accepted the service Of Judge
Lands subpoena at Pittsf1eld on Wednes-
day. and that he himself had sent for the
deputy marshal who had served 1t. a re-
port from United States Marshal Chand-
Ter, received at the Department of Justice
yesterday. is very interesting. Whatever
may have been Mr. Rockefeller's concilia-
tory and law-abiding mood at Pittsf1eld
on last Wednesday. when, as he says. he
gave himself up to the law, he certainly
showed no disposition two days before,
when he was at his home in Cleveland,
and Mr.. Chambers report shows that the
law had hard time of ii In Cleveland.
Mr.. Chandler received the subpoena
from the United States district attorney
at Chicago on June %, together with a let
ter notifying him that Mr.. Rockefeller
would be at Cleveland two days there
after-that is to say, last Monday.
On that day" Mr.. Chandler continues
in his narrative to the Department of JUS
tice. Il called at Mr.. Rockefeller's place.
known as Forest HILL and was met at
the gate by the gatekeeper. 1 explained
my mission and was told that, so far as
he knew, Mr.: Rockefeller was not there:
that no one could see Mr.. Rockefeller
without first making an appointment
with him through his private secI etary
and said she was not at the house at that
time. but expected to arrive soon.
About 10 O'Clock am of said day the
private secretary returned. l advised her
of my errand. explained the nature Of the
business 1 desired to transact with Mr.
Rockefeller; told her 1 would like to see
him officially, and asked her to arrange an
interview in the usual manner that other
callers were received She would not say
whether Mr.. Rockefeller was there or not
but said she would take up the matter and
let me know. l requested her to call me by
telephone and gave her my office and resi-
dence number.
Stopped at the Gate.
Not hearing anything from her for twen-
tyfour hours, 1 again called at Forest
Hill, accompanied by a deputy United
States marshal. and was stopped at the
gate by the gatekeeper, who said it would
be necessary to call up the residence
which. by the way. Is fully one-half mile
from the street, and stands in the center of
park said to contain 900 acres Of land
He called up the residence from the teIe-
phone in his gatekeeper's lodge and was
answered by a lady whom he said was the
housekeeper. He requested me to take the
phone. which 1 did. and said that desired
to see the private secretary. She said: You
know, only persons having some connec-
ton with the estate or family are admit
ted ! said / had been so informed, but
assured her that l was not going to kidnap
any one or commit any depreciation on the
premises: my business was strictly Official
and In view Of these facts thought she
would make an exception to the rule, which
she said she would do and invited US to
come up to the house. We went to the
house and lady came to the door and in
vited us to be seated on the porch and the
private secretary would see us very shortly
Secretary Was Chilly.
1.-The latter came out and after the GUS
I will not talk to you, will not see you
will not have anything to do with you
1 asked her If Mr. Rockefeller was there
and she said: I will answer no questions
nor have anything to say to you In any
way
After numerous frutless endeavors to
get her to answer any sort of ques-
ton. I finally said to her that we might
as well have an understanding about the
matter first as last; that 1 had endeav-
ored to do my duty in a courteous gen.
tlemanly and quiet manner; that from my
talk with her the day before I did not
expect to be accorded the kind of a recep-
ton she was giving me; that construed
her action to be defiance Of the au-
thority and power Of the court. and would
like to know whether she considered the
Rockefeller institution at Forest Hill big
ger than the United States government,
which l was endeavoring to represent
said: If you are acting under orders from
any person outside, you may say that will
mount a guard over this place, and we will
try this question out
She went into the house and soon
came back and said nothing could be done;
she would not talk at all. and I deemed
it useless to make any further attempt to
get information from her.
Il then directed the deputy to remain
on the porch or about the premises until
further orders; also notified the butler
at the door that he was deputy United
States marshal, and was there under my
orders
Marshal Chandler surrounded the house
with Gordon of deputy marshals SO thick
that they were in each others way. New
ertheless, Mr.. Rockefeller seems to have
eluded them and gotten to Pittsburg, where
he surrendered. Marshal Chandler with
drew his guards Friday morning.