The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-23
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ters~rieFc. oil company custer suit
Progressed rather slowly "Wednesday
The defense continued 10 object To
every line OF evidence offered b. the
state Just before the noon hour, the
defense ohI.cssd To - question In one
OF the aepoaiilons which provoked
some discussion. aud for the frat
time the jury was excused for few
minutes until the lawyers finished
arguing the point
The evidence addnced NO far Ia
constituting "a chain around the de-
fendant which will be extremely diff
ficult for 1t 10 break. The testimony
of Ida NJ Butts was completed. she
deposing that when the attorney
general OF Ohio ierked mp the oil
magnates there for contempt that
they Immediately became very busy
and issued stock certificates to those
entitled 10 them. Certified copies OF
The charters of the following oil
companies were offered Standard
OIL Company OF Kentucky. Standard
OIL Company of pittsburg, Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, Standard
Oil Company OF Iowa, Standard Oil
Company Of New York, and the At
lantic Refining Company of Penn
sylvania, all OF them being a part of
the trust agreement showing w. T.
TiIford TO be high officer in nearly
all of them. The defense objected to
each of these documents and was
oyerruled by the court
The deposition Of r. H. McNall,
commercial agent Of the Waters
Pierce Oil company, with headquar-
ters at 26 Broadway, was offered
and showed the parcelling out OF
| territory in which the various cor
! porations transacted business and
| the stock ownership in the agree
| ment
Deposition of f. M. Wilhoit was
next offered. He was the representa-
tive of the Standard and the Con-
lsolidated Tank Line company OF
Wichita, Kansas, and testified that
the Indian Territory and Texas were
1.-The Waters-Pierce territory, that ne
lfilled orders for the Waters-P1erce
company in this territory from the
Standard storerooms and labelled
the barrels "Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany," that the Waters-Pierce did
not invade the Standard territory,
and vice versa.
Charles F. Hatfield of st. Louis
ideposed that he was formerly in the
employ of the Waters-Pierce COM
panv at Marshall, Texas but later
moved to st. Louis and to 26 Broad
way. He told Of the Waters-Plerce
territory, which constitutes leAas'
Indian Territory, Mexico and Wes-
tern Louisiana He was asked ABOUT
the defendant crushing competition,
and the answer was objected to Wig
orously. The court overruled 1t, ana
ihe was allowed to tell how the de-
fendant obtained information as 10
competitive shipments, getting IL
from railroad employees, and that 1t
would be met with reduced prices
etc
| At 8 D. IN. the state made its for
NAL demand for the books ana pa
jpers of the defendant. Judge Bats
| demanded the stock certiflcate
hooks. minute books of the directors
and of the executive committee OF
the Waters-Pierce Oil company
Judge Penn objected 10 TINS.
Judge Bats then asked the court
TO order a subpoena for Ducas Ia
cum 10 be issued and served on the
attorneys for the defendant ana also
for c. p. Ackert. general manager
of the company who is in town, di-
Erecting them to produce. The couf,
ordered the clerk to Issue the SUD
poenas Judge Penn then presented
his motion asking that the court va
Icate the order demanding the books
for the reason that the new law
,enacted In this respect is unconsu-
tutional
One of the reasons assigned Is
that the law has an extra territorial
effect The jury retired while the
motion was being presented,
Judge Brooks oyerruied the ie-
faudant's motion Ga vacatc his or1er
Ia produce the books aud papers.
Judge Bats stated that the state
did not want a Judgment by default
J and that h would like for the court
: tn act
The cour, replied that Their" VAS
, nothing before him unless the state
/ would move 10 strike out IN" plead
b lInas af the defendant. The defons''
, ATTORNEYS were given iimv for con
'suliasiou.