The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-09

was under the especial guard Oh tue
police, and entering it, AIR. Rockefeller
was quickly taken to the sixth door
of the building and to the court room.
He was shown 20 a seat to the LETT OF
the judges desk and was well ny into
the room before his arrival was MOTTO
ed There was considerable excite
ment among the crowd and some con-
fusion resulted from the efforts made
by all the spectators to obtain quick
view of him
United States Marshal hoy APPEARED
and asked: Are you comfortable
here. Mr.. Rockefeller"
"Perfectly. thank YOU. am al!
right" he answered.
VIM. Rockefeller, who had been sit
ting behind his brother, came forward
in response to a signal and sat Dy the
side of John y. Archbold. Grouped
around them were c. VI. Pratt, secre-
tary of the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey; Charles I. White. assist
ant secretary; J. y. MOffatt, president
of the Standard Oil Company OF IN
diana; w P. CoWan. vice president,
G. w. Stahl, secretary and trcasui er,
of the same corporation. Other wit
nesses in the group were II. Z. FELTON,.
the president. and VIM. VI. Hutchinson
secretary and treasurer Ct the Union
Tank Line. Fred A. Wann, former
general freight agent of the Chicago
and Alton railway, and number Of
n+t Ioto hc
When the Standard Oil stisatiOn
was called the attorneys for thc COM
pany, together with those of the gov
ernment. stepped forward to the front
of Judge Landis' desk. Here AttOr-
neys Miller and Rosenthal, counsel for
the company. made an earnest plea
that Mr.. Rockefeller be excused from
the stand. They declared he could,
in fact, tell nothing that the judge de-
sired to know The judge, however.
refused to vacate the subpoena and in
sisted that Mr. Rockefeller should
take the stand.
Frederick A Wann, the former gen
cral freight agent of the Chicago aud
Alton roa1. W<,5 then called and HIS
toned regafl'rg the rate at which oil
should have rten shipped from Whit
ing, Indiana to St. Louis.
Then Harry r. FELTON,, of the Union
Tank Line, took the stand. and testi-
fed that the capital Of the Union Tank
Line was $5.500,0OO but that it had not
paid a dividend since 1901.
SIS that due to the mismanagen.ent
of your predecessor"
mo SIR it is due to the fact that
there is no money in running, as all
investment, tank cars at three-quarters
of cent mile
AS Mr.. FELTON, left the stand Judge
Lands called: John D. Rocksfeller'
Mr.. Rockefeller rose briskly from
his Seat and walked rapidly to the wit
ness stand The witness was question:
ed entirely by Judge Landis. He spok,
slowly and with much deliberatiCn,
pOndering his answers carefully befo",
he gave them. Many of them were
uttered in SO low tone that they were
inaudible ten feet from his chair
The first question put by Jus r.,
Lands: "Mr. Rockefeller, have you
any official connection with the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey?"
''I am the president, but the position
is purely honorary and has been for
the last eight or ten years, as | nave
not been rendering any service " hat
ever"
do you know what the outstanding
capital stock of the Standard Oil Con
pany of New Jersey is?''
Judge Landis overruled an objection
to the question and the witness re-
piled: II think that it is about $1C0.-
100000. The outstanding. 1 could not
state definitely. your, honor
"Generally speaking, what is the
business of the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey in the production, dis
tribution. and sale of oil?"
We'll, your honor, as | have been
so long out of business and out of this
business, it is a dozen years since |
have been at all actively related Tlth
the affairs of the company. 1t is eight
years, your honor, since | have been in
the Office at all"
What is your general impression
as to what the business Of the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey is?"
They have refinery, and a refine
oil. That was the-yes-it would be
impossible for me to give-to make
an answer to that question intelligent
ly without a study of the case
Have you an impression as to
whether or not the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey operates indirect
more than one oil refinery"
Attorney objected on the ground that
the present Investigation should not
invade case where the government
and the Standard Oil Company. in
another state than Illinois and where