The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-09

ance for his little daughter who died
of pneumonia. Byrne is Christian
Scientist and says that he called in a
healer of his church to treat the child
when his own prayers failed to bring
relief, as he had no faith in the med
ical doctors. Motion for a new trial
was made.
Texas Receiver Recognized.
The Texas court of appeals ruled that
while the property of the Waters
Pierce Oil company was for the mo-
ment in the hands of the federal re-
ceiver, Dorchester, the state should be-
gin proceedings at once to GUST him
in favor of the state receiver, Eek
hardt. The states jurisdiction is held
to be supreme in the premises.
John D. to the Bar.
A small army of federal marshals
and their agents were put ON the trail
! of John d. Rockefeller and his brother.
| William, following the issuance of the
| summons OF Judge Lands of Chicago
for officers of the Standard Oil COM
pany to appear in court and submit to
examination as to the earning power
were watching for John d. in four
different states-at the home of his
married daughter, at Pittsteld, Mass.
at his great estate Of Pocontico Hills,
near Tarrytown, n Y, at his big Lake
wood IN. j. place, where formerly he
was besieged for several weeks by
subpoena servers, and lastly at his fine
old home. Forest Hill, at Cleveland, o.
On the porch of the last named house
a marshal camped out in spite of the
| guards which surrounded the grounds.
Marshal Chandler of Cleveland kept
his deputies constantly on the alert to
prevent the possible escape of Mr..
Rockefeller. In the meanwhile the
Rockefellers lawyers at Chicago were
trying to get the court to excuse their
chief on one pretext or another, but
without avail
Finally Deputy Marshal Charles l..
Frink of North Adams, Mass, by a
clever ruse of doubling on his track,
discovered the much sought oil trust
|
house at Pittsfield after Mr.. Prentice
and other members of the household
had used every deception in the effort
to throw the process server off the
trail Early in the day Frink had
made an unsuccessful attempt to locate
John d. there. and then had given the
impression that he had left town.
Thus lulled into sense of security,
Mr.. Rockefeller had come out onto the
porch to sun himself Secretly the
deputy had returned and taken the old
man by surprise. The latter remarked
that he had hoped to avoid this trip to
Chicago, expecting that his attorneys
would secure some modification of the
courts order.
laps Sue San Francisco.
A test case has been brought against
the city of San Francisco by the Jap.
anese residents, damages being de
manded for the wrecking of the res.
taurant and bath house Of Y. Eimotc
by mob May 20, 1t being held that
the city made no effort to stop the riot
AbscondIng New York Teller.
Chester B. Runyan, paying teller OF
the Windsor Trust company Of New
York, disappeared with over 100000 Of
the company's funds, and investigation
showed that he had been playing the
stock market He simply packed the
cash in a suit case just before closing
time, having previously made known
his plan to visit his mother In Roches
ter, and walked away. It was Satur
day, and nothing was found wrong un
! ~ the following Monday. He was