The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-16

he likely or probable to cause serious
harm.
That is question which no man
can answer ne replied.
Danger Not Imminent.
Il call your attention 10 the last para
graph OF DR.. Lamberts affidavit, as fol-
lows: In the present highly sensitive
and critical condition Of his throat. any
effort or strain or excitement might pro-
duce condition that would not only
imperil Mr.. Rockefellers lite, hut might
even reasonably be expected to cause his
sudden death " said Mr.. Untermyer. Il
do not think it would he attended with
any imminent danger OF that type" re-
piled DR.. Richardson.
Mr.. Untermeyer said:
The committee wants your advice. DR.
Richa rdsOn. and is relying upon your
advice as to whether. under all the cir
Cumstances as you observe them. it would
be proper and humane thing to eX-
anime Mr.. Rockefeller, either here or
elsewhere
Il think If il was OF very great practical
importance TO obtain the testimony Of this
witness that without endangering his life
he could he subjected to a short exam
nation" replied DIR. Richardson.
How long an examination do you sup
pose he could stand the strain of" asked
Untermeyer.
Not beyond an hour or two"
An examination, in order to he effec-
tive. that might require memory, and
that might endure over three or four
hours. even If separated: is that within
the range of possibility, without injury"
Il think it is. certainly without imme-
diate injury
We'll. without eventual injury"
THAT iS diHSrIrIf p,,aS,ior
swer. sir
Would YOU advise the committee that
it ought to take the risk? You under
stand the committee does not want to
take any substantial risk OF being re
spOnsible for serious consequences to a
man.
Yes. I think. then. he could testify
for couple of hours"
BurrnEo's Memory Faulty.
Mr. Tntermyer. in questioning Mr..
Burrage. wanted to know il he and his
associates did not make a profit of SS9.-
cp0,on GU of the sale of properties to
the Amalgamated Company at the time
Of its organization. Mr.. Burrage could
not say definitely. He could not tell
what his profit was. He acknowledged
that IL was the most important event in
his life, and also one of the biggest
transactions he was ever engaged in.
hut for the life of him he couldn't recall
how much he had got whether it was
ten millions or six millions or five mil
lions. He did not remember that he had
kept any accounts. He thought that
they had been kept at &c Broadway
probably by William Rockefeller. Neither
Mr.. Rockefeller nor Mr.. Rogers had rem
dered any account to him as to his share
in the profits.
And you asked for no account, and
they gave nOne?"
No" l asked for nome" said the wit
ness.
Was not the profit made on the fota-
tation of Amalgamated in 1899" asked
Mr.. I'ntermyer. about $4,000, 0O0?"
Il cannot state that
You say it is the biggest transaction
in which you were ever engaged and the
most important thing that has ever oC-
CURED to you. and yet you can't tell
the number of millions of dollars you
made out of it,
That is correct
Mr.. Untermyer took up with the witness
the purchase by Amalgamated of the
Butte and Boston property and the Bos-
ton and Montana company. Mr.. Inter
myers contention was that the insiders
of the Amalgamated bought up these
properties and then turned them over to
the Amalgamated at an immense profit.
He referred to the campaign Of advertise
ment carried on by Thomas W. Lawson
in which Butte and Boston stock was
bulled. while Boston and Montana was
being pounded at the same time to a low
or level The failure of the Globe Bank,
of Boston, occurred after this campaign
and le,000 shares of Boston and Montana
were thrown on the market.
Admits Grent Enhancement.
Had not the stocks OF Boston and
Montana and of Butte and Boston in
creased in the two or three years pre-
ceding the foundation of the Amalga-
mated from about $4,000, 900 to approx
mately $40, 600, 0O0?"
Il believe So" replied the witness
Mr.. Burrage could not recall any OF
the details about the purchases of these
copper stocks, or the immense profit
which Mr.. Untermyer commended was
made through the sale of the companies