Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-02
ON THE TRAIL
OF ROCKEFELLER
SIeuths Train Field CLASSES
on Mansions Windows.

New York. Jan. BY ascending
through a house in the same block and
scrambling over the intervening build
ings a process server from the Pujo in
vestigating committee climbed up to
the roof of William Rockefeller's home
at Fifty-fourth street and Fifth avenue
and looked around. If he expected to
find Mr.. Rockefeller up there he was
disappointed, so after making his In
spection he descended to the street.
Up and down Fifth venue in the
neighborhood of the William Rockefel-
Ter home and in Fifty-fouFth street
there was a small army of deputy SER
geants-at-arms of the house again. hop
ing Mr.. Rockefeller would come out
and let himself be served with a sub
poena to appear Jan. 6 before the Pujo
committee. But Mr.. Rockefeller did not
come out.
Charles F. Riddell. chief sergeant-at-
arms of the house. spent the day, as he
had the one before. in his room at the
Hotel Martinique, hoping m~omentarily
to hear that one of his deputies had
managed to find Mr.. Rockefeller at his
Fifth avenue residence. or even at his
Tarrytown home. or In Greenwich,
Conn, where Mrs. William G. Rookie
Teller resides. One of Mr.. Rockefeller's
automobiles had been seen In the Con-
necticut town, and as 1t has not been
positively learned that he is In New
York, 1t was thought possible he might
turn up in Greenwich.
Field Glasses Used.
When some Of the shades in the Fifth
avenue house were put up yesterday
duced field glasses and trained them on
the windows.
The zealousness Of the deputies
reached such a high pitch that n Of
them, it was said, donned the clothes
Of a plasterer and obtained admission
pin, Of Mr.. Rockefeller's daugh.
tiers, whose residence adjoins his. Quite
a number of men are working In the
house on some alterations which are
being made.
The Pinkerton detectives, who are
said to be working In the interest Of
Mr.. Rockefeller, were on the job again.
They were watching the deputies and
the Burns men who are working for
Sergeant-at-Arms RiddeIl. But the
Pinkertons have sedulously remained
out Of the block, leaving the immediate
vjoip{fv IF tho PanLafo11or hop,o to tho
governments men and content1ng
themselves with a long distance view
Of their operations.
Several persons rang the doorbell of
the Fifth avenue house. but In no case
was there q response. A messenger
boy tried to deliver a telegram to Sam
uel Untermyer. chief counsel for the
Pujo committee, at the Rockefeller
home, installing It for the University
club, on the opposite corner.
t. See ReeksfslIsrs Lawyer.
MI. Untermyer is expected in New
York from the west, according to Rid
deil. and a meeting and conference be-
tween the chief counsel and the SER
geant-at-arms will ensue. Mr.. Inter
myer, It was said. Is coming to New
York to meet Nj. RockefelIer's legal ad-
visers to see II the way 4 be paved
for the nnancier to appear before the
Investigating committee.
Mr. Riddell said that he had spent
$4,000 In trying to serve Mr.. Rockcfel.
Ter with a subpoena up to Tuesday
morning, when his force Of deputy ser
geants-at-arms came from Washington.
with these men here" said he, lit Is
costing the government 1000 a day to
continue this search"
Mrs. William G.. Rockefeller said at
Greenwich that William Rockefeller
had not been home for several weeks
and that her husband also is not at his
home.