Show ROCKEFELLER AS A WITNESS Richest Man in World Testifies in inThe inThe The Standard Oil Com Company Company pany Inquiry QUESTIONED BY THE COURT I Information Elicited Was Meager Being Neither Important Nor Startling HE tE E tr 1 Say Sl r Had Any 11 Other nu is Than Thai of or Oil May f II Control Companies Chicago July Tul fi Tho Inquiry by 11 Judge l of the tho U S 5 district court coull Into 1110 till the financial condition and In resources ot or tho Standard OH com company pany was begun and finished today tOllay inside of two IWO hours Tho courts ob oh object was WM to 10 this Information In III determining tho Iho amount ot of fines to tobo bo ho Imposed Impose upon tho Oil company ot or Indiana for rOl violations of at luw freight rating and ro roo bating Tho chief witness was a John Johll JohnI I 1 president of tho th Stand Standard ard Oil company of oC Now Jersey Very Vory little was Willi derived from him Ho declared he had not nol been hoen In Inactive active business A for 13 1 years said he hall had not nol b bom n In the tho offices of ot tho Iho Standard Oil company for tor eight years cal Ho declared that the capital stock of ot thc Ih Standard OH company of or New Jersey Jerse w I s and lUll that Its 1111 business s was tho refining ot of oil Ho He saM said that ha h did not nol know tho company had ha 1 any other bust bus 1 IK ra and that If It tha Ih Standard Oil com company pany of Now ow Jersey was Interested ted In tho ownership or operation ot any refineries of ot tho Iho ot oC Now Jersey JHAO ho know nothing of or It From l other witnesses Judco derived the Information that thaI tho Stand Standard 1 ard Oil company ot or New Jersey Jerse In I tho Iho owner ot ora a largo laro of ot tho of ot tho Standard Oil company of Indiana and thit it also own d a II largo of oC tho Iho Union Tank ank line William D and John I J Archbold In court but were o o not to 11 testify 1111 f With his attorneys and U 11 other off cers of oC tho Iho Standard Oil company In Including 1 eluding Wm John I 1 thc richest man manIn In III thc world faced n federal court courtroom room tilled with willa attorneys und spectators tors lorl today Ho HI will lie subjected to toan tonn an nn examination conducted In person by hy o M 1 II s who has It within his hili power to 10 hold hohl tho oil king kingIn In III contempt of C court should the wit witness ness decline to 10 answer 1111 e I It won Willi believed by b those Interested In III thu hl t casa ilM that Ihu I when Mr Ir Rockefeller raised his hund und unI accepted Iho oath ho h would tell 1111 all 1111 ho known concern concerning 1 ing the Ih relations Ihn Ih Oil company of oC Indiana mid 1111 thu tho holding ut New Jl Whether he will lay IllY any 1111 of ot tIll secrets hi I to 10 be determined when Judge propounds lili questions lUe may b Mr rH replies ho hI will In III no incriminate for COI the Uw he h In I Immune rum from prosecution of or Hi Interest that him been beena a rou nod over Mr tr attaches of nr Iho Ih federal building anticipated that th crowd would Ie admittance d to 10 tho courtroom Theio JheN lire In III the courtroom for tor tw ao including nil 1111 hll rl In III the Ihl cute calle Marshal Hoy had scattered throughout Ihu tho building III t i rr t service ft wore also stationed about n u ilK to III provide uny Oil to 10 Mr II The by h Mr fullor I of thc KU for tur him by lIy anil hi in III liP P Pp p ur In 10 today III the ot fir an exciting C crlos of 01 In III oil tho Html of lit n II search for the th oil Ih t When tho Iho United the In Inu u of oC tho Oil of or fm t accepted from A Alton neither Un II 1111 Dl V nor 1101 attorn yi rl l all M t tj j that Mr M Rockefeller would ever be culled as a 1 witness s In the case calle After Arter a II hard fought legal bittle be before fore foie n 1 jUl In Judge court a 1 verdict was returned finding the oil nil company IU II I of or violating the 1111 null laws nud II It was Willi then Incumbent upon the Judge to 10 assess lI a 1 fine th being Iu within Ills dill dis discretion to 10 place the penalty us 1111 high us I IS S Judge u after leading I I the Iho entire entile testimony covering thousands t of ot ott typewritten t pages III concluded c l he could reach no III satisfactory decision ns aR to thc amount of thc lino unless lie nol know l positively 0 1 Ie how large the tl ot or the defendant company and whether It II ItIs Is owned by h the Standard OH company of or New Judge found there ns no alternative hut hilt to call upon Ulon the of oC both bolh concerns Judge Is empowered J to thc fine at lit any sum between and for tal each count of at which there thero were 1162 1 6 In the Indictment Thus ThuM the maximum line is III 92 but bul ns the capital stock Ik of ot thc Indiana company Is but thc supreme court COUll might deem the maximum flue an RS railing In thu Iho dUlls class of or cruel and un unusual usual punishment by b the constitution R 11 Is shown however Hint the Indiana company I Is merely subsidiary to 10 tho New Jersey concern with a 1 capital of oC no Jill such appeal could be he made madeAn An l hour before the usual time of oi opening pp court n 1 crowd of ot people was gathered ill tI la thc le outside thou the court packing the tha n narrows hall hallway wn way to the thc point of suffocation A Ade de detail tail of ot deputy marshals mid police e of ot officers were placed thu hall 1111 and before tho Iho of or thc Ih court room The police and deputy marshals time again were compelled to use ulle strenuous measures to hold hol l the tJI crowd lu In lucheck check The Tho Insistence In ot or the spectators wan ro PO great however that tho police pollee nearly swept from their theil feet by the surging The jam Jain around the door when it was open opened ed crt at M 9 40 was terrific The of spectators were In seated when Mr 11 made his appearance nt at the end of at tint Ibi hall 11 attended by It a afew l few fow I and his counsel A pas passage sage flaKe was was opened for rOl him bythe police he walked slowly down the hall toward the courtroom the crowd closing clo behind him pager to catch a II glimpse of or the 1110 richest man manIn In the world Mr r Rockefeller wall shown lo to n It sent 10 to tho Iho left oC or the Judges desk de k His HI presence In the tho courtroom almost unnoticed 11 11 lie 1 by b tho spectators until hn hI was well up th side II Ie aisle Then R buRz bu z went up from the sweltering crowd packed l In tho Iho roar Or of oC tho room a I rustle movement ns nil each ono tried trl to rot got a n glimpse of the thc oil 1111 magnate There waa no demonstration however Mr III Rockefeller looked 1001 curl curi curiously around him for n II moment ns ho he In III his scat eLt com commenced n whispered conversation with ono of ot his hili attorneys Aro 10 you comfortable here Mr 11 Rockefeller asked lI k Marshal Hoy Ho Perfectly thank you answered tha Iha magnate William Rockefeller who had sitting Hillin In III tho th of the Ih party l rt forward a l moment later when beckoned to 10 by his brother and all look a 1 sent floal nt at tho lotters side They Tho a moment then quietly turned to 10 watch Iho pro proceedings Hint the calling of f tho Standard Oil hunt loal of o tho Iho courtroom made the IIII crowd uneasy but It 1 quieted when Judge Inn I threatened to have thc courtroom cleared Rockefeller his hili soft straw hat n liS a It fan ns liS the tho eler droned through tho call of minor and attorneys for Jr some minor criminals pleaded briefly far rol leniency for their but bill John Johll D Rockefeller ap all apparently no Inconvenience and watched cl Judge II 1081 ly Iy loaning the Iho bettor lo 10 hen hea ng 18 tho pronounced his hll on a II prisoner convicted of ot Improper lieu of nt III malls maliK Immediately after HIP of ot Rockefeller to 10 Iho courtroom pandemonium ilium broke In III the Hie halls IM crowd pushed nt 8 I Iho policemen policemen gasping nud perspiring per holed thom them hack huck In hI fash fashIon lOll Ion Prom Irom struggling tho Iho polk two 1110 members of ot Ih crowd soon Mich other o few tew punching mil enlivened the al III already ready strenuous proceedings In the hall Ho Bu IUd did the Iho become United I Hoy 1111 wan wall com compelled to 10 telephone to 10 till for help hll parallel for tor lIch u I situation nus US never oll lu III or about n R federal court COUll building In III Chicago In tin Ih court courtroom room Jam w i nearly us hud nu lu III Uin Ihn hall outside Tim 11 walls lr lined with the win will window dow neat Jammed tha Ih nut Nil I upon chairs In couples and viM on fill llin 11 nor Tim The Oil cane all IU lied at lit lU 1 by loudly Dial Alty Slum tilled DIB Ihu facts In Irl the tin previously h outlined Ally John H S Miller for tor tho Iho Oil company then 11 that Mr 11 and other aB ll hy Iho court wiro pio ent und to 10 answer I tha question of ot the court Mr Miller then l n I motion In I of Judgment In III thu 1110 Overruled Mil ill lull h v A former freight of oC HID Iho A Alton lIun railroad by II Ilio t Willi Hie Iho Hint u by h If IC hn ho hUll hud uny that the Ille t oil oil t n und Ku 1 t Ht t h apply 11 Whiting did Ind Jio Ho d all allI I that Ihal ho he hud no pei tonal recollection lIe tion Uon of lit such RUIh Instructions The JulIo asked nake additional questions Q all 1111 of If which wore objected to by Miller who was WAil promptly overruled H E PELTON U H i felton nt of ot the Iho Union Tank line lillI was WUI then called call d Judge Lan asked It ho know knew anything ot of tha Iho payment of ot money by b the Union TunIc Tank line lino to 10 tho Alton during the he time cov covered ered cr 1 In 11 tho II Wa o paid ot or u II cent n II mile on loudell and empty cars mild Ml MI Walton Are AI you OU HUIC you OU paid U It on empty asked tho Judge That Is I my IJ host best recollection Po 0 you know whether or II not Ihl Mock of tho Union Tank Tunk lino IIno corn com compain puny pain Is I owned by any allY other company The Ih r part of Us HII tock stock Is IA owned by b the thc Standard Ill Oil company o or Now Jersey Do Po you ou know what the tho outstanding stock of ot the th Standard Oil company of New Jersey Is I No Xo sir JOHN D John D Rockefeller called Judge Amid 1 great silence the oil all magnate o started for rOl the At the 1 moment tho Ihl Oil altOl attorneys clustered Judge desk delk began a II whispered consulta consultation tion him MI Ill Rockefeller hesi hesitated tilted Sit right still a II moment John Johll Johnwill will lil brother Mr 11 Rockefeller resumed his cat Mews I I Miller Mild of ot tho th Standard Oil U H Dl nl t 1 tAlly Ally U Sims and his assistant Mr Ill Wll nud Arthur glo Chicago at aI attorney torney for the Standard Oil held a II conversation II with which stretched Into the minutes Mr Jr Rockefeller meanwhile waiting with n II mildly curious expression loll sion on his h IK face II e I Finally l an ns to III his questioning Willi lelU hed und the Ih at aI attorneys their seats THE HJ OATH John D Rockefeller 11 I culled called Judge and HIP of oC the ud Oil on company fl hl his sent walked walk to I the witness chair nt ho I right ot or Judge ludge and raised Ils cl his right hand us tho clerk administer administered ed NI 1111 to 10 swear lo 10 tell lell the truth the whole truth and nothing hut but tho Iho truth KO It help you ou God I do o af Mr Rockefeller distinctly as tha Iho clork Mr Ill Rockefeller sat down classed OSIl his hili legs his hi right hand on his hIli cane put his left baud upon He Uw desk des I nud Ii II 1 looked In III Intently nt fit Judge Mr 11 asked Judge Lan 1311 Lands ds dIll hIlI you Oll any connection with the Iho Oil comIl I nm 1111 president of or the Standard OIL fill company CO pam ot oC New Jersey said Mr Rockefeller lIll deliberately Tie rile position Is purely an one nud hns hils been for lor the last eight or Ot Id 10 years he resumed I have Ink ru 1111 no active part lu Its IIA I line What Whal Is IF HIP Iho capital ot of the Standard Oil of New Jersey asked Judge e Object ejaculated Mr Miller lUler Overruled Mid fOlic Judee 1 I about Is out said aid Mr Rockefeller I do donot not this your honor You VIIU think then Ihen that Hint It is 1 v That la Is nv my Idea Mr M 1110 r dIe r d ll Un J Jale ale Invariably rd Kt JI I L questions but listening f o the judge as us tho leaning toward tho oil magnate lowly enunciated his Generally speaking 11 nil Is after atter a II moments hesitation what II tho Iho business of or the Standard Oil 01 company o or New ow Jersey Tho production of or oil 1 succinctly replied Sir Mr Rockefeller and tho th crowd Then rhen Mr Miller again objected to this Ihl Una of questioning Judge c to 10 him overruled till tho objection and Mr Rockefeller his an answer ower Your honor mid he leaning to toward ward JUdKO I have been beon so long out OU I of or so long out of this business that I nol 1101 well answer that It IB 18 a n dozen years I havo been actively ly related with Its Ita affairs It 11 is 18 eight or ten tell years your honor since I have been In tho Iho Onee nt lit n fin U Well what Is your oUI general Impression sion of lit what tho business of the Iho Stand aid Oil all company Is III They rhe have liD e refineries 10 o refine refino oil Tills Is I I i ur ar a us 1 I en il say AUY without p 11 study LUll of ot Iho charier Again tal the objections from Mr MI Miller M 1 Joining Again Iho and 1111 proceeded with his questioning Does DillS Iho Standard Oil all company of ot Now New Jersey own any allY stock In III tho Iho Standard Oil Object camp cam Instantly from Mr Miller Ho He offered lengthy objections to 10 the questions of ot Indirect et ownership lu III tho courso of ot which ho II IIII HIP gov government gO has a 1 In this Ihl In III Investigation What do tJ you mean hy h a asked tho court fIt I have neon such Klich statements In tho Iho papers OK O I will wiy for the Ih Information of f counsel 01 HIlIe l the Judge that tho tit has hns no 10 puit JurI In III Ihu pui pilI Il II In III pertinent for tUI Oie to 0 thin Ihla Investigation to obtain knowledge ot of tile the wealth of ur this coi 1110 i you ou any 1111 I 11 Hi cl t teller that the lite OH IC New II In III thin one you have men 17 I only 1111 Know of or the operation n of or re In II Nil ler oy by II tin II Oil company o 0 New Jel soy rillY Do you know kilo ot oC It control of ot other 1 I do 10 not know Il may ho no till III to lo further U the 1110 witness d Unit lie hI not nay lilt tho any 1111 other Jj ho of oil YOU ARK rl You ait rather h oon cou hal re tin dividend of the rd Oil company of Now Jei wy Yo In III I cannot but 10 40 per lor Uio Iho u of lit and 1111 l t Ally All Sim nuked If III wan wall with Ilia Iho clr the IIII of or the Standard Oil company compall ot r In Indiana i 1 diana I I dont dOllt think J care for fot that said E al 1 r I Judge JU lt Landis it What hlll of or tho Iho Standard Oil all company will bo he able to 10 Ilvo me till Ihu I earnings of the Standard Stan ar 1 Oil company 1 during and 11 I think possibly Mr Ir or Mr Ir IrIm Piatt Im tl 1 That is f nil all for the present r lh Ih 1 court Mr r Rockefeller gazed around In an II absentminded way and was then Jj by b n that he II nas through toy tho present C M 11 J C M Pratt secretary of the tho Standard Oil company of New ew Jersey was wall then A Acal called cal d Ho was questioned regarding res III J the Iha amount of ot dividends by tho thu company and was Villi then asked d It tha Iho OH on company ot of Now No Jersey Juney owned tho alock of nt the Standard Oil all company of Indiana Ho It lId did How much of ot II 1 A large aro of It ItIs Is tho Iho Block of or the Tank Line company owned on by the Iha Standard Oil all company ot Of Nosy Xo In III nl Il yes A sir lr Do Du you OU how o an nn amount 7 I cannot say Ill exactly This concluded tho Iho testimony le of it h p Pi at I 13 E 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