Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1908 — PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT [ARTICLE]

PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT

Allged Briber Promptly Denied the Story Told by MonnettTolies then says that twenty-six days later Monnett filed in the Ohio supreme court e “bill of information,” wbicb Tollee eays was a rambling statement that somebody bad approached him with « bribe offer involving 3400,000 fer Monnett if he would agree to discontinue proceedings against the Oil trust. The cotnpauy immediately moved that Monnett name the man. Monnett says Tolies, twenty-two days later lied another document naming as the maa who attempted to bribe him “Mr. C. B. Squires, who tad never In any manner been connected with the Standard Oil Co., formerly of Cleveland, bnt then of New York. The friend' named, promptly, and of hie awn mption, publicly denied the charge and slpoe ltf,,recent revival, in a signed Interview appearing in the New York World, es Sfept 2s. 1908, again promptly and emphatically stated that the charges of Mr. Monnett were absolute|y false.” „ Tellee adds, referring .to Bquires: “to few, signed statement he further aal4~tiurt after the supreme court austgtaetethe demand of the attorneys for the JBtoodard Oil Co. that the name of Monnett came «e him. stated that fee the sJUeged briber be made public Mr. ICpMMdfegame te him/ stated that he was feanno: and asked tho privileg* of namings him a»tbe briber.” Tollee eays that. nooe. of the documents tied with the court directly aceuaed Ifee company or any es Its of4«§*fc- and that being the esse there ■mas. nothing upon which it could act. so on Dec. JO, 1899, it entered an order that the “hill of information” be stricken from the dies. This action, eays TaUe*. was the act es the entire courtmot es a single judge. Manses City, Mo., Oct S.—Frank 8, Monnett ex-arttoruey general of Ohio, was in Kansas City to address a Demoera tie political meeting The statement of the Standard Oil company’s attorney at Cleveland was read to him. After the reading of the statement Monnett eald: “What a pack of malicious Ues.” thee dictated s statement in which he took op in detail amd denied A H. miles' statements as t* tfee suprsuw eourt proceedings