MAY SAVE ROCKEFELLER FROM ORDEAL ON STAND; Mr. Phelps Federal Prosecutor in Ohio, Plans to Do So. CALLS OIL MAN A MARTYR Tells Court He's a Victim of Greed and Has Been Crushed by His Own Machine.

ROCKEFELLER TELLS OF OIL TRUST START; How a $4,000 Investment Has Grown Into a $600,000,000 Concern. BORROWED HIS SHARE OF IT He Explains How Rival Interests In Ohio Were Finally Merged Into One ...

John D. Rockefeller's influence as a business magnate remains unmatched. As the architect of Standard Oil, ... can aspire to ...

Rockefeller founds Standard Oil of Ohio with $1 million in capital, the largest corporation in the country. ... Rockefeller is called to the witness stand, and gives evasive testimony.

His flagship company, Standard Oil, was broken up in 1911 by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, but Rockefeller’s greatest legacy – his family – lives on, spanning more than 200 surviving ...

John D. Rockefeller, Sr. started Standard Oil in 1870 and at one point controlled roughly 90 percent of oil production in the U.S., becoming one of the world's richest people.