which for weeks he "steered" Henry H. Rogers while on the witness-stand in the Massachusetts Supreme Court. The very night before this case was to be called for trial, the eminent young "trust buster" and people's champion called on my attorney and made him a proposition. It was that I should meet Mr. Beck and agree upon the details of certain testimony that Mr. Rogers and Kidder, Peabody & Co. (the "System's" Boston representatives), and myself would be called upon to give upon the witness-stand next day. My attorney brought the proposition to me.
"Great heavens!" I said, "is it possible that this man has the audacity to come to Boston and ask me to commit perjury?"
"He does not put it in just those words," my attorney answered.
"No, but he says he wishes to match up testimony with me so that we may all testify alike."
"That is it," my attorney answered.
"But," said I, "I have got to state