New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-10
THE CLOUDS CLOSING m.
FURTHER FACTS ABOUT THE SUGAR FRAUD
WARNINGS WERE GIVEN, BUT NO ONE HBEDEn
THEM THE CORRUPTION FOND wAs
swELLED BY HARDEAENED
SAVINGS.

Mr. Robertson, the secretary Of the Electric sueap
Refining Company, has given up talking about Tho
great swndlc The logical conclusions TO b arrived
at from the many talks published with him eU
avowody not 10 his taste, and he openly acknowledge
yesterday that he had talked too much. Tho only
INFORMATION to be obtained from him vas the fsct
that he had heard again from President Cotferll.
but the contents of the message b would not DISCLOSE
An interesting thing has come 10 light. which, it
would SEEM makes It clear that the story Of MrA
II. L Baltic, the Brooklyn dressmaker, Who learned
the secrets of the game while occupant Of Ffeunds
house, No. cc7 East sixtieth-st, was submitted %
Secretary Robertson In 1855. st. John HcnriQuoe
Is . clerk in the Wholesale liquor establishments Of
D. Fl. Lewis, No. 100 Pearlst At the time Mrs.
Baltic lived the Freunds'. she frequently called
on Henrquess sister-in-iaw. in Flatbush-avA Brook
Ign, and while thA~ she told the young man her
discoveries From this point Mr. HennQues, telling
the story, continued Is follows:
was not then with this nrml but knew Sheif bosk.
keeper Robert Robertson, whom afssrwssd found oas
to te J. U. Robertsons brother. saw "BoT Nv
days after heard MrA Bailo's story, snA told Nm
the whole thing was "skin game J. q. Robertson
then In England, and Robsrt ~ down and wrote
him the whole details Of the fraud ell about their working
tho sugar down the sink end hat you know.
Robert hold five shares Of the stock himself but whsa
he heard that the whole business crooked hs cold
out, and made about $500 to 1900 Some must have
written about the exposure the Ffeunds for Mr
Baltic put out Of the house because she "had been
taking
at Freunds, from peculiar circumstances attached T.
secret chamber the top door, from noises issuing
therefom, and from the fact that Professor" Freund
always had plentiful supply Of crisp, new 800 bills
came to the conclusion that the Professor was
couatsrfeiter She sttll sdhercs to this opinion. II
has been developed that Mr.. Robertson wss while n
England, prominent officer and exhorter Of tte
m >r~hf .
sect who knew the secretary in Liverpool, is g.
Evcson, who works for 7. Tixsmfth. painter and
decorator, at No. 102 Dusne-st, and lives ct No. 10
Ihorn-st., HOboken. Eveson's experience goes to
show that Mr. Robcrson's high position In The
Chrstadelphiau society made 1T easy thing to hoat
a large number of the shares Eveson himself came
here several years ago. and struggled along against
fate without much success. Mr.. Barrow. Of VI ash
ngton, who knew Robertson and Eveson. told the
latter Of tho grand sugar scheme. and Eveson bed tho
ssnguine tale verified at the Office. In tho hope Of
making the large promised profit in . month or two.
he took his savings, $50, borrowed &so from friends.
and bought one share for $50 He holds that sttil
and ia sanguinely confident that he VIII
make some money yet Mrs. Eveson Do
clared yesterday that to her own knowledge many
Chrstadephians in Birmingham, Liverpool and other
places in England had dubbed together their little
sums TO baiy Electric Sugar Refinery stock
!, member Of the firm Of Barclay, McGrcy 20 Sos
the sugar men, said yesterday that In Mafcn, looos
J. B. Wallace Of Liverpool came hero In the intersss
Of number Of English investors 70 inyestgass sne
Sssa after he sw g sss Il
bottom facts. he telegraphcd that the whole thing
fraud. Cotteriil heard Of this, and wrote slE
Wallace letter. in which be threatened Prosecution
wallace did eract, and nothing came of II Aboue
two years ago an agent OF lie Bandy freoS, OF fers
came here for the same purpose rs Mr.. wallace his
report was to the Same effect
The rumor that Treund was sun alive was yestors
day revived. with Celebrations. II was said thss
Henry Dezavala, real estate broker, with an office
In the Aldich Building at No Is Broadway. had sem
the Professor recently. One Of the tenants In the
building told Tribune reporter that he had been IN
troduced to General Freund By Judge Gillespie,
eral was army veteran, with . buletwound IN
his cheek 10 prove It.