New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-06
rRr1rND,s LABORATORY IN CHICAGO

nycr ARRESTED FOR FRAUD-FAILING TO DUfE
THE LAKE CITY REFINERs.
Chicago Jan. . tSpeeiaD.-Profcsspr frcun', WV
so snddcaly acquires posihumous ho'oreN' GeN ~
inlict IFS electric sugar refining scheme on Oo"so
firm about four years ago but falied' men ~ MS'
that he went to New-York and thence 70 hhsia"'
Henry Culver IS the Chicago agent OF Mat'niesscn !"
w,,cber supar refners of New-York HIS once Is
at No 81 Wabashave
About four years ago. said Mr.. CulNer' rru"u
..re m Chicago He represented himself as having
nrocess Of refining sugar which he seih wouid TURN
out the best article for from 60 cents to I'll less IMAM
nv the ordinary methods. certainly Thought thae
a ,,derfll discovery, and invited Professor ireund
N ~ house at Highland Park. We discussed the
NJ. 80 and went so far as 70 communicate with our
president Mr.. Matthiessen, at the New-1orA once'
He came to Chicago at once. and Professor freuha
and he returned to NewYork AT the New-forR
Office Mr. Matthessen offered the inventor sloo'ooo
provided the process proved success on out JUS
a secret replied the Professor. 'and unless We can
ect company together leaving the secret to me. our
negotiations must end They did end for the Pro-
fessor was all but kicked out Of the ofhce We knew
his scheme was fraud. That papable. That
Was the extent of our dealings with him. and We dtd
not lose $500 900 or 500 cents through him.
After his failure TO entrap US Frsund came 70
Chicago. He fixed up on the West Side little
laboratory where he worked in secret His plan was
10 take coarse grades Of sugar from the dlncTcnt
sugar dealers here In town and return 1t three or four
shades lighter. He charged nominal sum Tor so
doing If my memory serves right, Freund had
MOI Started his little refinery week before the
sugar men discovered his wonderful plan, and he
was arrested and think convicted After his failure
10 establish himself here he went to England aaid
although his scheme was fraud OF the blggesI Hud
no succeeded in entrappng a company OF Enghsn
capitalists"
MRS. FREUND DENIES INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
Ann Arbor, Mich, Jan. (specaD.-Mrs Freund;
the Howards, and one Hastead, are here consulting
lawyers Mrs. Freund says that no fraud was In
tended. The company wanted refined sugar dlrec'
rom cane Juice which not the contract and which
her husbands process could not do. She also says
she has another secret for making from grapes
which the company want to got, and that they are
taking the present course TO secure It.
A dispatch from Milan, Mich says: "The elegant
ho,ne OF Mis- Frcund near here was completely do
serted this morning At the house OF W. L. Howard
Mrs. Howard was found just setting out to join hel
husband and daughter (Ms. Freund at Ann Arbor
She is sharp eyed old lady, with Determination
mt In rive away what shs KNOWS further than TO say
mat Il the NEWCOMERS have broken open the
electric sugar refinery they have lost al their rights
and that II would have been well II The process haf
been lost when Freund died In March also, that sh'
4 ame Mr.. Howard and Mrs. Freund are able 10 TAX
care of themselves Since the opening OF the suga
business the Towards and Frcunds have cut BIZ
svafb here, building elegant houses and living hgl
on incomes from source not generally undes tood
though not without a faint OF suspicion"