Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
THE SUGAR SWINDLE.
FRIENDS SECRET is EXPOSED BY A DRESS
MAKER.
What She Heard Through an Open Register
The Swindlers Make a Break for Canada
The Latest Developments in
the Great Case.

NV AoteS4 DofeAVpMouo III
the Great Case.
NEW YORK, January Prof. Henry
@. Friends carefully guarded secret pro-
cess for refining crude sugar, which was
the basis of the Electric Sugar Refining
Company, has been exposed.
1t was discovered by Brooklyn dress
maker, Mrs. H. NJ. Baillie, who was en-
plOyed by the Friends during the "ex-
perimental" stage OF the great swindls,
and who heard the family discuss the "ss-
cret" through an open register immediate
ly after q s., 600 demonstration.
ItcOnsittsd of washing the raw material
through the water piper and then admit
ting the would-be investor to inspect the
result in the Professors little machine,
which was always loaded with the re-
fined article.
Mrs Baillie Gays: 81 frst met the
Friends several years ago. They were
living in a rather humble lodging house on
Thirty-seveDth street. One day along in
October, 1884, was sent for by Mrs. How
ard, Mrs Friends mother, TO come to No.
227 East Sixtieth street, and do some
sewing. did not leave until the follow
ing May. ODe day Mrs. Howard said,
Oh, we are going TO have an experiment
with our sugar next week. / wishit were all
over Finally the day of the trial came, and
old mSn COtterill and Mr.. Robertson and
the HOwards and one or two Others gath
cred down in the cellar. / forgot 10 tell
You that, two days before, they had sent
the Professor eight barrels Of black-lookine
sugar-raw sugar, they call it-and it was
wheeled into the cellar, and also Thirteen
nice, clean, new barrels. This black su-
Par wss to be changed into refined sugar,
and then put in the empty barrels. They
were very quiet about it, but the Professor
told me they were TO get s., 600 from the
company if the experiment was success
iul.
HOW THEY WORKED 1T.
Il went mp 20 my room, which was ust
over the IoDm occupied by Mr.. and Mrs
Howard. / was sitting near the register
which happened to be open, when l beard
voices below me. The words came just n
plain as il the speakers bad besn IN the
room The Professor was talking to bis
wife, Of whom he WAS very fond. We'll,
Ollie, that was a good days work, WASH I
II p said he. and could hear him chuck
ling TO himself. Yes, she answered, cross
w, and / am pretty tired, | tell you
There amt many women would do what
have done lor you, nor there amt many
would have the nerve
Then cams the deep voice Of old How
ard: you had to life out sll that augU
with your hands, didn't you, Ollie?
Yee. she answered, end then had t.
put il in the sink and let il run away. My
hands are core from it, i sm 10 be paid
$50, coo for the next experiment, said ths
Professor. 4 am going 10 have great big
machine, and / will make things hum, l
tell you, and they sll laughed. They talk
ed on tha: way fer an hour or two, and
learned Just how they 'Iefened' the sugar
nv electricity The Professor had little
box of a machine in his room by which
he purified refined sugar in small quan-
titles. This he put into his machine and
ground out, the company thinking it was
the raw sugar they had sent, when Mrs.
Friend had simply let that be washed
through the sink. / remember the Pfoies-
sor said: Why, don care il they box me
up and nail me into my machine and pile
in their raw sugar behind me. have the
refined sugar in there, and all l have to do
is to tOss it out TO them through the fun-
nels.'
"At this time / don't believe Cstterill
knew what it all meant. Afterwards be
certainly did / don't know whether Mr..
RobertsOn did or not. A funny thing hap
pened next day. bad TO 20 down into the
cellar, and there was almost ankle deep
in a horrible stuff that looked like black,
pasty molaSes. knew at Cnce what had
happened. The water pipe, had burst.
They had become choked up with the raw
sugar and overflowed the cellar"
BREAK FOR CANADA.
Treasurer j. U Robertson, of the Flee
trio Sugar Company, devoted yesterday 10
recupsration. II was we'll that he did 90,
for last night be received a rGde shock iu
the shape of telegram from President w
II. Cotterill. dated Ann ArbOr, Mich,
Janusry 6, which read something like this
(Mr. Robertson refused to exhibit the tele-
gram: Detective wires from Detroit
that the people we want have gone to
Canada"
Mr.. Robertson explained this 10 mean
that the comp&ry's private detective, who
had followed Mrs. Friend and the Others
in Michigan, got Off the train with them at
Detroit, and after assuring himself Of their
destination, had wired results to President
Cote. Il. THAT is all know about it,
ANYHOW" said Mr.. Robertson. From
the wording of the telegram l Judge all
the oonspiIators have fled"
If they have, and there are really Eng
lish warrants ont for them, the Canadians
will be glad to see them. This intelli-
gence is deemed to destroy every protabil-
ity that either Mrs. Friend or Howard will
appear in New York. as President Cotter-
iii announced in his telegram to Robertson
of Sunday night. Mr.. Robertson never
believed that Mrs. Friend would come to
New York, but to make assurance doubly
sure he went yesterday morning, on the
strength of Cotterilps telegram, to lnspec-
tor b, rnes and explained the situation to
him. and in consequence warrants were
issued for the arrest of the swindlers should