Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08

body was satisfied.
The Friend party gave as an excuse for
not going right on that it was impossible,
with the help they had, to handle the vast
quantity Of raw sugar necessary 10 keep
the Inill running steadily. You see il
w0uld not do to employ men with sense
enc Oh to understand what was goin on,
nor s0en entirely ignorant Of what was re-
quiIed Of them; 90 we had no real ground
for complaint because the mill was idle
temporarily. The demonstration was ap-
psrently all that we had demanded Of it,
aud we were prepared to Gerry out the
terms of the contract. The contract stipu-
lated that $40, 600 WIS TO be deposited in
New York and made payable to Mira.
Friend when she diyuleed the secret of the
prceese. She was TO have IS, 600 in cash
before telling anything.
~ came on here and met Mrs. Friend a
week ago, in the Office Of her attorneys,
Messrs. Sawyer and Knowlton. Mrs.
Friend insisted that the $40, 900 should be
deposited in Michigan. The contract said
that the money must be deporitsd in New
YORK, bat finally consented to have it
pls I'd in Michigan. Then she demanded
the s., 900 in cash. l refused to pay this
on the ground that il did, the deposit be-
ing IN Michigan, the whole thing would
be in their hands said, however, that
would place the s., 600 in the hands of her
attorneys with the understanding that
before the money was paid TO
Mrs Friend they should see TWEEN
ty barrels of sugar turned out
and give me written statement 10
the effect that the same was produced from
raw sugar by the process the secret of
which we were negotiating for. This was
Saturday. Mrs Friend demurred and we
adjourned till Monday. Monday she WAS
still unwilling to accept my proposition,
whertupon / made the cash offsr $40, 1000,
subject 70 the same conditions. Mrs.
Friend then declared fatty that she would
sgree to no such conditions. Upon this
said to her: Mrs. Ftiend, people have had
a g,eat deal of confidence in you, but now
must beg that You answer one question
It has always been understood that by your
process the refined product is made direct
from raw sugar. Is that factP
"'I don't consider that proper ques'
tiOn said hlrs. Friend.
"'It is eminently proper answered,
and must be answered before we can pro-
ceed.'
"Mrs. Friend hesitated awhile and said
she wonld have TO speak to her attorney
privately. | withdrew and after quite
awhile the attoTrey came out, and imag-
inc my feelings when he said: Will a
process for manipulating refined sugar be
of any value 10 yOn?'
"'NC,' ! said, swapping my fingers, 1t
won't be worth that.
"'Well, then he said, the beet thing
you can DO is 20 get back TO New York as
soon az you can.
"Mrs. Friend want;d ms to wait an
other week and discuss matters further,
but had heard enough to de,ide me. /
went back to New York es quickly as |
could. / took Robertson with M and
entered the mill. l demanded the keys
of the secret rooms of the man IN charge
and broke into them. This was lat
Wednesday" Mr.. Cotterill then related
the story of the discoveries in the
factory" substantially rs 1t has been
told before. There was one secret room,
ne sid, more secret than the Others.
This was known as the "strong room, !" and
It wss a regular vault, fire and burglar
pro but they managed 70 get IN end
ionnd nothing but some OF the raw sugar
they had shipped there
"What was the object of fitting up such
rsom?n asked the correspondent.
"Why, if there was n room into which
no one could get, then no one could say
positively that there was no secret pIo-
cess "
"How do you account for the fact, Mr..
Cotterill, that with all there wss depending
on the utility of this process theee rooms
were vacant for more than four year?'
"Because there was universal confidence
in the proce ~ and because ii was stipulated
in the contract that these rooms were not TO
be entered
"How much mosey WAS paid over to
Friend?n
81 can't tsll you that -
Gas much az $3.50 00O"
Certainly not. Oaly about tina. much
was subscribed altogether" e"
For what purpose was money paid to
Friend?'
"To buy machinery with and to other
wise perfect his plant "
Mr.. Cotterill would rot say when he ex
pected tn return to New York. As ipdi-
Gated above, he is looking for somebody.
"Have you any idea where Mrs. Friend
and Mr.. Howard now are?n he was asked
The President smiled. 'They have left
Milan and they have left Michigan. !
discovered where they bought their tickets
and to what point. If they are where
those tickets would take them, know
where they are"
Lawyer Knowlton said to the oorIespon-
dent that the Friends land others" had
gotten $3.50, 600 out of the company. He
claims that the contract did not specify
that the process would convert raw into
refined sugar. He would not say where
Mrs. Friend and Howard had gone.