The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-01
An ELECTRIC FORTRESS.

A. E:ntranee Finally Elected leso
Freu"d's Famous Factory 1t Brooklyn,
Where He ElectriAed His Dupos aud
sugar 1t the sam~ Tinae-The Inner Re.
c~~Ses nj the E.sablishsnent Almost In.
preK"Sble with Many Doors NJ Iron and
t'narled Oak-Evidence ~ the FRAUD.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2I.-CuriOus people
have been seeking to enter the factory OF
Che Electric Sugar Company in Brooklyn
Tor months, but armed meu hav. stood
guard night and day, and no one is allowed
to enter. The factory Is a most remark.
able structure. Ii is a fve-story brick
building, originally intended as a ware.
house, and was rented by the Electric
Sugar Company at ths earnest request Of
frOf. Freund The three lower floors
we're open to the directors and stock
holders Ut the company, but the two
upper floors were guarded with q vigilance
that was simply extraordinary. Not even
the pre- sident OF the company could visit
them, and until exposure came no me was
supposed to have passed the first Of the
big doors except Prof. Freund. his vito
and DIR. Howard. The first floor Is now
filled with the original boxes in which
t-eEcS' sugar was shipped into the facto.
~, and Hundreds OF bags Of raw sugar
which he was supposed to have electrified
into finest quality Of refined sugar, but
which he simply hid away. are piled up
here. The second floOr Of the factory
contained the paper-rOOm, where the blue
paper which was TO line the barrels when
filed with sugar was kept.
The third floor ended the territory
which the company was allowed TO visit.
Here it was that all the demonstrations"
were made. Above the third foOr was an
impenetrable mystery TO the company.
When the sugar was pouring through, the
awe.stricken stockholders would hear
rumbles AND noises on the floors above,
but they were only told that this wal
made by the secret machinery. From
h third DOR to the fifth one passes
through door after door OF iron and .
studded with thick nails. and strong
enough to resist an invading army
There Is a door at the foot Of the stair.
way leading from the third to the fourth
floor, and beside il n bell which the Iii.
rectOrs Of the company had to pull when
they wanted to see Freund or Howard.
At the end Of the stairs was a massive
door, after which. when passed, there was
still a third door, which was even stronger
than the other two. After passing through
these doors the first Of the secret rooms
is re ached.
One whole side is filled with seven So
called granulators. They are simply
enormous sleeves. one above the other,
three in zach tier. Much shafting and
machinery is visible on this floor and all
Of the very highest quality. But il was
the fifth and top floor that Freund used As
his hottest of holes. The floor is divided
into three compartments. One was used
for Freund's private Office, and the third
was the secret room. Freund's Office was
elegantly fitted mp. h secret room it.
SELF is a curiosity. 1t took the company
three weeks TO break into the room after
the exposure. and then they selected the
weakes spot and came down from above.
| There were two doors to this room, each
about two feet thick, lined on the outside
with two thicknesses Of sheet iron, spe-
cially hammered and preparedfOr Freund.
Inside this conn great blocks Of gnarled
oak laid SO that the grain Of no two
blocks run in the same direction. Then
came transverse bars Of iron. then more
wood and then another thick sheet Of
iron. Next to this iron was more oak,
then on the inside iron ~sheet;ngs. The
whole BASS was bound together by bolts
as thitk as ones wrist aud the front of
the door was all studded with nails which
looked like spikes.
Along the sides Of the secret room were
long tables covered with zinc. n tables
were used to break the sugar on. In the
center of the room was a large quartz
crnsher. The sugar was thrown intO this
and crushed. 1t passed through Ia tho
floor below. where IL was sifted in tho
granulators and dropped into the tubes,
whence it rushed Ia the stockholders
whenever there was a demonstration.
The raw sugar was never used Mt all.
Freund evidently intended to get rid ~ it
by washing il through pipes into the riv-
er. lust as he had done at his hom.m months
before. 1t was proudly pointed ont 10 IN.
believers that when Freund got raw sugar
the refined product correspondent in
weight exactly with what was given him.
A nice little pair of scales standing at the
door o. the secret room showed how this
marcel was worked. Freund simply
weighed the raw and the refined. and
knew to an ounce how much he had to
shoot down to his victims below.
The factory has five engines. two dyna-
mos Ia furnish electric light. two boilers.
two pumps and one large injector. At
least one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars IF the company's money went