The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
A ONE-SIDED CONTRACT.
The Iron-C Clad Document Which the Electro,
Sugar Refinery OfHcers Gave the Friends.

The Iron Clad Document Which the Electro,
Sugar Refinery Officers Gave the Friends.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, Jan 5-Mrs. Friend
and the Howards are still in this city, but
they are under orders from their attorney
not to be seen before o'clock this evening.
The correspondent has read the famous
contract made between the Friends and the
Electric Sugar Refinery Company. 1t was
drawn July Q, 1884, and executed Nov. 20.
1884. 1t was the most One-sided contract
ever seen in Michigan, perhaps To be made
binding, it is witnessed, signed and sealed
on each of its nineteen typewriter pages.
By its terms Henry c. Friend and Olive
Friend, his wife, covenant with the Elec-
trio Sugar Refining Company, the said
Friends having invented process for re-
tining different grades of sugar at prices
far below the market value thereof, making
80 per cent of pure sugar, with loss in
weight of not over per cent. There is
nothing in the contract stating that raw
sugar shall be used. The entire contract is
based on a secret process. The company
absolutely bound itself to in no way at
tempt to find out what the secret
was. The Friends were to remain in
possession of the secret, and any attempt
on the part of the company, their
employees, agents or lawyers, to find out
the secret forfeited the rights and any
stock they may have held. 1t was also a
condition that the request of stockholders
legal process should work q forfeiture, and
in case Prof. Friend died the conditions
ShOnld remain unchanged in securing the
rights of Mrs. Friend. The contract was
signed on behalf of the company by K. w.
secretary; and on the part of the Friends
by Prof. Henry G. Friend and Olive e:
Friend. The witnesses are w. r. Howard
and Emily Howard, of Milan. On the con-
tracts are indorsements of ten payments,
made between June 80 and Nov. II, 1884.
On Saturday afternoon w. +. Howard
transferred to Emily Howard, his wife, his
farm and buildings near Milan for a con-
sideratiOn of $l4 900, and immediately there
after Mrs. Howard negotiated a mortgage
to w. ID. Hartman for $4,000. This morn
ing Mrs. Howard mortgaged her own place,
consisting of handsome new house in
Milan to DIR. Emmett S. Pyle, for $1,000.
Flight of Mrs. Friend and w. E. Howard.
NEW YORK, Jan. PROF. Henry G.
Friends carefully guarded, secret process
for refining raw sugar, which was the basis
of the Electric Sugar Refining Company,
has been exposed. 1t was discovered by a
dress-maker who was employed by the
Friends during the experimental" stage of
the great swindle, and w no overheard the
family discussing the "secret" through an
open register Immediately after one
thOusand-dOllar demonstration. 1t con-
sisted in washing the raw material through
the wafer mines and then admitting the
wOuld-be investors to inspect the result in
the Professors little machine, which was
always loaded with the refined article.
Treasurer j. u. Robertson, last night re-
ceived telegram from President w. III.
COttrell, dated Ann ArbOr,. Mich,
Detective wires from Detroit that the
people we want have gone to Canada" Mr.
Robertson explained this to mean that the
cOmpany's private detective, who had fol
lowed Mrs. Friend and the others in Michi-
gan, got off the train with them at Detroit
and after assuring himself of their change
of destination, had wired results to Presi-
dent COttrell THAT is all | know about
it, anyhow" said Mr.. Robertson. From
the wording of the telegram, Judge all the
cOnspiratOrs have fed. Ii they have, and
there are really English warrants out for
them, the Canadians Will be glad to see
them"
This intelligence is deemed to destroy ev-
cry probability that either Mrs. Friend OF
Howard will appear in New York, as Presi-
Robertson of Saturday night. Mr.. Robert.
son never believed that Mrs. Friend would
come to New York, but, to make assurance
dOubly sure, he went, yesterday morning,
on the strength of COttrelPs telegram, to
Inspector Byrnes, and explained the situa-
ton to him, and in consequence warrants
were issued for the arrest of the swindlers
should they enter this State.