Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-01-16

I nm to be paid 500, 900 for the next
experiment, laughed the professor, 4
am going to have great Sig machine,
and viii make things hum, tell you.
You see we can mako the box as big az
we want to, and they all laughed. They
talked on that way for an hour OF two,
and ] learned Just how they refined the
sugar by electricity The professor had
little box Of p machine In his room by
which he purified refined sugqr In smau
quantities. This be put into lis machine
and ground out, the Company thinking
1t was the raw sugar they had sent,
when Mrs. Friend had simply let that he
mashed through the sink. remember
the professor said;
why, don't care II 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 have to
90 Is to toss 1t out to them through the
funnels.'"
There seems to have been some dissat-
isfaction after that with the dressmaker.
whom they invited to 90 elsewhere. and
Mrs. Baillie retorted that If they were
going to do any more sugar refining they
would better keep the register shut.
Now 1t transpires that stepfather How
ard, who has carried on the scheme with
his daughter Miss Friend since the pro-
fessor's death, divided his time between
the refinery and street preaching. On
week days he would devote himself to
the former, and on Sundays he would
sing psalms and preach In South
Brooklyn, or from the steps Of the CITY
hall In New York Meanwhile his
scientific son-in-law kept stable in New
York with twenty-seven horses In 1t
Yet II Is said that his coupe bills outside
the use Of his stables were usually
$3.50 per month. He regarded brandy
the only beverage for a gentleman and a
scientist, and would only drink the best.
lie died in stirring times; times fitting to
end the life Of one who had lived at such
a rapid pace; the time of his death being
simultaneous with the great blizzard on
the Atlantic coast last spring.
And yet among the other mysteries
connected with this celebrated Electric
Sugar company, there Is a mystery about
this death Of the professor. A man who
used TO 60 about with Friend In New
York declares that the death was very
sudden and surprising to him; that he
called several times during the illness.
but that he was told the professor was
too al TO see him. He says that he saw a
box carried away from Friends house on
a cheap rickety bob sleigh. On the front
seat were two men, while two others sat
on the box smoking. One Of these men.
he says, was Howard This was Friends
funeral Then the question arose In the
Observers mind, WAS the professor dead
after allY"
After Friends death Mr.. Howard. who
had been meek and lowly, and dressed
IN shabby apparel as he preached the
Gospel from the city hall steps, blazed out
IN great style. The police were notified
that there were suspicious circumstances
connected with the funeral, and looked
into the matter, but nothing came Of n
Mrs. Friend went TO Milan, Mich. the
horses and furniture In New York were
sold, and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard went 10
live at the Madison Avenue hotel In New
York city. =
IL has also transpired that Professor
Friend played the sugar refining game
on the Chicagoans In 1880. lie ke6t his
secret till $4,000 had been paid In for
shares, ana then put of inauirers bv
showing them beautiful samples Of re-
fined sugar made from glucose. Al last
the shareholders became ininaticnt and
suspicious They kicked In the door Of