New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-19
TILE CAT IND THE MICE.
MIR. corrER1LL TELLS OF TIE oAPTURE
How THE ELECTRIC SUGAR swINDLERs FELL
INTO A TRAP-coMING TO NEw.YoRK

HON THE ELECTRIC SCdAh o"lNDhAN0 1872
INTO A TRAP-coMING TO NEw.YoRK
IN ALL PROBABILITY.
The news OF the arrest OF Mrs. Fretind, William n
Howard Emily Howard Gus" Halstsad and Seorse
IEals.ead, at Ann Arbor the first really impof'@"
news to stir up the stockholders In the Electric sugar
Refinery Company since the exposure OF tie gfeal
swindle The efforts of W. II. Cotterill and secre-
tary Robertson have been kept so quiet OF late ina.
the general public had given up any expectations Oh
hearing Of so material a development IN the Csc
The president and the secretary OF the company wee
CA the Office at No 60 an resfsrder
and they were In great demand Mr.. cntf"fn hfm
self has not been In sight much since the discovery
OF the fraud, but yesterday he was conspieuousv
present ct the headquarters OF freunds swimming
concern. When he seen by reporter, ne sala'
81 have been watching for our prisoners since tno
exposure like cat would for mouse. On isss
Thursday filed, through lawyers, bill IN
civil sniff at Ann Artor Mich, against
the defendants Until that tine Howard
had never left windsor, Ontario, opposite
Detroit The civil action required his presence,
and when he learned of the suit he returned 70 tno
United States. In the meantime we nad mace our
criminal charges against the whole CROWD, ana INC
warrants had been issued. Then, when they we're al
torpther the arrests were made To-day their lawyers
nave moved for a writ OF habeas corpus, and the
argument ON the motion will occur tomorrow. ms
only manner in which they may obtain the VIII wouia
he nv their discovering technical flaw IN the papers
That of course, we do not expect "A posponemon'
OF the case may be gained by the Defendants lawyers
but n I am right may expect the prisoners nero
on Friday or saturday. The sheriff OF Ann Aroor
viii have 10 turn over his prisoners TO Inspector
pyrnes's men as soon the court dlsmssss 'n'
motion for habeas corpus -
lawson " Fuller, who Is the prosecutor N ue
criminal cases against the principals In the eieeue
sugar frauds has declared his intention OF oo'an's
fron Mrs FreuHd and her accomplices the secre'
OF the refining method, or sending the prisoners
prison II persistence and justice obtain that re-
sult He intends TO talk 10 the prisoners when tney
arrive here and to propose 10 them that they shan
rive another demonstration such they gave be'ors
Mr. Fuller IS st satisfied that there is actually 70
electric process for refining and that Mrs ffeaaa
and her colleagues have the secret
INSPECTOR Bynes said yesterday that his men hm
been working on the ever since the exposure.
Recorder smyth issued warrants for the arrest Oh
tho swndlers and etective-Sergeants Heard ana Ha
land were sent TO Arbor 10 search for Mrs
Howard & Co., who were soon indicted. Requlsiuon
aners were sent 10 Michigan and -Dstrict-Atorney
whitman, Of that state, was employed Nc the case
Mr. Whitman called the dee;tives back to Ann Arbcr
on Sunday, when all OIL inc sWinuiers "ere Ano"h "
be together In that city.
There are thres indictments charging grand larceny
IN the first degree In obtaining money under false pre-
iences Two OF the indictments are founded on com
plants made Sy taWsSn rs oStaned se 500 and IN
annt6er ease 81 600 by pretending that they had
nncess by which they could refine sugar by the use
OF electricity and that they were constructing me.
chInery for that purpose. They are charged In me
third Indictment with swinding the Electric sussd5
Refining Company by declaring that they nsd u ,Ss
making Of machinery, whereas they had spent n'u''
| If any money for the object