Evening star., 1897-05-13
The Sugar Kings Ordeal Begins Next
Monday.
Mr. DAVIS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
The Other Cases to Be Called Up
Promptly.
MR.. CHAPMAN'S SENTENCE

| iSoh sugar 1SclIulIlS company Will. as
announced in The Star several days ago,
be called upon to answer before Judge
Bradley in Circuit Court No. 2 next Mon
| cay the Indictment returned against him
October ]. 1894. charging him with having
violated section 1O2 of the Revised Statutes
| In refusing to answer certain questions
asked him by Senator Gray's Senate sugar
trust investigating committee June l., 1894.
| District Attorney Davis last evening no.
| tihed Mr. Nathaniel Wilson, the attorney
OF record OF Mr.. Havemeyer, that he will
caiI the case up for trial Monday morning
before Judge Bradley and also notified
Mr. wilson that the next one Of the un-
tried sugar trust witnesses to be called up
| Tor trial will be Secretary John Z. Searies
OF the American Sugar Refining Company.
his trial to follow that of Mr. Havemeyer.
The trial Of the other indicted witnesses.
Messrs Mccartney, Seymour, Edwards and
snriver, Will be proceeded with as soon
a1ter as practicable, but Mr. Davis has not
yet determined the order of those cases
he hopes, however, to try all the cases be-
1ore the adjournment of the court for the
usuai summer recess, about the 1st of July.
In the prosecution of these cases he will
nave associated with him Assistant Dis
trlct Attorney d. W. Baker and possibly
Assistant District Attorney Hugh T. Tag
gart, the latter having prepared the in
A. A. Birney, who successfully prosecuted
MI Eiverton r. Chapman.
Opposed to Delay.
Mr.. Davis expeess, Of course, that counsel
for Havemeyer and Searles will seek to
secure a postponement of the trials, but he
feels that the defendants are entitled to no
delay and Is confident that If a postpone
ment is granted by the court 1t will be one
of but few days. The indictments, he
explained to Star reporter today, have
been pending more than two years and a
half, and frequently counsel for the in
d1cted parties have been granted continu-
aEces on the plea of Sickness other en-
gasements, and to await a final decision in
the Chapman case by the United States
supreme Court. The latter court having
finally sustained the law and indictments.
Mr.. Davis thinks that every indulgence
due the defendants and their counsel has
been exhausted, and as the questions now
remaining at issue are. he says, simply ones
OF fact. he will oppose vigorously all re-
quests for further delay. Mr.. Davis is
absolutely confident of being able 20 SECURE
the conviction of every one of the untried
defendants, feeling that they are without
any legal or substantial defense. THE
indictments, as he expressed it, ARE good,
there Is no question about the defendants
having refused to answer the committees
Inquiries, and can, therefore, see no es-
cape from conviction
Mr.. Chapman's Sentence.
Speaking of the case of Mr.. Chap
man, who was convicted before Judge
Cole January Is, 1896, and sentenced Feb
ruary l, 1886. to pay fine of 500 and be
imprisoned in the District Jail for thirty
days. the minimum penalty. Mr.. Davis said
he has, rs heretofore stated in The Star
notified his counsel to have him surrender
himself here to Marshal Wilson not later
than Monday next. Unless Mr. Chapman
does SO, Mr.. Davis will ask. that a bench
warrant for his arrest be issued. But the
district attorney does not anticipate that
ne Will nave to resort to such an extreme
course, being of the opinion that Mr.. Chap
man Will surrender himself to the marshal
next Monday, possibly on Saturday pre-
pared to submit to the sentence imposed
upon him.
The Indictments.
The indictments returned against Mr..
Havemeyer and Mr.. Searles are similar.
the former being charged with having, June
II, 1854. refused to answer certain ques-
tions asked him by the Senate committee
as to the amounts his company contributed
for political campaign purposes, state and
local. In 1S92 and 1888. Mr.. Searles is
charged with having the following day re-
fused to state the amount contributed by
tne American Sugar Refining Company in
the political campaign OF 1882 to the demo-
cratic party in New York state.
The penalty provided tor a violation of
the law the defendants are charged with
infracting is a fine OF not less than x1OO nor
more than $1,000. and Imprisonment in tail
TOT not less tnan one nor more than twelve
months. Hence, in the event of conyfction
the convicted party must suffer both fine
and imprisonment. 1t is expected that ex-
Senator Geo. F. Edmunds Of Vermont and
Mr.. Jere M. Wilson of counsel for Mr.
chapman will assist in the defense Of
Messrs Havemeyer and Searies
Chapman's Counsel at the White
House.
Judge Jere M. Wilson Of Broker Chap
mans counsel was at the White House
today. He and Senator Elkins saw the
President about the Chapman case. but
would rot say anything. Mr.. Wilson said
that Broker Chapman would be here Mon
day ready to begin sentence but he would
not say that Mr.. Chapman will serve his
sentence In full The friends Of Chapman
are planning to keep him from serving
sentence, but are keeping their plans
secret
HE HAS RESIGNED.
Mr. Simon Wolf withdraw From.