The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-01
BENOERNAGLE MAY
Turn on THE Light
Former Superintendent of Su-
gar Trust Plant Likely to
Spring Sensation.
TESTIMONY OF HOW MEN
WERE CHEAPLY BOUGHT
viii Not Be Made Goat" in the
Investigation Government
Is Conducting.

NEW YORK. Nov. 30-Jamcs r.
Bondcrnaglc declines TO he made The
goat BY the American Sugar he
halug company. the so-c5llcd trust, and,
If the word Of his counsel is correctly
interpreted, he NAY testify for ihc
government before the end o. his tria
on charge Of dcfraudiag the govern
menl h. uuderwcighina sugar.
This development came today when
q witness testified that rlI-sonetinc-
a little more--was what employees OF
the American Sugar Refining companv
were paid to he crooked Aud the
man who had in some instances paid
this alleged corruption money. accord
ing TO the testimony, was Hcudcruaslc.
at one time superintendent Of The com.
panys 5 plant in Williamsburg 0BruoS
lyn).
In tho face Of This testimony. Bender
nagle conferred. with his lawyer. George
i. BcaiiIc. who, in turn, made thi,
announcement:
mMr, BeudernagIc is my client: he
VIII not De q goat N this case. Hc
was AN employc aud what he did he did
under orders. He will not Shield any
one.
Not Backed by Trust.
"The idea that has gone forth tfot
the sugar trust Is putting no FOR his
defense IS wrong. The company is MOI
contributing = cent for H. He did not
receive salary Of $4,000 per wear,
as has becu said. lie got 3 few thou.
sand much less than the figures given.
When he takes tho stand, he viii con
ccal nothing
The evidence that brought this turn
in the case was given by Andrew !
Malleu. who. UP TO 1907, was employed
IN the cashiers Office Of the Have.
meyer 4 Elder refinery ~ Williamsburg
Bcndcrnagle, he said. was IN charge of
The Office
Did YOU ever see Bemdcsnaelc pay
cash to mon IN the uniform Of the
custom house who came 10 his of.
fice!' asked Wiuifrcd T. Dcnuison of
counsel for the government. 'YcS.
was the answer.
Bribed With Cash.
"What form was this money ia !''
II was IN bank notes taken from
the safe in the office. never saw
vouchers for it nor beard Of auv,
Malleu replied
Malleu testified that john +. CeyIc.
Edward o. Boyle, Patrick Hcnuessey
and Jean Noelkcr. weigheFs and check
ers, were pad in envelopes marked
Sl2 for The week But THEN envelopes
contained SIS Later, when salaries of
this class Of men were raised to SO.
they got SIS, though the regular pay
for their positions was marked on rhe
outside of the envelope mt Sl5.
The government sought to show that
this unexplained increase in ,alarv wss
reward Tor manipulating thc scales
To show false weights on sugar Ben
derpagle' s counsel maintained on the
other hand. that if there was anything
irregular about the payments. the de.
tendant was not responsible.
Diplomatic Lawyer.
Bendernagle s decision TO conceal
nothing should not be construed to mean
that he will confess 10 ANYTHING against
the sugar refining company or any one
else. said his lawyer tonight. His stand
docs not even imply that he has kuowl-
edge OF any unlawful operations.
% But ! did say the lawyer said.
''that the sugar trust is not defending
these men, and they should not be
made goats in u general attack upon
the trust.
Testimony at the trial today shows, -
Mallcu is correct, that excess wages 10
weighers and checkers now uudcr in
dictmcnt. whom the government charges
with receiving extra compensation for
underwcichin9. came from III Wall
street This is ibe Office Of the Amer
lean Sugar Refining company