The sun., 1910-06-11
HETEE and GVUDUGCHT GUILTY
THE JTRT lSlIN DTS tGREEN
tS 10 RENDIRN IGEL.


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! Charlss 4, Heise. the secretary aud
treasurer of the American sugar Refining
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meyers Elder rsanery "a "ll'amsourg'
we're found guilty last night Ot completely
in the sugar weighing frauds by a jury
IN the Criminal Branch Of the limited states
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dernaEel. who was formerly cashier AZ
the Havemeyers q Flder refinery, The
/ Jury went out At IO.1S O'Clock yesterday
norniOg and - "a. M, until ,O.Os last
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'n'o 'ne oo''r' room 70 ue'''e' 'ne'' 'e'"'o''
There vas q painful tension among the
prisoners. their counsel and the many
.pec,ators a. the men took their placea
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appear. Ne " stay'nG a. tne ho'e' "o'o-
stock and he had arranged with Marshal
Henkel to call him over the telephone
~ soon "a the jury was ready to come
into court
Clerk william leary called the roll OF
/ jurors, and then
-Oentlemen, have you reached YER
dict
We have replied Ernest u. Terry,
the foreman. We md the descendant
Heike guilty on the aifth count OF the
indictment We md the defendant Ger
bracht guilty a. charged N the indio'-
nent. A. to the defendant Bender
nagei We cannot agree
Judge Martin lhansed the jury warmly
for the time aud consideration they had
given TO the case without further
formaiity the jurors took up ihe'r hats
and coats and walked slowly out Ot the
court room amid almost absolute silence
Then John y. Stanchheld. who 10 counsel
Tor heise arose ana asked tbst any
/ further action be deferred until counsel
he'd had time 10 de,eFmine on the next
steps to lake. With the acquisscsnCe Of
/ Henry l.. siimaon. the Government
prosecutor. Judge Martin said that there
would he al arrest Of judgment until
this morning 81 10 O'Clock when he asked
counsel 10 have 'he defendants IN court
lbe prisoners were allowed 10 80 on the
bail they have been under since their
indictment.
NanIt IN AMI
rhs outcome Of ihe case. which has oc-
Cupied nearly four weeks In trial. Al
though be and bis assistants, MessrH
Denison and Frankfur,er were naturally
sratihed Al the result ot their labor they
we're not unduly elated because, a. Mr.
flgnisJn oppressed li 'it is . serious thing
10 cORv,ct men Of serious oHence-
II was said 90 good authority that
BendernAgel would not be tried again
This s the second time that a jury has
/ disagreed in bis case the hrst being last
| December when Oliver splitter and bic
subordinAtes we're convicted The man
who has gone through the ordeal Of two
| protracted trials within . period d siH
months was shoWsred with congratula-
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nounCed the results o. its deliberations
Many Of the spectators in the court room
Wers apparently his personal friends
and they crowded about while he sat per
fsCtly still for several minutes a. though
it was hard for him 10 realize that u was
probably all over at last Even Ger
braoht went up and shook him by the hand
but neither man sad anything
Rsndernagel has been the object ot
sympathy throughout Even The prose
c'Ition has had good words 10 say of HE
character hr Denison Ia his summing
up address 10 the jury said that Mr. Ben
deThagel was . man Of honorable dis
position and that y must have been pain
ful TO him 70 md himself all these years
in the centre Of such = system Of frauds
through bis Official POs't'on.
The Only comment on the verdict which
Mr. Manchheld had 70 make was that u
was remarkable. ''sorEe Graham.
formerly District Attorney ~ Phlladelphla.
Who has been associated With NJ stanch-
neh ~ helEes defence Aa'd ne Con'dn '
understand verdict 81 ghilsy against
Heiks On only the last count. a. the man
was guilty On all The charges u guilty On
that ons The ina Si'nnIn penalty On this
count n two wears 'mprisOnment oT M"
81 tl0."0 or both. TN the hrs' four
counts of the indictment the maximum
penalty iS Two wears or b''" " both on
each count The penalty On th" NTH
count - the same A. that on the NH'h.
ti@fbracht. ~ho was convicted on all
counts. can kei twelve wears ~ t4o@O Or