The sun., 1910-10-14
MOVE AGAINST SUGAR TRUST
NIu ORgIINS THE OHJECTII o.
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u,sHtNgroN. Oct ~ The Government
. --rnarng 10 make another move y gain-t
... -.Ear trru,t. Thus time the port oI
>., Orleans will D." the objective point
.t'aCk Frank l.. Gars,arino. special
..rf 4 the Department of Justice. sub
r...,ai report to-day to Assista mt
,.'.rr-y- General pennison on investiza-
lis no rad made into alleged frauds in
..a matter II Sampling sugar at the
,lstum House in New Orleans
LAST April Assistant Attorney General
U"nn,-nn. who was formerly associated
~'h United States Attorney Stimson in
t.a prosecution of the sugar frauds at the
Nsv York Custom House. went to New
Orleans under the direction Of the Attor-
r"y-General to investigate alleged frauds
H"t took with him II. II. Waters. an expert
com the New York Custom House. who
% isd the Government in developing the
frauds by false weights thatwere brought
o. ght in New York. They spent two
weeks looking into the subject Of alleged
false weights and at the end of that time
nad not acquired sufficient evidence to
maze out a case of false weighing. But
the investigation did disclose evidences
e frauds in the test.
Mr. Dennison returned and sent Frank
l. Garbarino To New Orleans az a speciai
agent from the Department and an expert
IN sampling He has made an exhaustive
Investigation and submitted his written
report to-day Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Dennison talked over the case with
the Attorney General, and It is likely that
the evidence collected will he laid before
the Federal Grand Jury for such action
a may he warranted.
The officers of ths Department of Justice
are naturally aVerSH 10 discussing the
matter. They will not even admit that
they have in their possession sufficient
evidence TO warrant them IN concluding
that they can convict anybody. but there
II reason to believe that the Information
obtained nv Special Agent GaTblrino
IL Of such a serious character as 10 make
N reasonably certain that some prominent
men connected with the sugar trust
will have a close call N they escape indict-
ment
II is the policy Of the Department II
Justice not TO disclose its case IN advance.
Therefore II was not surprising to-day
when the officers of tho Depart ment
Affected some surprise that infurrna tIon
had got out that sensational dis
closures would follow the report of the
Investigation at tho New Orleans Custom
House The invest CATION has h.,.'n almost
entirely under the personal direction
~ Assistant Acknowledgement D-nnison.
who in the matter of publicity has proved
To be very apt pupil of former United
States Attorney StimSon. under whom he
worked IN the sugar trust cases IN New
York. He has solved the problem hy
not talking. He Courteously admitted
to-day, however. that the report of special
Agent Ciarbarinn had been submitted
O. him. hut declined To discuss its con-
tents. II ~ learned that the frauds in the
i"st AZ New Orleans extend back many
wears