The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-26
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kiizer Says He Perjured Him
self to Protect Honor of
III Dead Man.
IgrrRS TO HAVEMEYER,
81 FORMER HEAD OF TRUST
.rden on His Conscience FL
\ nsIIy Forced Him to Tell
NJ the Truth.

~ ,erintendcnt OF the doclts OF the
sugar Refining company: OK
IA today why he did not confess
u ,be trial ending last February,
1 hs was sentenced TO two years at
I. A., confession, he declared on the
!. Today, would have carried him TO
-.,cry" In other words, he would
Z ,mrIicated a dead man, Henry o.
sever, late head OF the sugar
.s,,s, WAS under cross-eNamination by
a.s.rse at tho trial OF Charles r.
y sscretary-treasurcr OF the Amert-
srrar Refining company, who. with
ss,sordinetes. is charged with con-
~ 10 defraud the government by
sugar. He repeated he
.-.de his confession, not with the
/. !; nardon. but TO ease his consci-
"a added. after his conviction,
,,iorneys. t now appearing for sew
, y ihe defendants, had urged him
tl all he knew.
Would Involve the Dead.
z.,t did you say when advised to
@sss' asked Clarence LeXow. for the
aid the only confession ] can make
4 'arry me into n cemetery. and Mr..
-rn (the government prosecutor
. moi want that" ~,
'Iuu arc referring TO Henry y, Have
"a asked the lawyer.
rs. | am" answered Splitter
fs closed the court incident, but
affair tcnEin q
d,nd He said he had met II. y.
|.,-syer TWO or three times and Err
vi Gerbracht, former refinery su-
.,tepdent. another of the defendants,
4 rade HIS reports direct to Mr.. Have
"a The frauds, he Insisted, had be
|leforc his time, although he worked
N, docks twenty nine years, lie ad-
La me steel springs used 10 manipu-
he scales on the docks were his
|1ilon
|5by did you moi tell the truth In the
Eace9" he was asked,
Reason for Perjury. -.
&cn lime look in n mirror, ! sec
INN FOOT was the answer was
u no, to do H. but | was ashamed
y, any one know ] did these things
|ledil was good. could get anything
did not want people 10 know i was
snough to do these things for moth
Il got nothing out OF II
|'rp,her reason why ] committed per-
n Ess because | thought nothing could
|1 10 the sugar trust. We all
|Eht The uuaL was so strong the
/pment could do nothing with IT
ke from SpitZer'S confession. the
|rment attaches most Importance to
s,imony given today by Miss Violet
rtens. stenographer employed by
cssr company. She said she made
copies OF the so-callcd technical
Hsnts concerning sugar weights,
have disappeared, and one copy
70 lieikc and another to Gerbracht.
government has eight or ten wit
who. It Is said, will confirm her
ehi and attempt TO prove Heike
d these statements. They will be
he stand tomorrow and Mr., Slim
'ul then rest the prosecution. He
10 closc his case by noon.
2 Details Of the Day.
1tr was In court when the trial was
The first witness called, how
vas John II, Thompson. 4 book
IN the Wall street offices OF the
nmpany.
eon yesterday repeatedly testified
vas James +. Bendernagel, the
cashier. one OF the defendants
at'ge, who told him on one occasion
cessation OF the weight discrep-
vh sugar cargoes was accounted
ue fsct that the government was
wagon on the docks. Today
pn asked leave to correct this
s@ Splitter who told me the docks
Eng watched, not Bendernagel,
Fpmpson.
2 slhess also denied calling Ernest
vmcnt, the refinery superiuten-
lne telephone regarding sugar
he corrected his testimony IN
ENlls. mostly OF a minor nature.
ote l.. keppler, head OF the sugar
Nunery In South Boston. testi-
Al expert to sugar making pro-
and was led 10 state that raw
'Vald lose in weight by being
is the governments conten-
moro sugar was turned out oil
us relinerles Of the trust thar
~. oy the government weight re-
nave been received in q raw
Il nds q general rustic OF expec-
1 4 ,i.a 1se courtroom as Olizer Spitz-
ior cross examination. Wash
= Ihomas, president of tho
oX-. sugar Refining company. who
zGI subpoena to appear. watched
' employee OF the corporation
- spllzer began his testimony
krs,s cnoss examined by foTme!
.-~r- . Clarence w, LcNow.
y =, eaid Theodore A, Uavemeyer
NJ hin, m'c lete II: o Havemeyer. op'
~a superintendent OF tho VII.
uOcK. Vhr,. l,z - d.
81 and added: ''''D ''' '' "
Realized His Sins,
A my effects in Atlanta. cam.
I'bnnrden myself Of The grea
~ n aan done all these years.
tell all I knew.
49,, 10 stand among my fellow
~ more and tell all | should hav,
- wanted 10 go back 10 M
tte,mo wanted 10 be shriven of al
= tsta me those slecplcss night
- ~Hon. where l suffered 81
Ill., stand 1t anv longer. toll,
- lhat vi the secret service II
" klt NJ, couldn't stand the tor
hi h. hust tell the truth and tina
q r aSy,eeo oci,nd the bars II ha'
ar, Cochran. Thnv to,d ~,
~ con,I ! had ANYTHING 10 confess
io",,ct,on 10 rUn last February. The.
81 'ontess before il was To-
- Who inner ar counsel, M1cIenar an
~ thectssre now defending the gov
n ns ak AZ Helligan md Woelkcr
d - ciaIrsa sao11endonts. leaned iorwar
~ % The ns,ening with close at
n "Humony Of their forme
y rsiilsaa he had received the nardo
/. 81 cr bcfo,ss states district attorney
s.s Ming. e he took the stand Mon
speeeiSs, 9s he said. Ind been mad
:. y ne eiss peputy Attorney stimso
Us n Nohncctcd with the soy