The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-01
SUGAR TRIAL DEFENCE OPENS
SOW RODY ELSE THE THIEF,
~ RIO DEFENDANTS.
Rsndcrnagrl Testlnss That No Mad Meth
nG TO 10 With nav Sugar weights
Gerbrach, VIA aay ths same Ne
krpl nn PaN ING the nsly Pct, Gans.


ma 10 10 With Raw sugar Helghts
GerbrScht VIA aay ths same Hs
Kept On Paving the nOly PslS Gang.
(, vas a case u putting IL an 70 some
r.d, else when the defence began yestsr-
dsg ln the sugar fraud trial before Judge
Martin in the United States Circuit Court.
Inc defence q both Bendernagel. the
asher n the Williamsburg refinery.
ar! Gsrhracht. its superintendent. ia
..t. splitter. the deck superintendent.
ras department all 90 himself and that
,..y had nothing TO do with Weighing.
Rsni,rnagsI hardly knowing one weight
v.u another
F.rderuag-Is defence was finished
,..,srdav and Gerbnchts defence had
rl.t negun when the day was over. In
his uyening for GerbrAoht George Mac
ks.a- ms counsel. in addition 10 laying
ura,e,er blame there was on splitter.
rsa'oued the names Of J. o. Douner
and ,. &. MatthissSen. former directors
b., the trust and both dead. He said that
O.ra-acht instead Of having charge Of
ne refinery while these men we're alive
VS. only a sugar boiler seeing that the
fires Eere kept under the posa. and that
the man really in charge Of what was
gong on IN a real managerial sense was
sr.t Nlr Bonner and then Mr. Matthieassn.
rbo.. Offices we're az the refinery. Mr..
Madagascar died in iaOs. After that
l,srh-achts powers were slightly en-
ended. but never did cover splitter. 90
Mr Macksllar said
All three defendants will have appeared
On The witness stand Ia their own behalf
BEFORE the trial ends. Bendernakel took
the stand Yesterday and Mr.. MacKellar
aid that he would call Gerbracht this
morning.
Mr. Cochrane told the jury for Bender
uaEel that he had worked for twenty-five
Years as cashier Of the company without
an increase Of salary. He had nothing
70 do with raw sugar weights. although
IN. raw sugar clerks worked in his ofiios.
Ha had rever even visited the scale houses.
Tie communication Of certain weights
70 The Wall street oficea was a matter
Of mere routine and he had no opportunity
for checking them.
Bendernagel. who u 81 years old, testi-
fed cuce before in his own behalf in
tie previous trial. when the jury disa-
greed His testimony vas much tho same
A. then He said that he didn't even
know what some Of the terms used in
sugar weighing wers until he had heard
them used IN the trial. When Il came TO
-. a. - -
as said that he could not recall Why the
wages = Spitzer's roly poly gang had
reen raised Changes were made ON
rcc1mmendauons Of foremen. sometimes
Srltzer requesting them and sometimes
Gsrnracht
On denomination the Government
brought out that BenderrRgel on the
-rs,Ious trial had testified that he hal
exported certain discrepancies in weight
p. Gerhracht Pes3ernagel before this
.ss'lmcry was rea ha "a. he could not
ell. ever M doing 10 al rat when
b. .r,urfs heights 20 W 10 streCt M be- ng
..-f .. t.Fags got thriI from sW.t-ev.
"rn .. o.. arcl "s-ist trs. invoice
rs -f.. .. ar.n ha' ever c~me N h's
Once AI De- .rnt. e.. ,rs Cover ment.
.s4i from he ureyip.- I..t.r'Cy again
o. the contrary whereupo the witness
.s1 n ,a.I ~ I didn't mean u thai
way
stfer wa real from Secretary Heke
O. Gsrtrscht about he ohsaking 49, -
veirlls a. The refinery hv Ee1derracel
ari Gerlracht. but Bendernagel saIi that
10 hal never consiierst this one Of nIs
f1,ies A. TO how the pay envelopes
came 10 be wrongv market. m a. not to
show the real wages the splitter gang was
getting. he said Somebody IN my once
nav haze tAksu % isTE from ESmgoots
Use Gerbrarht. Bsndsrnagel said, ire
.ueutly came IN and gave orlers % Cierxs
! tine cashiers once. a. \ ~ uii othe-s.
Brooklyn. where Bender agel has ivei
alrly al bis life. sent over large dele
e. m OF character witnesses for Bender .
.agaI Who - a member OF the Manu-
fa0turers' Association over there and Of
me Hanover Club. Supreme Court Justices
Bur- AMI Maddox and x-AayOr Wurster
NJ Brooklyn said that they had known /.
him many years and described his char .
as-er ~ eNcellent Among the other /
BROOKLYN men who said the same thing /
we're John Met ooey. head Of the Brooklyn |
lamoCrstc organization: eN-heglsteF I
Rose Andrew T. Sullivan william p F.
>tlrgs. b G. IRtimer anf District Attor- .
~ John = Clarke Alexander D. Sew
U0gr president Of the Manufactures [
NATIONAL Bank. testified a. % the good ,
lara~ter n both Bendernagel and Ger I
ra-h' Isn't that Manufacturer hank
a apostarv II the American Sugar Re
-rng Company?- asked Mr.. Stimson az
VIZ Seymour was about 70 leave the
stand Mr. seymour said that Il was
I7 outlining Gerbracht's defencs4 Law /
vs~ Nackellar said that he had entered the
employ 0f the refinery when he came 10 .
ms country In 1871 when the refinery .
wa .nder Theodore A. Havemeyer He ,
became superintendent IN 1888. but Mr I
Dorrs- hal thsn become Interested IN the .
sIress and had his Office al the refinery. /
l01 after him came Mr.. Matthiessen. /
'U B.| these years said Mr.. Mac 3
t'.sr .Gerbrncht while nOHinally SUI /
,srr'endent was nothing more than a I
sIgsr r0ler and rehner IN 1914 Mr.. 4
y Havemeyer extended his control I
s0T@Vts' and gave him charge 81 the ,
I. q eerng department. hut In 1919 when .
10 Hr'er came 20 discharge Splitter he !
49, discharged by the president and \
rl' r Nr Gerbracht The president also /
APPOINTED ~ptzar's successor The DOCKS 3
F-.a a.vavs kept ont u GeTbrachis
.r'ro. GerbraChts's time, his counsel I
-a1 vas almost entirely taken 40 m
..- ~ daily tours he made q the REIN
- gnts he said were nothing -
a-is were what he was interested
% irr'lrg that came over n him re-
a'rg 'r Weights he simply sent along to
','rar In explaining some Of the
3''a-- Introduced by the Government.
.sr .aI.y one regarding the advisa-
t1't showing the weight books 10
~ r-TranCe read lustera Mr. Mac