Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-09
WAS STAR WITNESS
IN FAMOUS SUGAR CASES
On information Furnished by Him the
Government Successfully Prosecuted
Several Big Railroads on Relating
Oharge-Papers Taken from Henry
A Wise.
(By Associated Press)

Reilly. a special investigator for the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
was arrested here late this afternoon
and locked up in the Tombs. charged
with the theft OF letJer from George
n. Wick,Tsham, United States after
ney general, to Henry A. Wise. Unit
ed States district attorney, from Mr..
Wise's Office in the New York federal
building The letter subs, quently ap-
Deared in the Cosmopolitan magazine
and after long search for the man
who stole it. has at last resulted in
the return of an indictment by the
federal grand jury. Whether other
indictments will follow Mr. Wise
would not say tonight, but they are
expected.
The specific charge against Reilly
in the indictment is the taking and
Publishing of letters and private pa
prs without authority" in violation
of the United States revised statutes
and of the New York penal law The
acts complained of are said to have
been committed on July l, 1909. when
Mr.. Wise was abr oad.
Other Papers Stolen.
In addition to the Wickersham let
ter there were also abstracted from
c. X. Heike, secretary OF the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company. to John
L. Parsons. counsel for the company,
and tbs minutes of the board of diTec-
tors of the company for the meeting
held at the house of the late Theo-
dore Havemeyer. December. 1900
Abel !. Smith. the assistant United
States district attorney. who worked
mp the case against Kelley, said to-
night that when the publication of Mr..
Wickershsm's letter first greeted the
eyes of Mr.. Wise, shortly after his
return from Europe. he immf diately
Instituted a search for the original
The Wickersham letter he had left IN
his desk. It was found finally in the
files. A copy of it had evidently been
taken { r publication. The HeIke-
Parsons letters had also been copied.
for the originals were recovered in
the Office files. but the minutes of the
sugar company board of directors
have appars ntly disappeared for good
Causes Sensation.
News of the arrest caused sensa-
ton in the federal building where
Reilly was known as a prOtege Of
Henry l. Stimson. now special coun-
sci for the government in its prose-
cuti, n of the sugar cases and former
" United States district attorney. II
was on information furnished by Reii-
~ to Mr.. StimsOn that the govern
ment prosecuted with success the New
York Central; Rock Island: Chicago.
MilAaukee & ST Paul: Central Yer
mont: Western Transit Company. and
ether railroad and transit companies
fer giving rebates on sugar ship
mcnts. in violation of the Hepburn
law. The railroads on pleas of guilty
were all heavily fined.
The Wickersham letter. as IL sp-
p AIRED in the Cosmopolitan magazine
follows:
George Won Utassy. business man
aeer Of the magazine and Perrigon
Maxwell. managing editor. have both
testified before the grand jury as TO
the price they paid. but say this in
foI nation has not been made public.
Wickersham Letter.
Washington. ID. c. June q. 1903.
Nv Dear Wise.
= natoT Root has sent me the
pr- Of Of a petition signed by Bowers.
Miiburn and Guthrie in support 81
their cont niion that the statute Of
has Urn in favor OF NJ ssrs.
Parsors. Kissci and Harmed. n the
only overt acts done 20 carry cot the
objects 81 the unlawful conspiracy
y To- these referred 90 in che brief. :
should think thev were insufficient
20 saw the bar Of the statute
a strong cn n viii b. made 20
morrow 10 persuade the President 10
interfere in some way 20 prevent the
indictments. but aside from that no
indictments shOuid BE- RETURNED
agairef any one " "a Gre IS no reason
shio md h. believe they can 90
susfaincd-n for instance. the on nscg