New-York tribune., 1910-02-21
SUGAR MAN TALKS
TELLS FRAUD SYSTEM
Former En- ploue Informs
against Those To Be Tired.

- --de- 70 cnnch the cases against 'he
-,e- - re tried on March ! before Judge
Martin in The Criminal Branch or the
ri,e- States Circuit court On charges IN
c-7n<r-;cn With the frauds on the Have
never & Elde- decks the speciai prose
tutors for the government have nae reIeie
tire federal grand iury IN ttle last TWO weeks
..vxxa1 o@eers OF the American sugar
FeHrinr C-narsny and fcrrl-r er1rloNes-
IN. ~ -F,e latter il IVES learned yesterday.
hs6 -r-fess.d disclosing the system IN "o-
e-s-t~n uhen Oliver Splitter Nas superln-
-er5erf - the cocks in Williamsburg
IRIS confession IT ~ss said old not bring
--f s--trirg that could be used against the
-, higher " tbsn Splitter. who IS serH-
- years. sentence N Atlanta But
q tells ~ re events leading IT t. the use
= =, z+se1 s-~ins found by- Richard Farr
v-her as z government treasury sseHL nc
-,is.5 ~. decks. in NcvembeT, 1917 This
-=- -.se5 TIE sr~ins. and also useo the
--s-,-,7s rns- s-t~dst-d II as means -
-r--Is-e ire weight 81 the oId--a - su@ai
szz7-er re SoveTnTent-
---.s=r-zU,- r. came ou1 last week mat
- -, ,,l.-rt,ood rhe prosecutions in eennec-
.f-- --5-t r,e sugar frauds would stop with
-. .-fe1 ~ March That means. i " as
.s1 there would nc nc further lndlct-
--s-ts Leaving IIeike = the man higher
II II the cszr Eat il vas said that ON
-,ro--As zoS possibly Others would he pro
-@s-e5 against in connection v-ith tie settle
rants made b ether companies than the
American
TH- whole -e---r ~ Re Ar7"riCen sugar
Retiring Conlrsny viii te back ~ the de-
fence n NJ Heike ii vas learned Since
-f= ,-5irr-,e-t t1e special prosecutors for
RE r-,-e-7-,e,- have been compelled - take
r--ro- -, hold - - The books ~ the con-
crriez under in,estigstion They have
-a~- -o-7ceUeS - call Washington Z
--o-rss 6 = witness because the fnfoTus
tar r--sr-so-e freelv offered was Withheld
ro7-e1f ~ PALMER . former director Of
- ,-or-rsns snd NJ Thomas we're sub
-rree5 70 eer further particulars regard
~ NJ H4.LA's knowledge Of the com
rz--s aEeirs as shown i'm the letters ard
rrf-e- communications issued as the result
- re discover ef the frauds In con-
---ri-r rirh The calling cf Ny Thomas
80 question cf immunity for witnesses
before he grand jury came up- In Mr.
--o-aes csse 70 uas asked 70 testify
,ac.ruts-ilv and warned that what ne said
y ga Re used against aim
VI Heike's failure in t1~ immunity plea
RS made TIE government cautious. L
vas said eesterds- that his counsel, John
= Srsnrhfeld. vas getting appeal PspeFs
--=f- - combat the adverse decision Of
.-uGce Martin II trle recent plea - bar.
-irh 7ss made 81 the ground mat MS
--sr7rlor- before the grand jury IN the
--eu- 5-zesri CATION Of the company n Sher-
mar -c- proceedings entitled him 10 i'm
-n,1--r-
T-1der the statutes and customs act in
-~-asd N The criminal prosecutions there
- provision for immunity or amnesrE-
= there Is under the Sherman act. and
therefore, mere appearance viii not eutitle
.--- witness 70 that measure NJ clewenCT.
a. S-l1cnfeId said after the defeat Of
--a mat he would appeal Al some
-t--e perhaps not until after the trial,
--oui6 -1zr - against Hejke.
Ire -1e- - Re tried are Heike. Ernest
r-a---acr-- former general .s'Ire-intendert 81
- Williamsburg refnerE- James T. Pen
se--zr.s former cashier: Fferrv Y. Walk
- r-c was assistant 10 SpirzCr- and Jean
Toe -se- 7r5 James I HailigaR. IT. for
---r checkers. fieibe r-iu be represented
-- II SrznrHf7eiu. 1fr. GerbTscht h.
.-eo-ze n Nackellar. Bendernagel hy
--e--,- 2 C-chrane and Martin u Little
-o- and the checkers b. Mr- Ccchrane-
TIE case --ilI he pushed 50 that II may he
.-r-piered before the end Of March the
--+. q Judge Martins assignment te this