The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-25
TWO WEIGHTS SIDE BY SIDE
ON TO my SUGAR ON. ONE
TO ray NJ m ON.

% ~ oi the sugar trust when the COM
rsrv paid duty on false weights Of sugar
and ne sugar shippers on true weights
we're described for the first Tina yester-
o,v M the trial of Charles r. Heike. the
srrraurv II the company. with other
unfsnttuts IN the United States Circuit
Court
Inu. the present casa the trial has
never 1e"n followed up beyond the Will
Bmshgrg refinery Of the trust. where the
false torghng went on. Evidently with
WOW II connecting ,Heike, the only
defendant in the present trial who was
an executive oficsr Of the company at
NJ Wall street, Prosecutor Stimson called
Yesterday two clerks employed in the
Wal street ofioe. From their testimony
u vas brought out that there was no
system u comparison of the Government
weight and the real weight for purposes
Of direction. though tho two sets Of
figures were handled by men sitting
asz than ten feet apart
John A. Thompson. the first 81 the
rnesses from the Wall street ofice.
VINO has been with the company thirty
FIVE years. was the man who paid the
shippers He testified that he got the
weights used IN his calculations from the
cry weighers Before paying the ship
pers he sent the city weighers return
over 70 he q I'd by Bendemagel, the
cashier a. tho refinery
When the merchants were paid on the
CITY weighers' returns Thompson did not
80 the Government figures ~ all. but he
did see them when he paid merchants
on the invoice weight. the weight taken
az the point ~ shipment In such a
case Il there was more than per cent.
difference between the invoice weight
and the Government weight he was
ordered - report the matter n Bender
nagel B,ndernlgrl. he said, would call
him up IN half an hour and tell him n
60 ahead and pay
Who directed you n call M Mr. Ben
dernagel about these diferences'' asked
Mr. Stanchheld. Heike's counsel on cross
examination
Mr. II o Havemeyer. the witness
replied Mr. Havemeyer who was pres
ident 81 the company Is dead
Did Mr. Heike know anything about
these telephone calls:'
NO. sir. he did not
Thompson said that he never had any
communication with Heike about weights
The Government brought out thar whereas
the company az one time paid freight
charges on the Government weights
A. a basis, after the frauds began Il paid
these charges on the city weights Thomp-
son said that he noticed az tho time
n the discovery of the frauds that the
differences in weight fell on and reported
n % Bendernagel. who didn't say any
hing
George X Becker. another clerk in
a" ONCE. described the system by which
tho duty was paid A clerk named Dem
uisnu sitting a few feet from Thomp-
con drew the checks for the Govern
ment dunes Ne worked in conjunction
with q man known az Baron worden. an
Austrian who had worked for n. q
H8yeueyer for many wears and was
The r,mpanys man a. tho Custom House
Th' saron would cell M pennison and
toll I'm what Government weights had
been turned IN az the Custom Hous" by the
W'ghers and then Denni~on would draw
d.. heck for tho duty Rocker Kept tho
raw sugar hooks and sat facing m" two
uthers lf Thompson wanted tho Govern
msnt figures Bec ker got them from Den
nison and gave them TO Thompson. huJ
thompson and Dcnni-on never compared
figures
through the testimony of other VIII.
nesses called by the GovrrUr ant. all
NJ them employees m The refinery 10 was
brought out that practically an the looks
and pipers whioh might throw some light
on fhelTatlds were missing from the ofiires
81 bsndernacel and Gerbrarht A. IN. SOC
hnery when a search was made Tor them
and have never been found Henry 4
Morgan who succeeded BendornaErl
~ asher ~ November 1919 said that
b. had IOOKed for he hooks showing
the production Of ref ned sugar and Tho
amount Ut raw sugar received ~ tho
rvrnery and could rnd no surh records
Yra' I0Is N Ige IN Be1da.nagpls Office
There we're also missing w hat Erro known
% fsohniral statements these were
monthly reports made up % show tho
amount n raw sugar received and
''.-.a.1rod hv LOT numbers The ANALYSIS
n '.s - .-sr the amount Of refined sugar
f..r.. .. and the analvFIs 1T that Al
~ '-ssH monthly state mrnts prior IN
70 O. . r -Ing 40 we'll ~ sheets showing
D.. amount uf stock on hand. al IT which
were .a.' Bendernagels Once sup
yr-'..
Prom no pfice n Gerbracht. tho gen
en-. -4."rn'a'fopt Of tho refinery, who
b. nra 1' fr" p-'-sat defendants. are miss
nos 'Eg letter press copybooks for tho
year n which he frauds went on. &C
coming 20 rF' testimony ~ J. = Poole
W.. I.r"Ht"t G"rhracht ~ auperini"n-
D'H' Pool" -iid that there N"r' also
r.r-Tgg Apparently from the ONCE file a
..' ~ important papers for years hack
A,rIr0''.F '." papers included letters
PASSING ""fV'"n the refinery and the
Wal 0'tces. II appeared that the
q eminent had tued 10 get hold ~
'''." documents a. soon a. tho frauds
u.- q scoyer'd but tina, they were
ff-1
sunrPua dICes teCum was put IN evi-
CO.. r"-frrday calling upon either tho
A~. can Sugar Refining Company II
".N rE or The American sugar Kehn- /
.1gany ~ New Jersey % produce /
Or. h'y reports ~ the rahnery-or
To- n.a Eatements A. they we're known /.
.Hm I.0ember ! 1912. until neCem- /
.l iFf ln rr5pous" 10 this subpPna I
y llff'NlhIls a ItHy fI IFiiif'H''iil - .
Hupany. said that the company
iaI 'rfHf over the statements ~ the /
10. ''. .n5H. but had not been able 10 =
i'i '."- '1r The statements hack Of that .
..' .ar missing statements are Tor the /
'.' n' r"d 10y tho frauds. We said that |
''"r vas .till being made for thefe I.
f.af.r. .rf.
'" IS ~'anchheld. Counssl for Heike I
'.' "u gurUusly n the zoe N this 4
Tell against Hoike lie said THAI /
% "4s wiling ~ admit that the
r'af... .Hfa called for were mot In eWis-