The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-09
WEIGHED FALSELY ON PIERS
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tND M UkID
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90 Trtai fsr Framlul~ut Rsrk


government . rt-sI.. y ! hat whp
~, formerly tn assistant w"iEh"r M
en-" customs --rvts" 100 fht- ,ity mad.
90 admission Yesterday u 'h~ Cri-t"m-
graft trial rrf'r- lIds- Martin ~ tho
Unlt.i states ,rrui' court - thl~vsry
. in ht- WurS - weighing rmpurtItlrrs -
/ fig chss-r macarpui ,-npu, tn.i rth"r
. fpr~ign cYmmudtt~- Cygau tl-p al
mitt.-i that h" lied M N" ,uvr.,tgattou
3 ord-r-d Nv Collector Stranahnn pa 1919
when ~ testified that b" had never under
weighed ,mpurtati'u~ q lemons
Coglu ~iti On cru---"vamiuatl"u tha,
D." was ~, under cath when h- thus t--t,-
! f-d
would you have answered. tn. sam"
way had wa h"-u undnr oaths- asked
/ stephen " BALDWIN - counsel Tor the
d.f-nc"
! 1 would have told th. truth
,ugan wa- called ~ q witness ipr the
/ Govsrnment in tho trial - Gsorg. D.
R.,ru Charles y brow and charles n
ward-Il indicted last Apri on ~. yharg..
B Il conspiracy To- d"fraud ID" Govern
4 m~nt ont - customs duties on various
7 mpurtitpu- from IN" Mediterranean
I countries B"I.ll was chief clerk In the
office " Deputy Surveyor II tn. Port
during the incumh"ucy - James Vail.
! whom Collector Loeb dismissed IN the
fall ~ 1879 Drew and Wardsl we're both
. T..r
whom logan had worked IN turn on Oh.
South Brooklyn docks and on the piers
? IN Jersey city and Hobnksn
logan Na> employed ~ assistant
} wei Cher from iNas To- 1919 ~. sad that
/ he had FAITHFULLY and HONESTLY performed
/ ais dutI", "a. W.Igh-r until 1879 when
h.. was approached on IN" Jersey city
docks hv wan kravn a. Hg ti.org-
who - d-,"Iop"i later was George
p Lunnv. rh. Pre-. euta'iyr - " n West
"rye,' \ 90 iarC" importer ~ EraHlanp
lemons TINS man. be said. offered To
pay him morsv II h. would unisrweigh
the lemon ImIorta'ions 81 the Mrst"r-
yeit company ~" accepted the oHsr
/ and from that time on he und.rweighed
imported commodities for various firms
/ m tins CITY. among them being the Minaldi
/ company. the Ounce company and Louis
3 ContenCIn SO
The witness later corrected this list
B 10y striking out IN" Contencin company.
which ne said had never paid him any
! thing Cogan would not say how much
money h" had rec"Iy"i from these firms.
, hut he admitted that some 81 the pay
rnrnts had exceeded s2'H III" payments
. w.r. Tot la."i on the amount - duty
sav"t to "a" importer hv means - "a"
und-rW-IghlaS n" diI..' Allow pu Wha'
naslS they W"r" pIli. he slIi
q logan implicated directly Drew aud
Wari"l and SAID ha had made payments
, - them. giving them half 81 the amount
rec"ivyd from ~" importer and dividing
/ tho other half equally With the assistant
Welgher VINO hapI en"d 60 b" working
! with him In no cas-. dad logan r"msm-
. ter how much any Il hos" payments
Wer. H.. sad b" worked under Drew
IN South BrooAiyn. but b" could not
sr"r,fy any occasion on which b" had
actually turned over money 10 hIm and
never krI, any account ~ those pay
n"uis Ia Jersey CIV logan sal'i that
h" and an assistant wetgusr named Brld.l
WORKED under Wdrdali and they r"I"at-
"dIy Istd money Ia Nard'Ii
-Wi"n dii yuu lay Mard"i'- ..-s"d
Mr. Tla,inr fur the Government
When v.' had e" r"rit"d 'u" witness
vi" dll yua paw W"rd"II.-
li"r..u-..Ei vi, th.. -iabil-hed .-tuu
Mr. BALDWIN. f,r ~" d"f"nu" tskcd
-WL"tr-.r vDu hay" ls.eu asked about
,hr-" irar-l,'t"u~ you h1N" tuii III"
truth hlr'I.' YOU
-N". asst ray That have logan
r..pl'.d
How ID you start our Nv lying or
telling BE- truth.
4 "a ted pI' ny .rr.muuug 'n Er..r
qu"t
Then followed Ia" vltr-s, adm S-i"u
tnit IA" hHl L"d is'fur" m" str uan1n
,piumltt".. ari thrt b." wouiI lt1'" told
u. tr.ih had ~, 's-'n under oath. he
Wis .ubI. .uari hy ia" Gu."-um"n'
counsel tO trs'Iiy i"inr" w" Federal
Grand Jury Iut ~ Siimsou told him
90 come 10 hls off," instead q" tell what
h.. knew THIS h- dii under c"usid"ritl,'
rrc-sur. brought e. bear hv Francis "
bird. Mr. Sum~nns assistant "a tins
trial
Mr. Bird tod hun. according to ~"
witness that tL"r" was evid"n," enough
against him to indIct aud convict him.
with IN" prospect 81 long term m prison
THIS didrt terrlfy him Cogln sa!d.
on nis own account but h" had "a paralyI"d
tro'hor home who dcTcndcd on him for
support - b" De, i,i.d Ia t"nev"rythIng.
although h" didn't know until later that
H.. information gwen by him was ~ -
us"d against Drew aud Wsrd"ll. Drew.
GoRan said. wis his friend and had loaned
him money AZ different times Ia amounts
ranging from SOTO siD
IN dong what h" did ." d"frnud the
Government Cogan readily admitted that
n. knew he WIS violating his oath ~
Office he added that the importers h"
had rnenIlo ned m teSiifyIng wore tn"
ones who had first induced h,rn To- violat"
that oath and said they w"r" generous
to him ~ their payments
Didn't you know II WIS a dishonest
thing 10 do and didn't vpu feel hk.
thief" asked Mr Baldwin
Yes. knew that replied ingnn with
some show 81 feeling