New-York tribune., 1910-06-04
.HE|KE'S PACE OVERCAST
SUGAR Fraud Trial Develops
Rapid Fire Answers
COURT HlLTS DEFENDANT
lars and Jclts Many as speclal
Prosecutor Presses Questions
On Red Ink Entries.

r1s--- L Ett-aSo1- speCael PLoSeS~NO'
-o--e-,-nen- IN The sugar fraud trial.
vzs measuring wits yesterday "itH C4l7'IeS
zTsg,s secretary and treasurer Of the
American Sugar Refining Company q -NeM
vo,l- when the case came 70 a close uhIH
.,s.. E5e,l,e throughout the day held
- centre Of interest in the Crinnlnai
p-s,rh OF the United States Circuit court
-,,s- hefcrn adjournment there vas
--- rsf+1e The cross-eZan1instlo hao
---o,eede6 with many Jars and loits' ioI
,es-lx a7 hour Then Nj Stin1son tooh
re hooks containing the figures in red INK,
.rrjch he prosecution believes TePleS7eli17u
-. difference between the invoice Welehts
q oa1coes and the government OF oulS
-.,.et,--he NUMBER Of pounds saved from
-. -a-f4 assessment by the manipulation
n tbe steel spring and other devices
Cs-efUll~ the special prosecutor vent
over he weights. asking Heike 10 read me
s--riee in black ink and the addlt'ons n
red ink until he came 70 JanuaI3' 47'''
--ner The red ink entries ceased
There are no additions in January. none
IN February and none until the ena 81
Nfs~cb sre there asked Mr. stinlscn.
No. There are no addIuons' vas 'ii7
orls~E Staccsto answer
And there are no additions sfter 10
venber p. 1907"
No No additions then
-.yy-bv lid YOU have this stopped from
.Isuuarv until into March OF that year
the .prosec dror asked
Don't think there was any reason Don
prow ANYTHING about il. Ask the clerk
mo did the work Call him 10 the stand
answered Heike-
Red Ink Stops with New System
Why did you stop after November Of
-rs- zear7~ was the next question M
e-ir1sor paving 10 attention to Heike's
suggestion.
A new svst-rn vas introduced then We
,rorped the old system. That vas al,
NV system: yes. q new system said the
zzcretary Of the company
Nfr. Stimson smiled II was IN the first
-r-ee months Of 1907 that Treasury agent
Was on the Havemeyer & Elder docks
The steel springs were put away Tor the
tine being. The government and invoice
weights agreed almost 10 the pound. The
aid occurred on November 20 Of the same
-ear Then the steel springs were put out
.rf commission altogether The differences
= weights ceased
George Graham. or counsel for Heike-
erere6 for the latter when court convened.
f7e called all the testimony brought TO bear
zssirs- The secretary by the prosecution
evidence ny inference orlz. The technical
--are-ner-s which showed differences in
weight he declared. were confidential Sc
Guided 70 keep them from becoming the
property Of rivals in business, and de-
---c-eS for TIE same reason when their
-.se+vI-ess had depsrted. Then he put the
-7a-aSeneut q all departments OF the great
enterprise in the hands Of the late Fl. @.
rfsrenever and described Heike IS . clerk
under orders.
Warning Letter from Haven1eyer.
To show the lack Of responsibility Of the
nan CT trial for the frauds, Mr.. Graham
referred 10 3 letter written on November
Il 1es. by Efr- Havemeyer 10 Ernest Ger
b-acAt. former superintendent OF the re
61ery. who is one OF the defendants. Il
follows
NJ. Heike to-day brings 20 my atten-
ton his belief that the government weights
ere more liberal here than anywhere else
Let the government veiglers do their own
work OF course. ! know you have no con-
-ecrion with them, but let me VAN you and
2rv empioye OF OUTS against having any
thing whatever 10 DO with them
HIr- Stimson pounced on this letter when
f=eike came into his hands. He asked why
r1e letter was written; what the special
reason for II was Mr.. Heike said he be
-lsved II was due 70 his examination OF
re October statement
You net ne here on November Is, 1eo6.
IN this room and where you are now sit
7-g Z witness There was prosecution OF
,o1- company for Relating. Were you not
under subpoena AZ the very time the letter
vas written" came from the prosecutor
with the manner Of man trying to jog
s1other's memory.
FfeIke could not remember al first he
hemmed and hswed, asked for particulars.
md a. last said ne did remember. but de-
Led that the prosecution had anything to
20 with the letter. or that the instructton
- Ge-bracht could have had any bearing
u the case
The Only Overt act. M Graham said. as
Re presented the case Of his client for
which the government held that il could
Prosecute Heike was the indorsing OF
-c1ecks received from the government for
excess duties paid. That, he said, vas
simply the perfunctory act Of an enploye.
MUca OF the shortage OF weights was not
de u the steel springs used by the check
e. The counsel said. but 20 liberal weigh
t-E b. The government weighers-
A. the letters put in evidence. and all. in
fact written by Heiks. Mr. Graham de-
rs-e1, had been penneo after conferences
VIII cthe-s. he vas the letter writer Of the
-c-ce-1 The checks for excess duties, he
=sld. were never signed by Heike unless
~ treasurer cf the New Jersey company
Vss absent The examination Of the &C
~-Esc nan followed
Marry Humorous 6itustions.
-skirg ID The technical statements, Ny.
c-shs-r asked the witness why he had eT-
s-.ned them To determine the different
,lsl-les Tor advertising purposes, Heike
sd Ee destroyed them because the
cas-isc CT he company told him 70 do so
-he-s were mary humorous situations IN
re process OF ouesticr and answer. Heike
frequently spoke 50 rapidly that the stsnog-
rspae- could not follow him. He would 20
n - tangent. talk about economies and
.rhFlosophv WITHOUT any apparent relevancy
Tae court would bring him back 70 the
.esse WITH z 4erk only 70 have the witness
repss. the performance soon afterTard-
Eeise explained the red ink figures in an
sv-er % his CoEy-sel's questions By saying
that -hev we're the differences 10 Be
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