The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-18
'HEKE JURY NOT LOCKED UP
TOLD 70 REPORT TO THE COURT
~ ANY ONE FRIES To TAMPER.

Testimony m the Case Promises % ne
Al,oh I.Ike mat Adtlnred at the FAR
ierTrhls for False weighing e sugar
Except For Connecting ileIke with u.
The trial Of Charles n. Heike, score
tary Of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany, and the five oodeiendants who are
employees Of the company got under way
in the United States Circuit Court yester-
day after a good deal Of trouble in getting
a Jury Il was not until nearly time Tor
the noon adjournment that the jury box
was Hllsd and WinIred 7. Denison opened
for the Government
Mr.. DenisOn's opening remarks were
much the same a. thoss he had made az
the previous trials for sugar weighing
frauds. and the evidence 10 b. submitted
Il was made apparent. Is tn h. practically
the same, save that by which the Govern
ment hopes 10 coneot Beike and the other
defendants in the present cass with the
frauds
we will try 10 show he said. that
this structure Of fraud was not confined
IN the docks, but permeated the entire
system through the bookkeeping depart
ment until Il reached the secretary
offioa in Wall street. the oiice Of the trust.
Mr.. DeniaOn described the sO-called
Roly Poly gang that saw 10 u that the sugar
was falsely weighed and the different
msthOds the men employed. and declared
that two Of the defendants, NOelker and
Halliaan. were members 81 the gang
In the once % Bendenagel. one Of the
defendants and cashier % the company
the members Of the gang were paid extra
money. he said. BendenREcls reports TO
BeIke would also show evidence Of the
frauds. These reports, he said. gave
the fraudulent weight Of the raw sugar
imported and the true weight o. the ~
fined sugar turned out Heike. the !idS-
ernnlent Intended % show. with these
inggleA weights before him received and
I1dSTu0d the refund checks paid 10y the
Custom HOUSE "a the company by reason
Of the false weight.
All Of the witnesses called IN the atter.
noon nv the Government have testified
al he prsyious trials. They were John
II Viele. William J. Bowman, George
= Never and Oliver Hillman. clerks IN
the Custom HOUSE. and acting surveyor
| George ]. Smyth. They descrihed ths
co,lrss OF an entry through the various
divisions ol the Custom House and me
manner Of collecting the duty. Bowman.
| Inc refund clerk. identified various checks
I iDr refunds which had been pad 70 the
auRaT trust. They were marked Ter
| Identification, hut not put In evtdence.
| ne different counsel for the descendants
made repeated objections 10 the evi-
denca a. not connecting their clients, but
were OveTruled.
JudRe Martin at adjournment told the
iurymen that they would not ~ locked
40. They were % 20 IN their homes and
! M anyhody tried 10 discuss the case with
them in such a way ~ n influence them
they were n get the names and Addresses
al such persons and report them az oncs
10 the Court.
The jury a. finally made up yesterday
contains one in,-Or who announced thal
he had A ntrunG dislike Of the sugar trus'
and what Il represented. He n Georgt
Ieank. a tanker. of 81 Wall street. W.
aid however, that he did not think NJ
Nould convict employees % the company
N he felt that what they did had been i'm
posed upnn them by somebody higher uI
n the company. The Government hae
exhausted il peremptOry challenges by
his time and I.eask tecafne Juror No. 4
This u the Jury. Ernest d. Terry, Rob
! ert T. AIhertson. Percy Z. Williamson
George Ieask. banker, W. ]. stone, AZ
bert farleton. Joseph r. Malone, I. I'd
ward Mueller. Arthur =. Petit. Waltel
n. CAM, John q. Barnes, Charleg =
Iaidlaw, Jr. The trial Il expected 4
last three weeks