The Sentinel=record., 1911-06-29
.CRITICISES
 ROOSEVELT
GEORGE H. EARLE SAYS HE SUD. DEnLY HOST PREFERENCE
 FOR LARGE CAME"
When Urged to Assist in Prosecuting Sugar Trust for Wreckng Real Estate Trust Company of
 Philadelphia.

Washington, June 2S.-That former President Roosevelt had lost his preference for large game" because of the failure of the government to prosecute former heldS of the Ameri- can Sugar Refining Cmpany for the wrecking of the Real Estate Transit Company of Philadelphia in tle Penn sylyania Sugar Refining Company deal in 1906, was asserted today before the house sugar Investigating com mlttee by George H. Earle. Jr., re- ceiyer for the trust company.
 The Pennsylvania Refinery was ac- quired by the American company and promptly closed.
 Mir. Earle, who declared he made repeated efforts to induce the federal authorities to take up the case also declared that considerable of his cor respondence with Mir. Roosevelt in relation to case. was not communi- cated to the senate wlen a resolution was passed calling for all papers.
 Mr Earle submitted to the commit tee two letters he said he wrote to MT. Roosevelt subsequent to the one bearing date of September 21, 1906, submitted to the senate.
 That letter was not all wrote to Mir. Roosevelt" said MT. Earle. T wrote several that never saw the light of day and I have been able to find two of them"
 Read them" said Mir. Hardwick "On October 1, 1906," Mir. Earle re- piled. Nothing having been done by the government in this case. wrote another letter to MT. Roosevelt"
 Here tae witness began reading copy of that letter, in which he said, being an alumnus of Harvard, as was Mr. Roosevelt. that T began to labor under the horrible suspicion that this might prove the first occasion upon which '79 asked assistance of so and did not get it.
 The remainder of the letter fol lows:
 Seriously, 1 mean still seriously, Real Estate Trust Company by the sugar trust, if justice should be done, needs the promptest attention from the attorney general. have seen a number of the conspirators who wreckeg this institution for the bene- fit and the instigation of the sugar trust and | am, in myself, a magazine of evidence against them, but while We have been waiting and doing not1- ing, others have been intensely active and these very persons who were hot to help us are now withholding all documents and evidence at their com mand. If we could have jointly acte.l little earlier we might have go; some original papers waich We greatly need and may find it very difficult to do so now, but have copies and can prove them, although not all the facts that establis. the infamy of this con spiracy.
 Tt has often happened that you have been able to punish the op- pressors of the public but there has really been no occasion where there have been substantial evidence against so many of the first rank an' totally misjudge your character | you have lost your preference fo large game"
 Mir. Roosevelt had lost his prefer ence for large game anf l was mis taken declared MT Earle when h concluded.
 nave followed your suggestlo and visited the attorney general, wh In turn referred me to Mr. Purdy, a Whcl l greatly rejoiced. For unles have misread his character, he intelligent, fearless and devoted t lne performance of his duty. thin
 ne now understands the importance
 'als case, and so l am content an
 wish to thank you for whatevt
 trouble you may nave been put b
 ny appeal to you"
 MT. Earle declared that he ha nlked with Assistant Attorney-Ger s'al Purdy explained the case to hi
 and thought the government was gC
 ug to press the case.
 pardy told me- saiS MT. Earl
 liat he wanted all tAs details.