The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-23
Government Finished Its Side
of Case Late Yesterday
DEFENSE OPENS MONDAY
Defendants Attorneys Announced That
They Would First Ask for Dismissal
of the INSTRUMENTATION Trust
Controlled Business Is Told.

New York, March 23.--After ten days
testimony, the government rested its
case yesterday in the trial of the direct.
ors of the American Sugar Refining com
pany for criminal violation of the Sher-
man law. The defense may begin testi
mony Monday, though the defendants
attorneys announced they would first
ask the dismissal of the indictments.
At the beginning of the session, evil
dence tending to show how the company
controlled most of the sugar refining
business in the country was introduced
District Attorney Wise read to the jury
contracts made between the American
Sugar Refining company and the Amer
lean Beet Sugar company, whereby the
American company was to control the
output. The American company owned
thirty-nine per cent. of the Beet COM
pany stock. Charles I. Sehoen of Media,
Pa, was called to the stand by Mr.. Wise
to disprove the statement that Adolph
Segal practically owned all the stocks
and bonds of the Pennsylvania Sugar
Refining company. Mr.. Sehoen said he
owned several bonds in the company and
was minority stakeholder. All to-
gether, announced Mr.. Wise, there We're
thirty stockholders and bondholders in
the company.
Alexander G. Thompson, manager in
1908 OF the bond department. of the Colo
NAL Trust company of Pittsburg, testi-
fed that he had sold twenty three bonds
Of the Pennsylvania company. In selling
these bonds ii was usual to give stock
bonus, either 80 or 100 per cent. One
OF the facts brought out by Thompson,
was that Segal paid him $500 a month
to assist him i'll his financial enterprises.
He served for eighteen months in this
advisory capacity and got $4,000 for it.
"You got $4,000 for selling twenty
three bonds and for acting in an adj
visory capacity over the long-distance
'phone?" exclaimed Delaney Nieoll.
lawyer for the defense. "That's a swell
job"
''Gou have received more for less, Mr..
Nicoll," retorted Wise
Charles X. Heike, ex-secretary of the
American Sugar Refining company. was
then recalled to the stand. He had ties
iiAith WI W gnu at lhhL tltAt
the discussion arose over the admissi-
bility of evidence about refineries which
the sugar trust had shut down in the
years preceding the Segal loan. James
NJ Beck then announced to the court
that. after consultation with the United
States district attorney, an agreement
had been reached whereby the jury would
be spared sitting for weeks to hear
statements and nter-statements with
regard to what Wise called former "at- |
tempts to monopolize" on the part Of |
the trust. BY this agreement. Wise i
waived his right to put these matters
IN evidence, and in consideration of this
waiver, Beck promised TO supply state
ncnt showing what refineries were oper-
,ted in 1908, what was their capacity, /
md what ones the trust shut down
In accordance with this agreement, /
ie testimony of Beck was to be striek
N from the record. From Ernest Geb
-acht, once superintendent of the Have
meyer refinery. who was the next wit
less, Wise brought out the fact that
lie sugar making was cheaper in Phila
lelphia than in New York This evidence
le used to show that Segafs refinery
vas dangerous rival OF the trust