The evening world., 1912-03-11
pARSONS0NTR TRIAL
WITH DIRECTORS
Of SuGART TRUST
Aged Legal Adviser of Great
Combine Accused of Grim
inal Conspiracy.

After q series Of tedious delays the
trial Of John r. Parsons, the aged law.
yer. ana ave other nigh ofioiais Of the
Amsfican Sugar Refining Company on
the criminal charge of conspirins in re-
straint Of trade IN violation Of h sher-
man Law. got uadsr way to-day before
JUDGE Hand IN the Criminal Branch Of
~ United states District Court.
An bvt eas Il the six defendants were
pssssat. Joha Mayer. . director In the
Suear Trust u III. bur his counsel
aarsSd With Unitsd States District-At-
tosnsy wise to sever Meyers trial from
~ trssent action and try his alone
lsfsr, In addition to Mr.. Parsons the
feur dsfsndants present were: Washing
Ten y Thomas, who succeeded H.. o.
lsnveansysr - president Of the Sugar
Trust; George II. Frazier, . director:
ArShGr DonnG. treasurer and director
"a Thomas 3. Harmed. . Philadelphia
aSsssnsy In che service Of the Sugar
TPuDG Two Of the original
CAas4o II. SEMI and Gustav ID. khsel.
- desA
N specific charge il concerned with
~ method employed by the American
0oens ReAAing Company IN securlnE
coetrSi Of the Psnnsyivania SUGAR Re-
nitns Company. 1t IL charged tins: the
tfvst . Q corporation and the men on
tf4oisus the crimiaaily responsible con-
alretors loaned the Pennsylvania COM
10y S,sEo.0oo and shut down the COM
seny.s biz Philadelphia plant. thereby
~Stauupine Il out a. = competitor.
w,couL IN CHARGE or THE De.
FtNee.
ne dsssndaats are represented BY .
snan., army OF attorneys. but BY oom-
- serssmsat of Dc LAncsy Nicodi Wal
sooheemAa and chisf examines. among
he three ~Attefneys concerned In one
0oesnss are John d. Lindsay. Richard
v Lundabury. T. 9. Fuller and Lea
VII ]. Hunt. Nr. Wise II assisted BY
yoAuaw. II. Grim ana James r. Knapp.
kar the most intsrSstng agurs Ia
u. Group a dseandants was Mr.. Par
sSns. the brilliant oh man. who though
alneot IN o~cee6snariaa, has lost non
O. the mental yAeutsness and COVER that
ado him 20 valnabis an employee o.
~ snear Trust TOR % many years. H
seovea that turing the sugar heas1n8s
Seeere the Congressional ln~vsstigsuns
Coumittes iaDg year. whsa hs went on
IT, sSAud ana 6Vot che court roe0 u Z
stAts OF coutiAusue dsli0At ~ ths ~
~ naana0sa y su1e the .0oet ssasehinl
o1ssti>us Of ~ ineuisters.
WA NJ ytl9q4iat the hslm the wort
oe esSsctfuo ~ NY tsgan - Don - thu
coee was forS1aiiy epsnsd. Mr.. Noel
eSnmlned' the ysnirsmsn with extrsms
cAvs. 7hs mAjerAy Of them we're sSb-
staut5al buaness men and appareatly
,wsli ,vsrssd In the intrteaciss Of the
FnAAeiai qusstioas involved in . trial
Of tAis nsAurs.
iNotcTMeNr Wac POUND THREE
YEARS AGO.
ne indtesnsnt WAS found In July
- Ths asfsAAants pleaded not guilty
ano secured M delay after another II
ihs many mysterious way known I
,hs agile legal minds Of corporation
..swyers. The case was set for tria
last 1ssk. but wa postponed bscaus
~ u critical illness Of Miss Josephine
Slcoii and her fathers inability to com
10 csirt.
TIE U:nAon ioan through which cor
troll ~ the P~ennsylvania company We
secured was made to Adolph 6egal.
p~hilaAsiphia h~nancisr. who owned Oh
eontrolllng stock In the Sugar Trust
ylvsl eoncsrn. The Government allegs
that the sugar men now on trial cor
,plrsA 10 lend ssEal the money throuS
GuptGvs r. Kisssl. now dead. and tsS
"a security asgsl's stock In the Pepl
ysivsnia. company saiiksei was q brol
.. sud- ID CHARGED. ths. loan va
forcS6 On eesai practically 1kaiAit h
VIII. IL s also charged that ~ soon<
she bsosi stock was secured the sugi
Trust put dummy directors In contr
az the Pennsylvania company and vot,
I. dose the big plant. ssEal Is e.
pected TO be the Governments chi
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