The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-21
me YEARS Fl)R
sUGAR TRUST CASE
! GOVERNMENTS METHOD Or PROSE-
CITING - GIvEx 4 SUD
DEN sln.rr.
BACK TO EARLY DAYS
JURY QUALIFIED. ExrECTING TO
M THROUGH WITHIN TWO
WEEKS. BrT WILL BE
4 MUCH LoxGER.
BACK TO EARLY DAYS

NTw YORK, March 2o.--A sud
den shift was given today by the gov
ernfhcnts prosecution OF the indicted
sugar trust magnates which may In
definitely proiong the trial. De Lancy
Nicoll. r. 8. Fuller and other law
yers Tor the defense told the Inter-
national News Service that the trial
may last anywhere from ten months
Whsn the uury WAS being en-
pannelied ton days ago both shoes
promised by Inference that tho trial
would not consume much more tnAn
two weeks. Obviously It was this
implied promise that caused All OF
tho twelve intelligent business men
comprising the jury to quailfy them
selves.
The probable prolodsation Of the
trial was caused by United States
Attorney Wise laying the foundation
for an inquiry into virtually every
act OF the sugar trust bearing upon
tho governments allegation OF iss
m0nopolistic character from IL Tor
nation twenty-on1 yeArS ago.
To Rcv1cH Entire History.
Counsel for tho defense objected
xtrenuousiy to this course. Judge
Hand. however. yielded to the urgent
inststenUA Of llr. Wise to be per-
mittsd 70 review the entire history OF
the combination in order to strength
IN beyond doubt the case he has pre-
pared against the company and it,
four principle directors undcr indict-
mcnt charged with couspirtny to rs-
strain and m0nopolize Interstate
trade and commerce.
The appearance upon the stand or
Charles II. Heike. former secretary Of
tho trust, a. tho governt's principal
witness Of the day provided tho OPP
portunity for Mr.. Wiso to broaden his
line Of examination. A year ago
Heiks was convicted Of participation
In the gigantic underweighinE frauds
developed by Richard Parr. Heike
Ii now awaiting his fnal appeal to
the Supreme Court on . writ to re-
View the record Of his case. Ills
first appeal to that tribunal OF last
resort for Q revcrsRl Of the jury's
conviction and sentencing OF him to
two PEARS In the peuitsntiary WAS de-
MED.
Goes Back to 1883.
Ar. Wise used Heiko to prove thar
almost from the beginning the sugar
O8A duOpSV0 0A0 - mNtALGu Au0 Aho-
nopoiistic tactics with which the COM
pauy. John Il. Parsons, Washington
b. Thomas. Arthur Bonner and
George III. Frazier are charged. The
governments prosecutor produced
the minute books Of the company AZ
FIR back ~ 1899. He led the witness
through these records Of the corpora
ton down to 1900. II was shown that
IN that period the trust had pur-
chased thirty or moro indepe ndent
refnertc6. nearly every one Of which
X either dismantled and closed up or
converted TO other purposes.
Council for the defense say that
" Mr.. Wise persists In developing
this limo OF testimony they. will be
compelled 10 dispute every inch OF
the ground with him In order TO
prove tho monopoly charges false
by showing that the purchased re-
fluerics were not closed for the pur-
posa OF reducing production, but that
their best machinery was transferred
to other reYincries under the COM
pany's policy OF concentration and
increased ellciency OF production,
which. II Is claimed. has resulted In
cheapening the price TO consumers.
Mr.. Wise declares that his action
s,f today will not materially extend
the trial. and that tho defense IL only
''blufYing" when II claims otherwise