The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-30
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COUNTS OLoox.
NIPPLE MADE VICTIM

NEW YORK. March SS.-"would
you send this venerable and honcrsd
man to his grave with the faint Of
criminal conviction upon his great
manner"
Thus Delaney Nicoll, In q burst
OF eloQusnce. inquired Of the jury to-
day In Judge Hands court. whore
John =. Parsons, aged %, ana tor
forty years . leader OF the American
bar. 10 being tried with three other
directors Of the sugar Trust on the
charge Of criminalIy conspir1ng to
violate the Sherman anti-trust Law.
The aged lawyers classical face
flushed when his counsel made this
appeal to the jury. His chin sank on
his bosom and he covered his eyes
with his hands as Il about to weep.
His son. former Representative Her
bert Parsons. who for years was
loader Of the Republican organization
OF New Yoik county, was sit.ing by the
SIDE Of his father. The sons face,
usually rigid and immooiie. dussaed
red. too. and father and son b,th
were overcome by emotion that bor-
dered on tears. They soon recovered
in.lr composure. however.
The keynote OF the arguments OF
Nicoil and his associate. MIR. Il. v.
Ilindabury, was positive denial o. the
construction OF conscious purpose to
~ late the law which has beea put
by United States District Attorney
Wise upon the correspondence which
the government Obtained fr,m the
flies Of the Sugar Trust wnen the
grand jury investigation was s.arte
three years ago.
Corrcslto. .sience Brought In.
The bulk OF this eorrespon ieuce
va between Mr.. Parsons and the
late Henry @. Havemeyer, and -rlas-
ea TO the secret loan Of $1.350.09o Of
Sugar Trust money to Adolph 5,gal,
~ means OF which the trust got con-
troi or the Pennsylvania Sugar Com-
pays new and unused refinery IL
Philadelphia.
Mr. Nicolls denunciation of scxai
as the cause If the suicide OF Eanxer
H., pie in Philadelphia gave oppor-
tun.ty for District Attorney W sc TO
de, iare In his closing speech f.,r ne
government In the afternoon tina. the
four men on trial were responsible
for that tragedy, IN that 1t was they
anc not Sega who controlled the Sc
curities of the Pennsylvania sugar
Cajiany, possession of which ky
Hipple's bank had caused him u Kill
hin self
unoer this arraignment. all f,rr ~
the defendants. John E. Palsons.
v sshington p. Thomas. Arthur tfoh-
..er and George II. Frazier. sat BOLT
rr.ght with oianched faces.
Suffraeettes Attend Court.
Mr.. Wise spoke nearly three hours.
Albert Fl. Walker. author of History
of the Sherman Law" and regarded
as one OF the best authorities on that
statute, declared at the close OF the
government prosecutors argument
that It was one of the most powerful
presentations OF the criminal charac-
ter OF the Sherman law he had ever
heard.
Judge Hand announced that he
would instruct the jury tomorrow
morning.
The closing day OF the long trial
was enlivened by the presence. with
In the bar OF tho court room. Of a
bavy II twenty sufYragettes. Led into
the room bv the statuesque Mrs. Belle
De Rivera, their gay colors relieved
the sombre gloom OF the chamber.
Each bore a big notebook, upon the
pages OF which they made numerous
memoranda # the proceedings.
1t was explained that they had not
come as suffrngettes. but as members
of woman.s club. which was inst
now devotinx itself to tho practical
Str,dy or government.