Evening journal., 1916-02-08
ACCUSE MANY IN
WHOLESALE THEFTS
Defendants in Sugar Cases
Waive Hearings for Trial
at Upper Court
MUCH TESTIMONY
HEARD TODAY

ployed at the wharf Of the Bush Com
pany. aided by two colored teamsters
was told i'm City Court today.
Andrew Gordon, the wharf man.
admitted having. through Charles Gun
and Harvey Davis. two cOlOred team
sters, disposed of sugar and other
goods shipped to the Bush wharf and
consigned to w. ID. Mullen and others
in Wilmington. William Applegate, a
local machinst. is charged with re-
ceiving stolen sugar from the colored
men knowing it to have been stolen.
John Longacre. a grocer at Thir-
teenth and Claymont streets also is
facing the same charge.
The cases were disposed OF in City
Court this morning by all Of the de-
PENDANTS waving a hearing after the
prosecution had presented its case.
Charles Cuff, colored, who is under
five charges of larceny. was first call
ed. He was represented by Phillip
l.. Garrett. The FIRST witness was
Walter Applegate and when asked Il
ne had purchased a barrel of sugar
from Cuff said he never saw the de-
fendant until he appeared IN court,
but had purchased a barrel OF sugar
for $3.50. His brother, William, he
said. had made the deal because he.
Walter, was sick. This he said was
IN October !. 1914.
Harry Applegate also denied receiV-
ng the sugar from Gun. lie SAID that
Harvey Davis, colored, delivered the
sugar at his brothers homo, No. 2524
Washington street. on October /. 1914,
and he had paid for il for his brother.
Harvey Davis said he had transferred
a,tfra, from Cuffs wagon
at Front and Lombard streets and took
il TO the Applegate home and received
sl5.50 for il from Harry Applegate.
At this point Harry Applegate was
AGAIN called to the stand and told OF
bllvina three cases of sugar within the
last two years. Each case contained
100 pounds of sugar and for one Of them
he paid 1925 and for the other two he
gave $3.50 each.
Harvey Davis admitted that he got
hhe three eases from Cuff and the money
he received he gave to Andrew Gordon.
Gordon. from the stand. said that
CsIiF came TO him and asked for three
cases of sugar. 1t was at the Bush
warehouse and consigned to W. ID. Mul-
len. The money for the sugar was d.
vided bv Davis. he said in which ne
cuff and Davis shared alike. This was
fhesway they always did, he said.
David Bush OF the George W. busl
and Sons Company. testified that An
drew Gordon had been employed by
then, off and on for about fifteen years
and was employed by the company oi
Ncfober l. 1914. He said sugar marked
" ID Mullen and on their wharf was
the ioint property of the Bush Company
a.. ..,,,u,pn ga arriprs
William Applegatc was called TO tn'
stand to testify on another charge II
which Cufl il charged with stealing z4'
mounds of sugar from the Bush Com
ronv Mr. Garrett informed the cour'
tbaf Appleeate was charged with pur
3 chasino stolen goods and that hc shou'
bc told that he did not have to testil
10 ANYTHING that would incriminat'
him. ,.. el,.
bod purchased sugar from Gun. MI
Garrett objected. The witness was re
reved from answering and LETT th
stand. , - .ol
Detective King was permitted to tel
of William Applegate telling mm ina
he had purchased this sugar rom Nun
: Il was delivered. he said. BY DAVIS
,vbom he paid for IT, Detective Nm
said Anpleeate did not say where Cui
cot the sugar. Another statement at
tributed TO Applegate was that lou
barrels of sugar had been purchased D.
him from Cuff in December, 1910, 10
which he paid S5S for the four barrels
Harvey Davis admitted that he solo
the sugar to Applegate and that cor.
don and Cuff would get the sugar ano
he would deliver the sugar to Apple
cate and collect the money and turf
II over to Gordon.
Jacob Watson, colored. also told o.
getting sugar from Gordon upon al
order received from Cuff. lie told o
delivering two barrels OF sugar at
house AT No. 1902 Heald street ant
two barrels to a store at Thirteenti
and Clavmont streets. witness sal'
he received 81 from Harvey Davis fol
hauling the sugar. -. :.
Andrew Gordon admitted that h'
had given the four barrels OF suea
10 Jacob Watson, having been tolu D,
Cua that he would send team Tor II
Ue said Harvey Davis later paid nm
HE sbare of the four barrels OF sugar
Witness said he thought Jacob wat
con had hauled four other barrels o
sugar for them.
Cordan testified that the sugar h
delivered TO Davis and Cuff was IN
nroperty Of the G. W. Bush ana son ,
Company and consigned to W. u Mui
len and Company
The defense did not put IN any e', 5
dence and the court held the deienu
ant in s7OO bail for upper court
levi Jones, colored, charged WI.
!. The larceny of five cases OF sugar
valued at s21.6O; five BOXES OF soar
!. 500. five cases OF beals, valued "a d
st on a case. waived q hearing ~
was held in $500 bail for the Court q
General Sessions. u.
Jesse Longacre pleaded. not gun
m the charge Of receilng stole
goods. He was represented by paw
7 Reinhardt Levi Jones. oolored' u
Arst witness, told the court hat IN u
= fan or winter of last year, he. as
-teamster, hauled to Jesse -ongacr
at A and Heald streets, taung nv
cases Of sugar. five cases OF 'oap an
five boxes Of soap. He said he haule
the goods upon the order of Andre
Gordon. from Bush's wharf. All I
received was $3.50 from Jesse Loni
acre for hauling the goods
He said he did not know that II
goods were stolen. He also te.tifie
that Andrew Gordon also paid hi
money on various occasions for lau
;rr Ea cold bo bod hauled poofq