Show SUGAR TRUST OFFICER GUILTY Helke Convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud De Dc- fraud the Government of Customs Customs Cus Cus- toms Duties on Sugar New York Charles Charles R. R Helke HelIte the white haired secretary of the American Ameri Amen can Sugar Refining company was convicted Friday night on one count o of an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government of customs duties on sugar Ernest ErnestT W. W Gerbracht former superintendent super of the Williamsburg Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn refinery was convicted on all six counts For James F. F Bendernagel Bendernagel Bendernagel Bender- Bender nagel former cashier of the refinery the jury stood seven to five for Cor acquittaL ac ac- ac- ac He will be tried again This ends the governments government's second attempt to imprison the group of men responsible for Cor the vast ing frauds to which the so-called so trust virtually has confessed by the restitution restitution restitution tion of more than In duty Heike is tho the highest official of the company upon whom blame has bas been fixed and he now faces a possible sentence of two years in the federal penitentiary and a fine line of He Heis Heis Hes is s 65 years old and broken in health and spirits His counsel in summing up declared repeatedly that a prison term meant nothing less than death Convicted on all six counts Gerbracht Gerbracht Gerbracht Ger Ger- bracht can be sentenced to twelve years In prison with a maximum fine of He is 63 years old |