Show I I I Ii ER PARRS APPROVED For Divulging the Sugar Frauds He Will Receive Approximate Approximately ly One Million Dollars HALF OF AMOUNT RECOVERED Secy of or the Treasury Treasur MacVeagh Will 1 1 Upon Collector Ix Loebs cbs Now York ok Dec Dee 19 William Loeb Jr collector of oC the tho tort port of at Now York has approved the tho claim to moiety molet by uy Richard Parr deputy deput collector mid and original Informer In the sugar Jugal frauds on the lie paid Into the United Stilton States treasury trea ul by the American Sugar Refining company as restitution for r duties evaded by bJ According to o the statutes regulating such awards Parr will receive not ex exceeding exceeding exceeding In amount of or the not I proceeds which will mean menn in this case caa I if Ir tho the claim Is approved by the tho treas treasury tr treasury as asu ury u department Mr Ir Loeb approved the claim only after a thorough investigation by Har Harrison rison Osborne solicitor of ot the customs He had said sald that the claim was valid in that Parr on Nov 20 1907 discovered a steel spring used by the checkers to Influence tho weight of ot draughts or sugar adversely Il This latch l bare baro tho the scheme to defraud and it items vas US duo due to evidence obtained as the tho conse consequence conse quence quenco of or the events of ot Nov 20 that tho the jury In tho the civil suit against tho the com company com company company pany last spring gave a verdict of at guilty which was WILS followed by the pay pa paInk ink of ot tho the penalty and tho the restitution of Mr Loeb could not be seen tonight It was given out at his house that ho he had retired early and would not be dis disturbed disturbed U Parr Is lg not time tho only claimant for Cor the theaward theaward award Ho lIe has haa a serious In Ed Edward d ward I Anderson a custom but tho the Inference Is that Parr will wilt win winfor winfor for the tine treasury department has ha rati ratified fied led practically every move of Mr Loeb Loob In the sugar ugar scandals There Thero Is some somo conflict of or statutes concerning payment of or this character charn tet but It is said in any event Parr will wll receive 30 per cent of ot the amount nam named named named ed or approximately Parr tonight confirmed the report r pOrt that Mr r Osborne has acted favorably on his hi claim and that Mr 11 Loeb had tat rat ratified at InN Iliad tho decision I r do not know exactly how much I will receive said Parr In exception exceptional al cases the government awards BO 60 Q per percent percent percent cent but more usually 30 20 or 35 per percent cent All other claims were before the tho solicitor but tho time fact that mine was WM uphold upheld speaks for Itself Moiety as used in connection with the claim denotes a apart or pt p lion of ofas ofas ofas as the definition of or the world indicates Tho The statutes proscribe prescribe c That whenever any officer of or the tho customs or other persons shall detect and seize b lz goods wares or merchandise in tho act of or being smuggled or which havo been smuggled he shall bo be entitled entitled tied to such compensation as tho the secretary of the treasury shall award It was waa wa largely upon Parrs discovery of or the steel spring that of or tho the American Sugar Refining company were convicted last week nt ho he has charge of r the weighing department dep nen or ortho orthe I tho the customs service hero here |