Show SUGAR iI CASE GASE TRUMP CARD prosecution Plays It by Calling Superintendent of Docks as Witness PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT Described Various Methods by Which Government Was Defrauded of Revenue Revenuer Me It 1 11 ot or r Signa In Scale ck I nv to 10 Oho GIC Warn Varn In Inc of ot U Danger an UThe trump card v So TO Torti Tork My a of ot Chari II n lIeke th Ih hr ti III American Sugar Re ne Reig f t t e 0 tho thoc wa waR played at al atEr ig ac mp trust under un conspiracy n c Er i 11 tod en rr on aed a th 0 first t witness superintendent of ot the nr r who igo aco ea U ted led ut of under and to 10 two ear earIn at Atlanta he In stand John Johntan Tia S I took tok th Ih the WH tan hr h Id fi or the defense det dm d V pa if Ih th federal SP the lilt 10 I Id man OCO could not testify The h n allon ot of the trial Irla was wac then Ihen I h fr lh tb declaration In court Ourt Ut 7 t Oat had been pardoned by y Tart T fl n I on n fl in m the State Jt 1 1 HU t t I with t lIh Ith fl I other f the Sugar Su ar com corn ft D TO nn fl h he be i barge harge of conspiring to 10 de dead Iud ad the he government bv b Ir I x reI of t sugar Imports have ha te to the dIe i rv r of or 0 devices s on the ther r doki at t whereby eu u alleged aged p of ot the so en soi 0 i led 1 orar tru t manipulated the aJ i j 0 a to tn bring brine about under c nl r i den Mn of f n hard Parr a gov ItO in nee i e i tor r made a raid on onit onh h it r do doki ki k m In n November oember no and ther thoro who ho was a th Ih the dock at the time end and nd for tor forr torme or ornie r m nie me ears ura r previous p tou nun a convicted th tit four employed under m im of nf n wit ith the Ih conspiracy frauds fraud whereby the got gor gori i TM s I out of ot o million of In Ic duties luU Th The four floa no I Cv l II i lH loP eind er sent to the tha ir IsLand lII nd penitentiary for tor a ar atar tar r tot two tw yean eare In Atlanta He Ht d morance of at fraud on the tu Cd ii mOilER VP UP Mm up were wert sought nought ant anil the ei of ot the trust and r 1 the h refinery t were Indicted With Ith Im II on odd trial iris now beside four our t tr r former Orr company t 4 J me r F Bendernagel the tho i thery jr cahier who wa R tried trl l 1111 and the others other The Dhe n rr d Y as 81 to whether Bend M na Iap l 1 hid hd a part In the conspiracy I arid and It II ws decked deded to 0 retry him Ai A testified 1 to 10 the under I frauds fraud on the docks dock It wa wall wee developed that Ihal President Taft Tatt granted 1 Nm hn in an n unconditional pardon on May lolay I cent back lo to tho the n rI tt n and 1895 when h t sati aal li an investigation ho mat mide developed the he fact that the r were affe ting the w eight weights on i 1 tuga ur bv by b pla Ilia mg in small mall bags bag of Md Ild on n ih he beam bamM of ot the Ihl scale 8 al causing I H e r on d to 10 drop below blow the then often otten n as muy mu as al 40 10 pounds pound on F draft ariit In III Rpt er Mid ahl It II wa was all also alo I tho J Pf se to 10 stuff stu paper underneath h floors ef or the Ih scales cale for tor or the same sama roie lie Ie e Md a that nat when Deputy lf r or r of if toms Veil Vail took office I Ih thee dei es Were ere abandoned anti and he 1111 i to III or of the itei Cord and steel was wa fuu b ton and nd continUed t WM faa w said laid before rot fot well I OJ Ifil nv that he het mako S I t her br t or of the frauds fraud alleged allege been t In the tin un tinon of 4 raw sugar on the VII d ks kI Ja fh In n court the I h a rf nt the courtl bar bags of n lead Iad lie He w e p ih rIb the t tho ho n Pl wale scale which In is one on lar ide l exhibits exhibit In n t to rill and i 1 d on o the beam belm lh t tL Q 0 1 S S h ho Itie Th hag ball wa was waa suspended u jury the defendants and andI II PI I c urt I l dent room followed nfl with lIh the dt T the I t the ih use u rr ng Which I superseded bar jg n t lea i J I said Id two to t f 1 tr uw ud d a TIt I end and t h It heavy havy W ono one on a sprIng considerably s V p nv r r the pO nt 10 ot f the Ih new news lop lor nr h lh tt asle le w Wee a nw new MV I nt listened lo to n th tense ene interest Till by v W tL 1111 pd frely re lly about the th the robbed a or 0 was wan h t Ue w o c MILIon Ih h ot of f olla JIll He said I steel ee spring waa was af efte t r i ne u Ibe dC ebat bT t I Ih he sugar augur trust had of 11 government g a t I ral suit lIt L i Yu L II Pi aTnee a system YIm of ot silt aig Id I liked iiI hp Oal hou house 1 sudden t h y r thai Ih Jr th replied 8 wh who J then Ir tt sign 11 w u used use wl t to 10 IT I of any sudden dan den lice How Wre tide the Lip By worked roo C a Ca I h In my om replied that th switch wan wall Vii at a n omelet Nt e York ar ii May II tad ad ben said all en Wes In i r r the scale IMI a many year hut that Jr Y In in Ih tie signal Ina red HW In j Ih reply to dt Ad d t r FOUP It If t Ih the ho h hoAd ut nJ on trul I 4 d a nan he tied hlll In InI ll In the tho lery who VaI work I at Iho tie spitz hid It Ith Id ot of ti he i nC Jan I I InC ht hi III n W Or Ihl M Ih he defendants When hen he Th Tb J ot Ih tt Wanted 10 raise tu 10 pUI Ih the ho worn wa n gi nd i matter before tore nn lien I I lb the h St ker mony nt nf ot the r other He also all s sv cot cOn I 5 oe Crit lit litI v over thoe thos ot of In th Ih II laid sa mutter maUr try effort was wan all mAil matle to 10 t conceal this thin Ihl tm torn tb h hother other workers on the dock dOlk Mid sold In the tall fall ut of l I received a certain telephone nir m K which caused caud a letting up In the fraud He lIe mild auto ho hi did nut not know who Cent ti I which warned earned him to be bf care lIre careful ful fu UI of the tho wire springs spring an all the govern Ivern government government ment w was wa s watching the th dock docks said ald following the rOut In No November November vember 1907 by the ho government he wee iva R Informed by Mr Sir Gerbracht th that t the and anti himself would b he taken care caro of or When the Mr Mx were dis discharged dl di charged what happened r rI 1 I paid them the same rame me wagN Itry ery week welk at nl my homo home replied Mr who said ad the money was wa given Riven him each ch week by Mr Ir who left It In it a it package nt at his Ills garage ise When did this Ibis money cause When n I was as 1 last Friday FrIda answered Mr Ir seiti he h knew S See Sec cy Holke hut but did not connect conn t him hire In any an way wIlT with knowledge of ot the th false ralpe weighing C ro examinatIon of the we a de deferred deterred erred P Pr Voi said mid be became became came c n stricken t while In on m n and a desired to tell tail all 11 h he ha knew of or the alleged fraud frauds |