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Show DEATHBED ' ill Introduced in Sugar Hearing by Family of Gustave Kissell Washington, July 11. A deathbed affidavit of Gustavo Kissell. Indicted jointly with former officers of the American Am-erican Sugar Refining company on charges of conspiracy to restrain trade through tho absorption of tho Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company In 1903 was Introduced in evidence today wheu tho House Sugar trust commlttco resumod Its Inquiry. Tho affidavit, never before made public, was submitted by T. S. Fuller, Ful-ler, counsel for tho Sugar trust, on request of Wm. B Guthrie, Klssoll's attorney, and members of Klseell's family. "Tho affidavit," said Mr. Fullor, "was taken in the hospital in Now York a few days before Kiasell's death last April, when ho realized that he probably would not lle to go to trial on the indictment "Klssell's statement was that he had expressed a debire to testify under un-der oath before the federal grand Jury regarding his connection with tho $1,-250,000 $1,-250,000 loan made by the American Sugar Refining company through him to Adolph Segel of Philadelphia, on which transaction Klssell's indictment was based, but that he had been Indicted In-dicted before he had an opportunity to testify "Conscious of his 'dangerous" Illness Ill-ness Kissell made this declaration "'The charge made In tho Indictment Indict-ment that I entered Into an unlawful .uusiihuvj nun IUC Ulimuia Ol 1.11U American company or anybody else is untrue and tho allegations that 1 wrongfully and unlawfully endeavored endeavor-ed to Injure him financially and to hinder him from paying Ills debts and to prevent tho Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Re-fining company from engaging In business, bus-iness, are without foundation or support sup-port In tho facts and directly in conflict con-flict with the truth. I did everything In my power In good faith to assist him financially and to help him pay off the loan and start tho reflnory and my financial interests wero at all times with him and not with the American Am-erican company.' " He admitted voting to close down the Pennsylvania Sugar refinery because be-cause it required too much money to operate. Robert M Parker, traffic manager of the American Sugar Refining company, com-pany, testified that the Sugar trust had no advantage over competitors In railroad rates In New York. He was Interrogated regarding prosecution of railroad and Sugar trust officials in 190G, for rebating. "That case killed two men," said Parker. "Who'" asked Chairman Hardwick "Guilford', and Pomeroy of the New York Central died after they wore In-dieted In-dieted " "Did the American Sugar Refining company ever receive any offer of loer rates from the railroads?" "Not to my knowledge. I would tell them to ghe tho same" rates to all." "Then you don't ant concessions'''' "No, we don't want to go to jail " Mr Parker said the company prepaid pre-paid its freight at an annual loss of $50,000 for the purpose of controlling the routing and of giving tho customer custom-er advantage of the cheapest routes "Don't tho small roads have to cut under their published rates to meet some low water rates?" "They never do You eouldn't got a railroad in tho United States to charge under a published rate under any conditions," |