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Show BUILT PLANT TO SELL J TRUST NEW YORK, March 15. Evidence that Adolph Segal built his Pennsyl- vania refining plant for no other purpose pur-pose than to sell it at a profit to the 'sugar trust," and never Intended to operate it, was promised today by De-laucey De-laucey Nicoll, counsel for directors and officers of the American Sugar Refining Refin-ing company, who aro on trial for alleged al-leged violation of the criminal clause of tho Sherman anti-trust law. That such ovidenco would form part of tho defense was revealed in tho cross-examination of Thomas B. Harn-ed, Harn-ed, Segal's attorney, who ycsteiday became an involuntary witness for tho government. As if Harned had been his own witness, wit-ness, Mr Nicoll drew from his testimony testi-mony apparently intended to form the foundation for this defense. Harned said he never heard Segal talk about getting tho new refinery in operation. All Segal wanted, according to the witness, wit-ness, was to sell it at a profit. Harned said Segal was so involved that the 31,250,000 loan made through him, and through which it was alleged tho American Sugar Refining company obtained the Pennsylvania leflncry, "did not wipe out his debts by a couple of millions ' Gustnv E. Kissel, who a,cted for tho "unknown" leaders, allowod Segal to H have $000,000 of his own money while H the loan was being negotiated, ac- M cording to the witness'. . "When this loan was mado did it IBwJ over occur to you that It was a viola- BH tion of the Sherman law?" asked Mr. H Nicoll. M "It did not," said the witness. H nr MMMMl |