Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-06-06 | Page 8 | Denies Knowledge of Tricky Scales

DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF TRICKY SCALES NEW YORK, June 3. Testimony that led direct to the grave of Henry C. Havemeyer, the late head of the American Sugar Refining company, was given on the witness stand today by CharleB R Helko. secretary of tho company, who Is charged with cou-splrlng cou-splrlng to defraud the government on underweight of sugar. llelke'a defeuse opened today and his counsel tried to shift all responsibility respon-sibility for tho conduct of the com pntiy's affairs upon Its late president. Heike's story put the responsibility up to his dead chief direct. George S. Graham, who made the opening address for Hclke, said ho regretted bringing discredit to a man now dead, but circumstances of the case warranted Helke, he said, was nt a period in life when a prison kmi-tenc. kmi-tenc. even If short, would mean a life term Heike Blames Havemeyer. On taking the stand. Heike Immediately Imme-diately put responsibility for practl- cally all his acts npt to Havemeyer, saving the latter had been In direct control of tho Williamsburg refinery. Time and again In explaining his business busi-ness dealings, he declared be had acted "at the direction of Mr. Havemeyer." Have-meyer." It was also brought out through a letter written by llavemcjtr that Heike had called Havemevers attention atten-tion to the "liberality" of the government govern-ment sugar weighers. He denied any knowledge of the tricky scales on the docks and said he did not even know the compajy had scales there, but thought they belonged be-longed to the government.