by investing in the Trinidad Sugar Company along with Charles H. Senff and Edwin Atkins. In 1906, he formed the Cuban American Sugar company, centralizing the management of five Cuban raw sugar manufacturers. Customs fraud 1907 In November 1907, two weeks before Havemeyer's death, a raid of the docks at the Havemeyer plant in Brooklyn by the U.S. Treasury Department revealed that the scales that were used to weigh incoming raw sugar had been tampered with and the firm had underpaid import duties. Two United States special customs agents, Richard Parr and James O. Brzezinski, tipped off by a disgruntled employee, discovered a concealed spring inserted into the scale which permitted the checker to exert pressure so as to reduce the weight. The criminal case against the American Sugar Refining Company was brought to federal court in New York in 1908 by District Attorney Henry L. Stimson and Felix Frankfurter, and was won by the government in 1909. A civil suit followed to collect custom duties owed to the government. To avoid further litigation and bad publicity, the American Sugar Refining Company agreed to settle the customs fraud case for $2 million in back payment. Individual officers of the American Sugar Refining Company were tried separately for criminal involvement. In 1909 dock foreman Oliver Spitzer was convicted for attempted bribery. Ernest Gerbracht, superintendent, and Charles R. Heike, secretary, and five company checkers were also convicted. Personal and family life In March 1870, Havemeyer was married to Mary Louise Elder. Mary Louise, known as Louise, was the sister of his brother-in-law, J. Lawrence Elder. It was a short and unhappy marriage. They were divorced in 1882, with no children. On August 22, 1883, Havemeyer married for the second time to 28-year-old Louisine W. Elder, the daughter of George W. Elder and Matilda Waldron Elder. Together, Henry and Louisine were the parents of three children: Adaline Havemeyer (1884–1963), married to banker Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen I in 1907. Horace Havemeyer (1886–1956), married to debutante Doris A. Dick, a daughter of J. Henry Dick. Electra Havemeyer (1888–1960), married to polo champion and insurance executive James Watson Webb II, a grandson of William H. Vanderbilt and James Watson Webb, in 1910. Although each of the children collected art in their own right, Electra Havemeyer Webb collected on the grand scale of her parents and went on to found Shelburne Museum to showcase her deep