New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-20
Man Who Confessed to a
Fraud Not Permitted
ito Pose as Hero
MADDEN AND COOK
GET 10 MONTHS EACH
Captain Boyd Is Referred To-,
but Not Named, as the Cause
of Defendants Plight.

Though not named, Captain Richard
Boyd, naval attach6 Of the German
Embassy, was referred TO for the FIRST
time yesterday in the court proceed
lngs against Richard P. Stegler, Rich
ard Madden and Gustave Cook, the
;hrec men convicted in the passport
fraud. g.,
In plcading for consideration for his
client. Charles II. Grifhths, StcG'Cr :
counsel. said that Stcglcr had been req
INTO the plot by representative OF
;hc German government
"Tbc representative of the German
government Is not amcnablc TO arrest
under the laws of our government
Mr.. Griffiths explained. II 1t we're
not for this fact, we could show that
Stegler was led by this German ofl-
cial." q,
The three defendants we're arraigned
N the Criminal Branch of the United
States District Court. Judge Cushman
sentenced Stegler to sixty days in the
penitentiary upon his plea of guilty.
Madden and Cook got ten months each.
Convinced, he said, that Stegler had
made a clean breast of the AFFAIR,
Judge Cushman still had no notion TO
urn him loose hero. The judge
declared that he had no doubt that
conspiracy had existed 10 defraud the
government. g,
with such large population here;
Judge Cushman continued, that Stlll
holds allegiance TO foreign nations,
something should be done to dlscour-
age others from following Steglers
example ! am not going TO send MN
out to pose a. a hero
Mr.. Grifiths rehearsed the history
Of the reluctant spy as ne knew IT.
"Stegler was out of work. he sald.
He went TO a representative OF ms
government to see If he would noII
hclp him out. There it was suggested
that he get passport and 20 10 Eug-
land as a spy. There money was gwen
him 10 obtain mas sage, together with
letters Of recommendation from ilrms
in the United States TO firms IN Eng
land"
His client was willing to 60 on one
condition. Mr.. Grifiiths said. His wlie
must be provided for. The money that
ne got 5000 ne paid to Madden ana
Cook. the lawyer asserted. No assur-
auce as 20 his wifc's future was torth-
coming, and Stegler gave up the pro-
,cct, according to his attorney.
"SteClcr kept going around 70 the
Office of this representative of the Ger
man government Mr.. Grifiths de-
elared. "and work around the harbor
Was offered TO him. After he had
abandoned his intention Of going
abroad Stegler turned over the fraud
nlcnt passport TO Edouard d. Harring-
ton. who offered to keep the papers IN
his safe. H. turning over the papers
Steglcr was giving the best assurance
within his power that he intended to
carry the matter no further
Mr.. Grffiths then made his cXplana-
ton of the omission of Captain Boy
Eds name from testimony given
against Madden and Cook. He referred
10 the services of Stegler 10 the pros
ccution and to the 'ttempt made by
German reporters TO -)rcc Mr.. Stegler
TO recant while her husband was in
the Tombs.
Counsel for Madden and Cook laid
the blame for the plot on Stegler. A
severe sentence, they asserted, would
cndanCer the health Of Maddens wife
and of Cook They declared that at
worst, there was no general plot to de-
cciye the government, but merely an
attempt on the part Of Stegler TO
secure safe conduct at any price.