The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03

r0IurnSd SL Sr 099 Q c4oeskAi Ae1s% by jury in the United States District strict Court against pr. Karl Buenz, head Of the HaInburg rg-Am erican Line in this country, and three aof his employees, and against the Hamburg Inerican fI4tne itself. who were charged with l 8corspiring to defral1d the Governm ent Of the United States.
 Each offense is punishable by inn .i prasonnaent of not more than two years, and by a fine of not more than S1esoOg, or both, but the usual prac- I tice has been to sentence defendants flor only one crime, where two of l1enses are charged together in one in dicfrnent The Ham mburg-Aner1ca Line, as cnrporation. is punishable only by fine
 # The furry retired at 2 so D. n1., and sfent seven hours in deIberating. The case was complicated by- the various relations Of the four defendants tN- ward the conspiracy and because or I new questions involved which went ! to the fury for decision. Only one l vote was taken, and 1t WAS unanlIn ouS for conviction.
 esDefendants Guilty as Charger
 Dr. Karl Buenz, who is 72 years old and has been suffering from rheu- naatisrn. had been lying since the Jury retired on a couch in the office or Howard S. Cans, one of his lawyers, in the woolworth building. He was reused and escorted to the Federal Building, where he was Joined by his i co-defendant AldoIph Hachmeister, the Purchasing Agent of the Ham burg-A American Linei George Koetter, superintendfng En gineer: and Joseph Foeppinhaus, who was supercaTgo on the steamer Berwind-
 William H IeaTy,e clerk Of the court, put the question to. George " Palmer, foreman of the jury:
 -sHave you arrived at a verdict
 eeWe have said tae foreman
 -How do you find ?ss
 .eyNe find the defendants guilty as charged in the indIctment.' I
 Dr Buenz turned very red, but drew himself up in his chair with Ereat dignity and directed his gaze at the jury Adolph HachIn eister and GscEge Koetter did not change ez-
 5reaston, but Supercargo Poepping- 4zrus smiled slightly
 <DO you find them guilty on both Msdictrnents 3s' asked Judge Howe IT erWe do, replied Mir. PaI1ner
 E-District Attorney William Trav- CTS Jerome, who appeared in court Af6r the defendaznt son the last day of t1ae trial, asked that the jury should s5e pnred He interrupted the clerk sosaee when he failed to hear the re- sponee 6f the juror, but on the sec ozad f14errogaf1on the juror called out very decidedly that he found the de- fEndants guilty
 o1zfits to Thank the Jury
 Howard 7 & Cans stepped forward and said that he would like to make mo1Un, but Judge Howe said he 5F-ct11d sdfscharge the jury first. He then told the members that those who wished to be free from jury duty for fg1e rest of the term need not appear h court again, but that any who A1 s st1u willing to serve in other cases should report at the Federal Bulld- Ing this morning Judge Howe omit ted the usual ceremony of thanking the jury.
 After the jury had been dlscharg- ca Assistant District Attorney Roger B wood. who prosecuted the case for the Govern7n ent,s said he would con- sent to aScontfn1ance until this morn ing at 10.S0 o'clock for the hearing of motions MT. Jerome asked Judge Howe if he would allow the defend ants to continue at liberty under the 1 bail of $5, 900 which has been posted by. each since their fndictment This was permitted with the consent or MT Wood
 On the adjournment of court pr. Buenz enonious1y shook hands l with his fellow defendants. and said: e.1A;vf wiedersehen..'a
 Then with the air of a man receiv-l Ing congratulati ationsz hest shook hands with Julius P. Meyer and Emil Led-l ger, Vice Directors of the Hamburg ssA American Line. Passing out of the | door of the courtroom he smiled at | the uniformed doorman and shook l fIands again with the same diginified | Courtesy
 ssDont Care.v Says Poeppeinglaaus
 Dr. Buenz, George Koetter, and | AdoIph Hachmeister, through their counsel, refused to say anything, but Joseph Poeppinghaus, the youngest of Hhe defendants, shrugged his shoul- 1 ders and said with g smile: don't care. There is more of this yet, you know . Howard g. Cans said at the hearing 1 this morning a motion would be made to set aside the verdict and that if 1 this failed an appeal would be taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals. and that the case might eventala Fly go to the Supreme Court of the Jnited States. sDr. Buenz is the first German of high standing convicted since the war began of 8 violation of the laws of the l United States Most of the time since he was graduated from the university until 1912s when, at the age of 69 years he became head of the Ham burg American line. Dr. Buenz has been in the service of his government. At the head of the ttanrbt1r American line he has really held as his counsel have admitted, an unofficial position | of great importance to the German government.
 Ezo was consul general at this city l TOT many years sEePF6S6hJedf IeTEAa4ly as the comm ssioner at the tribunal which adJudicated the Venezuelan Controversy at The Hag gue and was a member Of the international board which administered part of the Turkish revenues up to a short time I before he took his place at the head | of the Harnburg-Anerican line.
 Dr- Buenz has a full sense of his s7-x=ena1 dignity and told his counsel. 1 while Mir. wood was denouncing him | In his address to, the jury, that he [ could hardly restrain himself from | getting to his feet to defend himself E and reply to Mir. Wood
 For the prosecution Assistant Unit cd States Attorney Wood expressed ths governments point of view this yHaY.