Arizona republican., 1915-11-27
WITNESS TELLS SHIPS EFFORT
 ID AID GERMANS
Trial of Officers of Ham, burg-American Line Con- tinues as Witness; Tells
 of Attempt Made to Get Supplies to Fighting Ship
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 NEW YORK. Nov. 26.-The trial of Dr. Karl Buenz and his associates in the Hamburg American line for all legged conspiracy dragged somewhat to- day with the government attempting to show that at least one more vessel , sailed from American waters to aid German cruisers with supplies than the defendants were willing to admit This vessel, the government contends was the Marina Quesada, which sailed from Newport News, Va, December 16, 1914, for Valparaiso with coal and , other supplies aboard. To support the , contention several witnesses took the stand.
 One of these was John Olsen, ships engineer who professed to have had frequent conversations with her cap tain, Hans Suhren, during the voyage He testified that the ship sailed with dynamOs (nOt declared on the mani fest, the government alleges) which were made part of a wireless appara- tus riggcd up on the little steamer twenty -four hours out of port This he said, was so that they might pick up code messages from the Germans A wireless operator boarded the ship before she sailed and Captain Suhren also took aboard a German code book and some papers about which he seemed solicitous, the nature of which Olsen did not know
 For his part in rigging the wireless, , Olsen testified. Sulren promised to see that he was paid a million dol lars" and made .'the next man to the kaiser in Germany" This was condi- tional upon their reaching the German naval vessels with supplies. They did not steer for Valparaiso, but headed for Port Limon The wireless advices
 for which they waited did not come
 and they made this port without in
 cident,
 Once however, when British yes
 sel was sighted Olsen said. Captain Suhren became excited and thinking the vessel was a man of war, rushed down to the engine room. the code book and papers in his hand and a white handkerchief over them. Hide these quick" Olsen quoted him as saying. "A British cruiser has been sighted. If they find these things on our ship I'll be hung right away" Olsen hid them. He placed them, he said, at the bottom of a barrel, filled the barrel with lime and put it in the hold. Later when the ap- preaching steamer was found to be only Royal Mail line ship. he gave them back to Captain Suhren. The Marina Quesada, under the Costa Rica flag, Tlsen said, steamed , out of Port Limon, again seeking Ger {, man naval vessels. Not finding them ] she made for PernambucO. taking the precaution while on the way to paint out her name and substitute therefor her former name, the Gladstone. The Norwegian flag was raised. They , made Pernambuco and the Norwegian ] consul called for their papers.
 Captain Suhren put the papers in a bag" Olsen said, and dropped the bag overheard.
 |" Did you see the trick I did? he , asked me.
 Then he told the Norwegian consul he had, unfortunately, lost his papers There was some doubt about this and ] Suhrer, who was anxious to get away, left at night during a heavy rain" Any lights showing" asked Roger E. Wood of the government counsel.
 No, sir; we didn't even light match"
 The Marina Quesada, it was brought
 out. failed in ner errand because she
 neither sighted nor heard from Ger
 man vessels.
 The defense strenuously objected to
 this testimony on the ground that they
 were not concerned with the vessel. MT. Wood then caused a telegram
 sent by Suhren to Adolph Hachmies- ter one of the defendants, to be placed in evidence. The message was sent from Newport News, December Is. 1914, and addressed to Hachmeis- ter here. It read as follows:
 Sailing today. Drafting on you
 from Reyner $1O,OOO Wire Reyner you will accept. Communicate with
 II Broadway, Room sol. Letter to follow"
 The room mentioned was the New
 York headquarters of Captain K. | Bov-Ed, the German naval attache.
 The steamers Tram and Sommer- stad, Ralph J. NJ. Bullowa testified,
 did not sail from Philadelphia, as it
 was intended they should, largely be- cause the captains demanded indem-
 nity and guarantees.
 Bullowa, their lawyer, represented
 them in conferences with Hachmeister here and in Philadelphia. A memo
 randum was drafted September 23, 1914, under which the Hamburg
 American line guaranteed to pay the
 full value of each steamer in case it . should be seized and sold. Dr. Buenz signed this agreement which was placed in evidence, but still new eX-
 agencies prevented their soiling and
 finally plans were abandoned The steamers, however, had previously !, taken out clearance papers for Bra
 zilian ports
 "Hachmeister told me-" Mir. Bullowa , testified, that the steamers were to meet German vessels off the coast of ] Brazil and transfer their cargoes to the German vesels'
 John J. Turney. of Philadelphia, through whom the defendants chart cred six of the vessels they sent out, was withdrawn from the stand tenn porarily so that the government might scan closely a mass of documents which he had reluctantly surrendered. ] MT. Turney testified unwillingly. He probably will be recalled later. 'i The trial wac adjourned this after