New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
Directed Handling OF
Secret $3.50, ,O0OFund,
Exporter Swears
SPENT S50O,0OO
ON THREE SHIPS
Hamburg American Line
Paid Fine for False Man
fest, Is Charge.

CAPTAIN Boyd. German Naval Al
ache at Washington, was named IN the
r.asral Court yesterday as the "maa
,;,hsr M" in a conspiracy through
v,i,b the Kaiser at the outbreak OF
,hs great war sought TO convert neutral
,.,.r;.. into a New World naval base.
Carving out a promise made In MS
o,.n;ng address, Assistant Uniteo
states District Attorney Wood put on
.be stand a his second witness Ger
man-Americen exporter. who sara nc
Ia .sLan orders direct from Boy-hd
/, disbursinC secret Teuton fund D
$4,000
Tho witness was Gustave 3. hulen-
lsmpF. lately of the firm of Wesseis
4 Kulenkampff. 1t was he Who actirg
Tor the Hamburg American Line hg-
s-ad as the dummy shipper IN me
lsari,e Of two Of Boy-Ed's supply
.bips early in August OF last year
So ,opieally had the government con-
.,rycted its case that William Kano'
,.ornev for Karl Buenz. resident d.
rsc,or Of the Hamburg-American Llne'
and mis- three co-defendants lost 10
ne in proposing to concede many I'M
-. ;ssues. lie admitted that the
4.nbarc American people had acted Is
.g,,,s Tor the supplying Of German
sruisers. and that through its agency
.wslvc vessels had been chartered
'o,ded end cleared from America
mort. Admitting this. he still contend
ii .,e-, las no foundation for the
.s,,go tina, he defendants consplred
.ss. 10 dece vc or Gefraud the United
z;es. as is .harsed in the indictments
s-ls. them.
Accuses Boy-Ed.
+, HE openinc address Mr. Wood
duelt a, length on Boy-Ed's undef-
round activities in getting coal ana
provisions o the Kaiser's will-o-the-
xisp commerce destroyers. Ihen.
through he testimony Of HulenkampH
and other witnesses, he proceeded 70
accuse the naval attache of being the
nan yhc held the strings Of the $780,
20 purse
Although KulenkampfT had beaA
alied as a government witness. MS
gmpathies we're obviously with the
defence. Under cross-exsmination oy
Rand he asserted that neither he nor
n. men on trial had rssorted TO meth
DDS not ordinarily used in obtaining
clearance papers.
Kulenkampf testified ne was called
% the Hamburg-Ameriean offces on
august ). 1914. There. he said, he
met Puens and two Of the other de-
;.ndants-George Koetter and Felix
Hsehmeister
They asked me 70 clear the cargoes
u the steamers Lorenzo and Berwind
for them" said the witness. They ex-
plsined they didn't wish the line 10
sppesr 70 have any concern in either
Tus.l"
Did you clear them" asked Mr.
Wood.
Yes"
after that you sot some money,
s.dn't you"
That is true. It Was about $780,
s0O.s
Where did il come from"
II was sent 20 me from the Deutsche
Bank, in Berlin. through Spsyer & Co.,
q New York. A few days later, early
September. Captain Boyd came 70
ne lie said the money was intended
Tor him and he would direct the dis
srrsing cf IT,"
Paid on Attaches Order.
"fou disbursed some, then, under
De direction p"
"Yes. cent S3J0.000 20 the Wells
Fargo Nctsda National Bank, in San
Francisco
:, DO you know shat was done with
'se money"
! do not"
brre tnere more disburscmeutsy ~
ies, sir On September a, 1914. !
80 tl"vsvyD 70 the AOTtn kfIEihu
li7Jt Linz 4 week late, J termed
"sl ~ additional $4,000 20 the line"
H5a; was done With it1'
That J 10 not knog."
how about other disbursements?
} paid various other sums subse-
sssnty One payment I recall was 70
Ns hsmbvrR-Americap Line g2f 900.
aJaai zas paid on Boy-Ed's order?"
aslenksmpF testified he had paid the
rs(oO' w "
osiere Kalenksmpf's predecessor, the
W Witness. wss put on the stand, Dir.
me,a briefly reviewed the points the
ssgsrnrnsnt inteDds 70 establish. These
v,hts are a. follows:
Inat The cosling and provisioning
synsgifsey extended from New York
~ Philadelphia " San Francisco and
tx Orleans.
I.st the Hamburg American Line
Fs kpienssmph 4 dummy in clear
"a tsstssssd % psSs {. osisiaa .