The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-29
DEFENSE ASKS A
DEFINITION Of
HIS STATUS
Captain Olsen. of Unita, Re-
counts Circumstances Of His
Refusal to Go Elsewhere
Than Official Destination.
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New York, Nov 2el-The gOvern-
inent was called on to-day 10 state
whether IL considered Captain Karl
Boy-Ed German naval attache. in the
light Of a conspirator with Hamburg
American line officials IN dispatching
relief ships 10 German cruisers at sea
early In the war
The demand was made By william
Rand, Jr. counsel for Or Kari Buenx
and his ten subordinate officials in
the course of their trmi Tor alleged
conspiracy IN the United states dir
trict court here
The government has taken no po-
sition IN the matter" replied Roger
3. Wood assistant United states dis
trict attorney in charge of the prose
cution. when pressed by Mr. Rand for
d reply I'VE have brought nobodya
namc into this case unless II had 20
be brought ln All that the govern
ment has wanted 10 do Il 70 submit
an the facts In the case bearing on
this Indictment"
when the trial was resumed today
Ralph j. NJ BuilOwa New York
] lawyer. was recalled to the stand. He
Was counsel for the captains of the
steamers sommcrstad and Fran
which were loaded ~ Philadelphia
cleared for Brazilian ports and await
ed chance that never came 10 dash
20 sea and place their supplies aboard
, German warships.
! Mr. Bullowa testified as TO rela-
tions with Adolph Hnchmeisser. a de-
fendaut. for the se.iling Of the vessels,
and Identified a memorandum signed
by Dr. Buenz. Ia wfich the Hamburg
I American line agrced 10 pay the full
value Of the steamers in case they
came To harm.
This agreement was dated septem-
| Der 20, 1915
agreement made by Hachmeister and
yious
Thorwald Olsen. skipper or the
Heina. which sailed August 9. 1914,
from Philadelphia for La Cuayra.
with German supercargo, Herr
Deckwoif, aboard. testified that Hach-
meister chartered her ana the super
cargo directed her movements.
when we nearcd La Guayra." Cap
tain Olsen eald. "ihe supercargo told
me he didn't care 10 go there. i
sailed. by his orders zoo miles out OF
my course and cruised back and forth
In the Caribbean from nine 20 eleven
days We saw no German ships and
then put into Ia Guayra."
Did YOU discharee your cargof"
"No; we ssiled for 81 Thomns.
Danish West Indies, but the French
cruiser Conde captured us and took
" into Martinique. The cargo. worth
t25,00o. WIS confiscatcd and tho
Heina held up till last March when
she sailed hack To New York.
John J. Turney Of Philadelphia. re-
called tor cross examination, textlfict
that Hacirmeister apparently did not
realize at first that he had 60 mani
fest provisions as well a. coal
"Rut when I ola tell him that" M.
Turney said. "he ordered the proy.-
sions manifested"
This testimony was IN line with tho
contention of the defense that fall
ure to include manifests 90 pfovisinnB
WAS % trifling offense because u was
unintentiounl
Emil Olsen. master of the steamer
\ Unita Philadelphia To- Cadiz sailing
september 5, 1914 testified that the
/, German suuercargu on his steamer
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lndics and coal "a German Warship
"l told him no Captain Olson
fairly snortcd. "rhe next day he OIL
icrcd me $500 to do sO ana I t0i
him no: three DAYS later he told me
he would give me sio,000 IL would
do a."
What did you saY?'
~ told him { cleared Tor Cadiz and
60 Cadiz } was going. That evening
. told him I was q British citizen and
would not coal German wtr-hip fny
"a million dollars We kent right nn
ior CaGiS and goi there w" 7gt ar1
mnnkoy business
After examining several wl'nessg.
who testified to mluor masters az th,
! aft fnoon sess.ol the goNcrnme
rested it- case,
CouUec for the defense made j
motion that the indictment be dl9
|. missed ana the rpsrt. adipufaias fh'
! trial urtI tomorrow announced thu
! | I: would hear arguments on this MOI
! lun W the forenoon session tou,or
: row when the dcfcnge will present t
: evidence in ease she motion tu da
4 miss should De denAcd
! Mr Rand declined to say whethe
! any ot the dcfcndunts would 80 o'
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