Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-27
Adventures Of the Marina
QueSeda Are Related by
John 0ISenl Ships Engineer
Government Witness,
WILD GOOSE CHASE TO
SOUTH ATLANTIC WATERS
Purpose of Voyage Was to
Garry Supplies to German
Cruisers, He Alleges Cap
tain BOy-Ed Involved,

Now york. Nov 2G.-The trial of
DIR. Karl Ruenz and his associates in
the Hamburg American line for al
legged conspiracy dragged somewhat
today with the government attempt
ing 10 show that at least one more
vessel sailed from American waters
10 aid German cruisers with supplies
than the defendants are willing to adj
nit
The vessel, the government con-.
tends. was the Marina Qucseda,
which sailed from Newport News.
Va. December l6. 1914. for Val.
pamiso with coal and other supplies
aboard. To support the contention,
a squad of witnesses marched i'm quick.
succession 60 the witness stand. OF.
these. one of the chief was John Oh
sen. ships engineer. who professed to-
have had frequent conversations with.
her captain, Hans Suprcn, during the.
voyage. Olsen, a willing and yolu-
BE witness frequently made the court.
room merry with his testimony.
Rugged Up Wireless.
Tie testified that the Marina que
seda sailed with dynamos Not de-
clared on the manifest, the govern
mcnt alleges) which We're made part
of q wireless apparatus rigged up Onl
the little steamer twenty-foW hours
out Of port This, he said was sol
that they might pick up code mes.
sages from the Germans. A wireless.
operator boarded the ship before She
sailed and csuiainy suprcn also took'
aboard a German code book ana
some papers about which he seemed
solictious, the nature of which olsen
did not know
For his part in rigging the wireless
Olsen testified, Supren promised to
see that he was paid a million dol.
lars and made the next man to the.
kaiser in Germany This was con-
dtioual upon their reaching the Ger
man 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 with
out incident
Feared Being Hung by British.
Once, however when a British ves-.
sci was sighted, Olsen said, captain
Supren became excited and thinking.
the vessel was man of war rushed
down TO the engine room, the code.
book and papers in his hand with al
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 III be hung right
away"
Olsen hid them He placed them,
he said, at the bottom Of barrei'l
filled the barrel with lime and put it,
into the hold Later, when the ap-I
preaching steamer was found to be.
only q royal mail line ship he gave,
them back to Captain Supren
The Marina Queseda, under the
Costa Rican flag Olsen said, steamed
out of Port Iimon. again seeking
German naval vessels Not finding
them she made for Pernambuco'
taking the precaution while on the
way TO paint out her name and SUD
sttutc therefor her former name, the
Gladstone The Norwegian flag wasI
raised Tho,. r,ade pornammco and /
thc Enrvas'iaa moNy,1 ralled for tbeirI
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