New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
BOY-ED NAMED
AS PLOT CHIEF
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,no SUNNY ships at the very opening
n the war, after Edward J. Berwind
nulti-m.llionaire head OF the berWlnd
Coal Company and the FIRST man ap-
preached, had demurred. .-o
That Boy-Ed, in control OF the sfoV',
COO fund, spent between soOO,OVO ana
s600 GOO 10 charter and load three yes
sells which were sent out TO meet tne
German cruiser Leipzig, and posslply
also the famous Dresden.
That S135,000 was paid outright IoI
one Of the three vessels, and that NJ
teen or sixteen others were used 10
carry supplies to the Leipzig, the ores
den. the Cap Trafalgar, the Eba, the
santa Lucia. the Eleanor Woemer anc
other German warships.
That after clearing for foreign ports
sunercargoes aboard the supply ships
Sometimes without waiting to get out.
side the three-mile limit, opened sealed
orders cancelling the call a the ports
for which they had cleared and offered
handsome bonuses to their captains 70
follow the ecret instructions.
That the four defendants consplreo
at various meetings to do all these
things. and that in so doing they rode
roughshod over the laws and treaties
of the United States as contemptuously
as IL those laws and treaties were
scraps of paper.
Woods first witness was Richard d.
Wrigley, a steamship broker. Wrigley
testified that on August 8, 1914, ne
chartered the steamships Lorenzo and
Berwind, of the New York and Porto
Rico Steamship Company's line, to the
Hamburg-American Line. The deal
was made through John Cans, now
dead, he said.
Broker Promised Gratuities.
1.-THE Hamburg-American Line was
forced to put up an indemnity bond
covering the full value Of the two yes
sells" Wrigley went on. ain the case
of the Lorenzo the bond was S35O,OOO
and on the Berwind II was s26O,l2o
The Lorenzo charter cost the German
line sl5,500 a month. The Berwind
was chartered for S12, 800 and the Atina,
Nepos and Mowinckle for Sl3,750 each
~ .yrote TO the captain Of each yes
sci, telling him he would gain liberal
gratuity by attending to the super
cargo's interests"
1t developed that two days after their
respective charters-on August and
6. i9l4-the Berwind and the Lorenzo
cleared for Buenos Ayres. Later the
Lorenzo wa. captured by the Allies in
the West Indies and sold, under prize
court orders, The Mowinckle, the Ne
pos and the Atina were also seized
WriQley told the court that as soon as
the Mowinckle and the Nepos were taken
10 Teneriffe, the Hamburg-American
/ Line cancelled their charters, thus cut
/ ting off further expense. He also said
that the line failed 20 reimburse the
/ Norwegian owners OF the Atina when
that vessel was captured and sold as q
prize.
After the testimony Of Wrigley and
lKulenkampif had been written into the
record. Franklin ID. Mooney, president
Of the New York and Porto Rico Steam
sbin Company. was put on the stand.
Mooney testified his company had re.
ceived $3.50. 900 on the indemnity bond
following the seizure of the Lorenzo
He also said he had paid fine OF $500
for Captain Falkenberg, master OF one
Of the vessels chartered to the Ham
burg American Line, and later had beer
reimbursed.
Mr.. Wood succeeded in bringing out
that the fine had been imposed as
result of the discovery by the port
authorities of discrepancies in Falken.
berg's manifests. Objections blocked
him when he tried TO establish II was
the Hamburg-American Line which re-
funded the $500 20 Mooney.
The governmental at around the Cd