The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-26
Evidence Against Naval At
tache Not Wanted.
Lansing Offended if This Ger
man Is Again Attacked.
ONE MAN GOT SIX VESSELS
John j. Turney Faithful Work.
er for Hamburg Line.
Denies He Knew Steamers We're
to Supply German Warships.

New York, Nov. 26.-That certain
evidence regarding Captain Boy-Ed
German naval attache, will not be in
troduced in the trial of four Ham
burg-American line officials for ille-
gally furnishing supplies to German
commerce raiders because of the at
titude of the state department, was
limited today.
The state department, it is report
ed, has informed United States Attor-
ney Marshall that Boy-Ed was acting
within his rights in distributing GER
tain funds. 1t has been suggested to
Marshall, it is understood, that the
state department will be displeased if
Boy-Ed's name is again given prom
inence in the present trial.
Boy-Ed's connection with the
scheme to send shiploads of supplies
to German warships was mentioned
when the trial was resumed today but
by counsel for the defense.
The government offered as a wit
ness, George w. Atkinson of Balti-
more, who sold coal to the steamer
Maria Queszaba. Captain Boy-Ed's S
name was mentioned paymaster for
the Maria Queszaba enterprise on
Wednesday, But Attorney Rand, for
the defendant, had steadfastly denied
that the Hamburg-American officers
had anything to do with the ship.
One Man Procures Six Ships.
One man alone, John ]. Turney of
Philadelphia, procured for and char
tered to the Hamburg American line
in the early stages of the war, six of
the fleet of sixteen vessels which the
government charges the line with hav-
ing sent to the relief of German cruis-
ers in the Atlantic and Pacific.
This development in the trial of Of
ficials of the line on charges of con-
spiracy came from the witness stand
today and from the lips of MIR. Turney,
TF-sarn IL taFA Nt1n
cesSion of the defendants, introduced
at an earlier date, shows that the line
spent $545,00 for charters alone in
the case OF these six vessels. The to-
tai cost. including supplies, was $685.
693.
The steamers which Mr.. Turney
chartered to the line were the Heina,
sailing from Philadelphia August s.
1914, for La Guayra; the Nepos, SAIL
ing from Philadelphia August % for
Monrovia; the Mowinclxie, sailing Sep
tember from Philadelphia for Mon
rovia; the Unita, sailing from Phila-
and the Fran and Sommer
stad, which took out clearance papers
but did not sail, as their alleged plans
TO reach German cruisers became
known The Fran took out clearance
papers for Pernambuco and the SOM
merstad for Cadiz.
Turncy Unwilling Witness.
Mr.. Turney testified apparently
with great reluctance that AdOlph
Hochmeister and George Kotter, pur-
chasing agent and general superin-
tendent of the line, respectively, de-
PENDANTS in the present action, gave
him all the information upon which
he acted in chartering the vessels,
told him their alleged destinations
and held many conferences with him
concerning them. All the vessels were
cleared by the witness, who sent his
clerk to the customs house in Phila-
deIphia to swear to the rllanifeStS.
Did you know that these destina-
tions We're false? the governments
counsel asked
L did not"
Did you know these vessels were
trying to reach German cruisers in /
the Atlantic? %
No"
Mr.. Turney was compelled to sur
render to the governments counsel all /
correspondence in his possession bear
ing on the chartering Of the vessels :
Most of this was with the Hamburg
Anarican line