Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-25
BoY-ED PROMINENT
 IN CONSPIRACY TRIAL
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I Rican sfeamerS Marina oueseda, tot Hochmeister. advising him that the steamer was sailing that afternoon and l that suhren. needing money. had | drawn on him for sI.ooo. Hochmeistes | was told to take the matter to Room
 soi at II Broadway and Roger B.
 Wood, for the government. brought out that this was the room which Captain Boy-Ed occupied as his New York
 headquarters.
 name was connected with the case it was likewise brought in by one.of Cap tain Suhren's telegTafns. This mes sage was addressed to Philip Volz,
 care Nordmann. Room SOL Il Broad l way, and related to the Queseda's contemplated departure
 Mir. Wood informed the court that MT. Volz. thus addressed. was the Baltimore agent of the North German Lloyd. which operated, till the war be- gan, a large number of trans-Atlantic vessels under the German flag. It was possible. MT. Wood added, that the North German line were among the
 other conspirators, unknown to the
 grand jury" mentioned in the indict-
 ment-
 l Other Vessels Used.
 After having established in the fore noon session that the defendants had I succeeded in loading coal and supplies | aboard at least two of a fleet of five German warships and conveys in the
 Atlantic in September. 1914. by means of the Berwind and an. American ship flying the Stars and Stripes, the gov Il ernment proceeded to deal with the Newport News Dec. Is. 1914. for Val II paraiso, Chile, and -the Thor, which
 sailed Aug. 3 for Buenos Aires. The government charges that they were rsR Nes~r rkr.w ~k.-- the defendants in their alleged -unlaw- , ful practice.
 Chartered Twelve Steamers. While the defendants admit that they chartered twelve steamers for the pur- ! poses charged by the government denying in their donsessions that by doing so they were guilty of conspiracy they do not admit that they had any thing to do with the Queseda- On the
 contrary. William Rand, their counsel
 announced that his clients had nothing whatever to do with this vessel and 7 strenuously opposed all testimony con- 5 corning her.
 7 By the testimony of Norman Hamil- l ton. collector of the port of Newport : News. Bruce Mcintyre, an employe oi X the Berwind White Coal company al Newport News. Elliott M. Parker, con- neeted with the Pocahontas Fuel com 9 pany at Newport News, and John F s Harper of Norfolk. the government [ sought to prove their contention Carried Provisions and Coal. From their testimony it developed : that the Queseda was formerly th,
 she changed her colors after the wa, II started. She, sailed on a clearance granted by MT. Hamilton after she hal s been tied up for some time at New 2 pert News and Norfolk. Her manifes stated that she was loaded with .eoal - but the government sought to shoy 2, that she also had provisions aboard F Testimony on this point was incom ,. plete at adjournment. ? The steamer Thor was granted clear . ance by Mr, Hamilton after McIntyr {. had sworn to her manifest. This sim . ply detailed coal as her cargo an - - gave her destination. Mcintyre sai IT he was informed that her cargo wa . agents Later it developed that sh had aboard $3.709 worth of provision v and stores paid for by the Hamburg American line. This MT. Rand admit S ted.
 ,. Mcintyre Had Been Deceived. ,s Mcintyre said he had been deceive if and that the falsity of his oath wa ,r unwitting. There was nothing to sho7 l. that Hasler Brothers. either. knew tha .s she had stores aboard. Later THamil IF had her manifest detailed these store n and had he known she was bound fo
 German ships at sea, replied:
 '1 would have denied clearance an
 instituted proceedings against he
 ma ster for taking false oath-'' s. Paid No Attention to British Vie
 Consul.
 Mir Hamilton was asked by counse
 for the defense if the British vice con
 suls at Norfolk and Newport News ha v not come to him with their inforn1atief = ard fears and suspicious and demand ss ed that he to what they termed hi a duty in preventing supplies from leav ' ing port for German -warsEips at sea IA There was no demand from tn ~ British vice consul at Norfolk" he re "A piled There were some demands fror the British vice consul at NewpoI
 News. I considered these impertineu a paid them no attention and gave th - l vice consul DO information"