The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-02
VERDICT IS EXPECTED
N CONSPIRACY CASE
DR. Mari Buenz and Associates,
CHARGED With Alleged Fraud VIII
know Fate This afternoon.
DEFENSE RESTS C,sE
German shipping Men Testify ihat
Tf,ey Dad Not Know ships Had Z"
Re Properly Cleared Before ies'-
ing Port.

New York. Dec. LII is probable
that nv rntSafternoon tomorrow the
g,lrv will retire to consider It's NsrG'ct
OF su5lt or innocence tn the case OF
she Ham burg American Lane. DIT. Mari
Fsuen- head OF the isTas In America
ard the other three Hamburg Amer
can men who have been on trial be-
fore Judge II owe In the United states
District Court since "a week s&e 'ast
Monday on Federal charges of con-
sps-tns TO defraud the I 1ited States
ns falsely clearing from Amerlc3a
PORTS a feet Of supply ships sent oa'
70 coal and provision German war
ships at sea
THE defense closed rs case just be
fore adjournment this afternoon
Lawyers said then that The summing
mp by both sides tomorrow proDaoty
Will be brief and that Judge Howe's
cha rye also is expected 20 he ehnrt
me. Conviction of the charges may
srlne with Il sentences of mot more
han two wears" Ia jail or not mere
than sac Gee" fine "cr both, in the
case Of each defendant
Decide QUESTION of Law.
II. view Of The fact that the defense
throughout the trial freely conceded
hat Il had chartered and loaded ships
and sent them out to coal ard pre-
vision the German warships that st}tl
renaained IN Atlantic waters year
aEo but that the defendants had ma"
nS intention re aefraud the United
ssfates. II seemed 70 the iav mind
when the defense closed today that
the problem the jury is to solve to-
morrow is not one OF facts, hu. wholly
: question Of the Isw.
IN refutation OF the governments
aa-geS Of injury done SO She nlted
Statea. counsel for tha defense called
aaiy the four defend '7 testify
scsav---Dr. Haenz director
IT the Hamburg ar Lane
George koetter sapts nE eI%l-
neer or the lire Adolf Hachreister'
purchasing agent, who ordered 'hs
.3taplfe- for the ships sent out. AM
oseph Foppinhaos. a Hamburg
American surercargo-
Subjects of tho Kaiser.
All said that they were subjects %
ne Kaiser nj the time of the alleged
anzpirsry, and are today, and all
faat Insisted that they had no inteH~
ION os iniuring our government in
9nine what they did. With the "A-
sptlon os Or Buenz, who was taken
4a1l- German government EefI1ce
sbree years aso and placed ~ the
cad Of the Hamburg American Lne.
. erRed a. active shipping men with
he Hamburg American Line for many
Fears.
Therefore when. on cross exanina"
.en a* Assistant United States Al
tornes~ Weed the shipping men on
rial said they never had seen clear
nee papers or uanifests. or. again.
were that they did not know that a
snip leaving port had to be properly
feared. there were smiles from the
Jurors on several occasions. and a.
sosne points laughter from the crowd :
ssd courtroom.
IT they all swore in effect, per jury
aad been committed by subordinate
ssinpicves or others who, SO govern
s,4sut witnesses testified last week, had
sworn falsely ~ the contents OF car
goes or to destinations In order to
obtain clearance papers from Ameri-
san collectors of ports, then th"se
unlawful acts We're done quite with
tsut the knowledge Of Captain Boy Ed,
he Kaiser's military attache here, OF
wen Of the defendants, who admit
sshartering. coailng, provisioning the
supply ships. and designating the ports
for which the boats we're cleared.