The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-24
kums Running Into Millions Spent At Seaports By
 Mysterious Personages
 for Supplies Before War
HERMAN EMBASSY IS INVOLVED BY
 ADMISSIONS MADE
Expenditures Personally Di- rected By Capt. K. Boy Ed, Naval Attache Living at the German Embassy

Ed, NdVaI ACCdCle LlVHiS at the German Embassy New York, November 2.-Capt K. Boy l, German naval attache, with head arters at the German embassy in ashington, played leading role, ac- rding to testimony in federal court here day, in the alleged conspiracy of sev- al Hamburg American steamship line ficials to defraud the United States sending neutral relief ships with coal d other supplies to German warshlps the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at the ginning of the European war.
 bne witness swore that Captain Boy-Ed .sonally directed the expenditure of ap- pximately s75oo00 which, unsolicited ana expected, had been deposited to the tness' credit in New York bank early September, 1914. Of this money, the mess said, $35O,00O was telegraphed to
 
 co in one lump sum; S213,000 was paid, several amounts, to the North German byd Steamship line here; about $Io,ouo the Hamburg American line here ana cable money order in Hamburg, and he of the remainder still was on hand. of these disbursements, this witness serted, were made by order of Captain y-Ed.
 his witness Gustaye B. Kulenkampff, German importer and exporter with ices here, and others testified in the al of pr. Karl Buenz, Adolph Hach- lister, George Kotter and Joseph Pop- ghaus, all officials of the Hamburg herican line. charged with conspiracy directing the loading and dispatchins 16 vessels to the relief of half dozen more German warships. The testl- ny, which virtually opened the govern nt case, followed short address to jury by Roger B. Wood, assistant tied States district attorney, in which Wood said the government would w that the defendants ''rode rough d over the laws and treaties of the hted States as contemptuously as Ii SC laws and treaties had been mere hps of paper
 STARTLING ADMISSIONS filliam Rand, counsel for the defend S. offered to concede certain charges he government, involving 12 steamers. in his concession admitted that Dr. bnz and his associates had sent out the sels as charged to meet German war ps in the Atlantic and deliver their plies Mr.. Rand said that in send these vessels his clients were acting legitimate orders. which came to them cable from the home office of the lpany in Hamburg.
 ut the government lawyers rejected concession and sought to prove their out of the mouths of witnesses. The defense is not willing to admit facts, it is trying to smother them, Woods retort to Rand's offer.
 Quite the contrary" replied Rand lingly. "We are willing to admit that 900 has been spent as the govern ht is trying so hard to prove. Why are willing to go much further than i've will admit that $2,000,000 of Ger money was spent in chartering and plying vessels for relief Of German ships"
 And how much more?" asked MT pd.
 That is all know off, was the reply 1t, admitting the facts, we do not hit the intent to deceive or defraud charged in the indictment"
 ulenkampffs story on the stand was he had been summoned by tele- ne to. the Hamburg American line ces here August 5, 1914, and there met Dr. Buenz, John H. Cans, now d; Kotter and Hachmeister. They him they wanted him to clear two erican steamers, the Lorenzo ant Rerwind, loaded with coal, with al sible speed-that afternoon. Il lacked only half an hour of clos. time at the customs house anG enkampff hesitated to do as they bd because he was not in the GUS of clearing ships.
 SECRECY DEMANDED
 They told me-" he said that they not want the Hamburg-AmericaI to appear in the transaction
 ter barley of several minutes ng which Kulenkampff told then ad brother in business in Bueno' s, he decided that he would accom- ate them and swear to the clear manifests, giving his name al per and his brother in Buenos Airel he consignee. He went to the GUS house and did so and the vessel ed without delay, the Berwind tha n1A& ana the L0r0HZO, next day.
 developed from stories told on tn d by succeeding witnesses tha Edward Falkenberg of the Der had sworn to manifest, giving shipment aboard the vessel as coa that a supplemental manifest wa made till the next day to cove hin cases of provisions and oils whicl Ang of stevedores had been loadini Ehe Berwind all day and night Flo airing falsely to the manifest, i loped, Captain Falkenberg was fine, by the port authorities here las ember. This money was paid, in tn aims behalf, by the New York an 10 Rico Steamship company, tn winds owners
 md was the $500 repaid to you? Wood asked Franklin D. Mooney ident of the company.
 was" Mooney testified. Tt cam through our attorneys. I under d they received 1t from the Ham American line-'
 boney and other officials of tn mship company testified that tn en calamity of war, had made bssibie to obtain insurance on thei mers, the Berwind and the Lorenzt ne time they were chartered to tn nburg American line. Accordingl indemnity bond was furnished b TTtmburg<American line for 50,