New Britain herald., 1915-12-03
 EASE HANGS FIRE
|l for Convicted Officials Not
 bdy to Attack Verdict

York, Dec. 3,-The federal
 courts final disposition of
 e of Dr.. Karl ,Ruenz and his
 associates in the Hamburg
 an Line, convicted last night
 piracy to deceive and defraud
 lited States, hung fire today.
 Howe had set this forenoon as
 c for hearing the usual formal
 of the defense, but when Fonvened the defendants law
 nounced that they were not yet
 lateness of the hour last night the verdict was reached was Id as the reason for their fail-
 prepare the necessary motions.
 Howe granted a further post ent till tomorrow morning. At me motions to set aside the
 and to arrest judgment, pend peal, will be made. Meantime Lil of the defendants, $5,000 Eill be continued.
 Ont Seven Hours.
 jury returned it's verdict late fight after having been out and half hours. Those con-
 nl addition to Buenz are George
 eenaral superintendent; IIachmeistcr, purchasing
 and Joseph Poppinghaus, a
 officer.
 he motion to set aside the ver- Tiled, Howard Cans, counsel for }fense, said an appeal would be
 to the circuit court of appeals 'Ventually the case might go to 'lpreme court. Meanwhile the
 preme court.
 One Ballot Taken.
 reaching it's decision the jury brted to have taken but one bal hd this after several hours of |sion of the evidence in minute The jury was given the case &0 o'clock yesterday afternoon. |reman, George w. Palmer, an- led the verdict at 10:10 o'clock light, seven and one-half hours four defendants took the yer |almly. After the jury had filed pr. Buenz turned and shook with Kotter, sitting at his left. he said, and Kot- ehoed the words. Hachmeister lent. Poppinghaus said in brok- glish: 1T do not care. This is he last word"
 ger Wood, the assistant United district attorney who conduct b governments case, had this to ais verdict means onlp one thingt the laws of. the United States be observed by citizens of all the powers;4 that if our laws iolated by any one of them and .mericankgovernment finds it out, will be prosecuted"
 Judge Howc's Charge.
 
 1ge Howe in his charge to the said 1t was lawful for the de- .nts to- send supplies to the Ger fleet, with this important con- I attached: That in so doing make ..no. intentional attempt to ve port collectors and truly state lature of the cargo and it's des- on.
 here are three things you must e., Judge Howe charged: Did efendants enter into conspiracy sfraud the United States, as al- i, ins order to- find the defendants Z. First, 1t would constitute a against the United States to Ire a clearance from a collector lstoms at a port of the United s by Intentionally making a false fest regarding the kind or quan- ,f cargo shipped; or the destina- of such cargo, whether it was a gn port or a place on the high where foreign warships were tc let for the purpose of delivering
 cargoes.'
 e second fraud outlined by e Howe was the procurance of a ance by falsely stating the desti- m of a vessel about to proceed to the third, to cause collector ake false record, and the fourth ause a collector to make a false Tt to his superiors by having pro. q a clearance on misir)formation ,ould be impossible. Judge Howe
 the jury to bring in a verdic uilty for less than two of the de ants, as one man alone could no pire. s''''S'
 Continuation of Probe. he trial of Dr. Buenz and his thre ciates was the culnlination of a. stigation begun last winter b its of the department If justic
 the chartering and sailing c ain neutral vessels from America s in August, September and De Der 1914. These vessels sixtee sailed for south America
 African ports and, in two case iz, Spain, from New York, Phila ,hia.t Newport News, It nsacol
 New Orleans.
 l some cases the vessels shove at points other than their destins i. in other instances were captur~ allies warships, many miles o' heir course, and in one case, tf erican steamer Berwind, actual lsferred supplies to two Germa verted cruisers.