The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03
Rand E.,Iogized ..Patn.iotdsnn ''

Rand EUlog1zed Patriotism '' t The closing address of William Il Rand. IT, for the defense was an 'eulogy of the Gernaanic patriotism of | Dr. Buenz and his co-defendants- If it was a violation of international law l to coal and provision warships from neutral ports. said MT. Rand, the l hardship would fall equally upon the United States and all great powers. which would require coali1s stations in all corners of the earth. For Justification of the deceptive Inanifests, MT. Rand declared, Ad- l rniral Deweyss fleet at Manila was l supplied by boats cleared by the Brit ish Consul from Hongkong under sn1anifests showing cargoes of scrap l iron bound for Chinese port
 Assistant United States Attorney Rogers B. Wood summed up with a Accommodation of the motives of the de- Ifendants Their avowed ignorance of manifest regulations he denounced as lies, and their patriotism a whim per ing kind that sought by deceit to elude the consequences of their ser vice to Germany.
 The question of breach of neutral ity, said MT. Wood. did not enter into the case. It was the damage the de I fendants had done in bringing under suspicion every manifest and clear ancei issued by the United States.
 Answer for Nation, Says Wood
 Appealing finally to the jurors, Mr. Wood said:
 .econ1e back with a message to every nation now at war, Lie if you will to your enemies, but you shall not make the United States. an indors- CT of your lies
 Come back with this message to the people of the United States, .eThe laws passed by Congress must be obeyed and must be respected,
 Come back with this message to
 
 twelve men, chosen from among you, are big enough and brave enough and honest enough to bring, in a verdict of guilty when the evidence5 justifies the verdict. .s
 Judge EHowe's charge went at great length into the theory of conspiracy and the question of intent of the con spirator. It was lawful for them to ship coal and provisions to the Ger man fleet, although liable to capture the court charged, must be consid- cred: Did the defendants enter into g conspiracy to defraud the United States? Did they have a criminal intent? Did at least one of them commit any act to make effective the objects Of the conspiracy !?
 One or more of four frauds must be proved to Justify a verdict of guilty: It would constitute a fraud against the United States to procure C1SaI<dnCEs Uys e14I 1nb01tClO1lSd11y false mani fest regarding cargo or desinaHon;. to procures clearance by falsely stating the destination of a ship, either in a foreign port or a point on athe high seass to cause a Collector ofsthe Port to make a false record, and to causeS a Collector to make a false report.
 I The jury was instructed that at least two of the defendants must be found guilty to make legal a convic- ton
 The defense will move this morning to set aside the verdict as being. con trary to the law and the evidence. This motion being denied, they will ask for an arrest of judgment pend ing appeal on various grounds in cluding alleged faults in the 1ndict- ments-
 The two Indictments, which were <consolidated in the trial. charge in substances
 I. obsa1ning clearance for the
 twelve supply ships chartered by
 the Hamburg American Line. of
 ficia1s. by filing with American
 customs collectors false manifests z of ships and eargoes.
 2. Causing customs collectors to
 make false statistics and to trans
 init such false information to the
 Departmen Of Commerce. The
 indictments having been eonsoli
 datad the double penalty pth err
 wise possible will not be inflicted.
 Dr. Buenz would make no comment on the verdict. During the trial he has refused to speak to reporters