The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-01
PREPARED FOR
COALING HERE IN 1913
Contracts for Transporting Supplies Made With Ham.
burg Line Months Before War Began, Testifies Dr..
Buenz-No Fraud, Insists Defence.

More than half a year before the Eu-
iopean war was declared, or early In the
winter Of l9i3-14, the German Admiralty
had perfected plans with the Aneri-
can headquarters OF the Hamburg-Amer-
lean Line In New York through Man
aging Director Karl Buenz Of the line, SO
Dr. Buenz testified in the United States
District Court yesterday. whereby the
neutrality-suspicious. Line agreed to coal,
supply and provision German warships
In he western waters OF the north and
south Atlantic In case a European wal
were declared.
DIR. Buenz told OF the agreement. ar
abstract Of which he said was on file
at the German Embassy at Washington,
when he took the stand In his own de-
renee yesterday afternoon at the trial
OF the Hamburg American Line, DR..
Buenz and three other Hamburg-Am
icnn men of German birth and citizen
snip. charged by the Federal authori-
ties with conspiring to defraud the United
States by obtaining by false methods
clearance papers for supply ships sen,
out by the Hamburg-American Line af-
ter war was declared to conl, supply
and provision German warships at sea.
The Hamburg american Line here
also acted as banker for Capt. Kari
Boy-Ed. the Kaiser's naval attache In
this country. so II was learned from the
opening address Of William Rand, Jr..
Tor the defence. During the prosecu-
IONS presentation Of it's case last week
II was testified that Capt. Boyd had
personal charge Of the disbursement of
AT least $3.50. O00-statements bs Mr..
Rand yesterday bring the total sum in.
volved In the supplying Of German war
snips from American ports nearer So
22o,ooo-for the charterinK n equip
ping OF the supply ships which figure in
the veTnme conspiracy charges.
German Governments Money.
Il suppose these moneys Mr.. Rand
told the Jury In his opening address,
directly or indirectly belonged to the
German Government. When the defend
ants here received orders from their
home offices to start in to keep their
agreement to supply German shipping at
sea the matter of sending money from
the other sid at first was overlooked
Nevertheless. Dr. Buenz and ellow Ger
man subjects n the Hamburg-Ameri-
can here put their hands In their own
pockets to help their Government and its
warships.
And not until this had been going
on Tor some weeks and loud cries for
help were sent To Germany did the Ham.
hurg-American people abroad begin TO
send over money. They sent II here
then In big chunks. three credits of $780,
600 each through Kuhn. Loeb Il Co.
Now. as to the S750.O00 which kulen-
kampf IA witness who testified last
week hat Capt. Boy-Ed had the ham
dling OF such "A sun to send out ships)
received We don't know anything about
that I'm sorry that Capt. Boy-Ed's
name has been drawn into this case. II
Is possible II a Capt. Boyd and Capt
Suhren Of the steamer Marina Quexada
contrived to send out that ship. which
II Is commended here was sent out BY
means Of false manifest and false clear
ance papers to cruise the South Seas but
We did not W or charter the Marina
Quezada and don't know anything about
her.
stores which had been intended for
the steamer Cuita. which We did cha rter.
We're in danger of rott!nK on the docks
AT Newport News. These stores were
finally put aboard the Marina Quezada.
stores paid for by the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line. Capt Boy-Ed wanted them
put aboard the Marina Quezada. and Il
IL possible or even probable that these
stores were ultimately paid for by the
German Government"
Throughout the morning session Mr..
Rand and Howard Cans for the defence
and United States Attorney H.. Snowden
Marshall for the Government argued
motions which included one by the de-
fence that the testimony presented by
the Government concerning the clearing
and voyage of the Marina Quezada be
stricken from the records. II was IN.
affairs of this vessel which "A brough,
the name of Capt. Boy-Ed into the tes-
timony. and Mr.. Rand-the Jury was
absent from the court room during the
arguments-fought hard to have Judge
Howe rule that all mention OF Capt. Boy.
Eds name be dropped from the record.
Mr.. Rand argued thar the Government
had not connected Capt. BOy-Ed with