Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-16
Irish Girl on Stand.

Irish Girl on Stand.
The first witness of the day.
Mary German, typical Irish girl.
who was the first witness to identify
Easement as one of the men who
landed from the German submarine at
Tralee. She testified she saw three
men passing a farmyard gate early
Good Friday morning. She was asked
whether she could identify any of the
three men. She replied:
Yes. sir and pointed to Easement.
The prisoner bowed his head aa6
the pad of paper.
A touch of humor was added when
Mary German told her story of meeting
Easement and his two companions as they
were leaving the beach. She talked in a
brogue SO broad that it was necessary
to ask her to write the words before they
could be understood. This she did
smilingly. After identifying Easement
she told how she had seen him later in
the day in the custody of a constable.
She did not recognize Bailey.
Arrested Sir Roger.
At this point the attorney general. Sir
Frederick Smith. took hand in the pro-
ceedings. He conducted the examination
of Sergeant John Hearne of the Royal
Irish constabulary, who was summoned
by Mccarthy when he found the boat 1t
was Sergt. Hearne who arrested Case
ment near Tralee.
The sergeant said that, accompanied
by Sergt. Riley, he searched the coun-
try round and at length found in the
old fort "A mantle prisoner in the
dock-the tall man, Easement" The
sergeant continues.
Il asked him who he was. He said
his name was Richard Morton, that his
home was at Denham. Bucks; that he
was an author and that he had written
a book on the life of ST. Brendan."
Hearne asked the prisoner whence he
had come and he replied Dublin. To a
further question he said he had no
passport.
Artemus Jones. of counsel for the de-
fense, asked Hearne whether he had seen
Sergt. Riley take from Easement a docu-
ment giving an account of his movements
in Germany.
Hearne replied mo, but there was a
small paper. written in foreign Ian
guage. that was taken from Easement
Objected to Being Questioned.
In the cross-examination of Hearne it
was disclosed that Easement had objected
strongly to being questioned and did not
submit until one of the constables lev
eled rife at him. On the way to a sta
ton he dropped roll of papers, which
the police recovered.
The star witness from the standpofnt
OF human interest was Martin Collins,
a farmers lad of twelve years, who
was called to identify Easement as one
OF the men arrested near Tralee. Mar
tin. a handsome little chap with a rich
Irish brogue, told with evident pride
now he had driven Easement and a con-
stable for several miles when the pris-
oner was being taken to headquarters
Much of the time he was testifying the
boy kept his eyes on Easement. and
there was no hesitation on his part as
ne declared the man in the dock was
the one he had driven in his cart.
Among the spectators today were
Mlchael Flavln. nationalist member of
the house of commons. whose home is
at Tralee. and number of friends of
Easement, including several women.
Found Collapsible Boat.
John Mccarthy. a farmer of Curra-
hane. County Kerry, told of finding
the collapsible boat in which Easement,
Bailey and man named Monteith,
who is still at large. landed at Tralee.
Mccarthy said he pulled it ashore and
found a dagger and a tin box On his
way home he met his children. who
were playing with three revolvers
they had found near the shore
Other witnesses from the same dis
trct told of having seen signal lights
at sea on the evening before Good Fri
day
After the hearing had been in prog
ress for some time Easement turned
his attention from the testimony to
the writing of a long statement. While
thus engaged he showed marked emo
ton for the first time since the hear
ing began. Whatever was the nature
of his thoughts. they were such that
they moved him to tears. He wept
quietly as he worked away with his
pencil 1t was a striking change from
a short time before.