Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
Spectators Swarm to Bow
Street Station for Trial
of Easement.
TELLS STORY
Irish Maiden Gives Testi-
mony Regarding Landing
of Rebel Chief.

London, May IS, (10:51 a. m.)-For
hours this morning, crowds waited
around Bow street station for resump-
ton of the arraignment of Sir Roger
Easement on charges of high treason
in connection with the Sim Fein re-
bellion. The little court room was
packed five minutes after it opened.
Superintendent Quinn of the Scotland
Yards, in charge of the police arrange
ments. said:
q have followed every notable case
in Bow street for many years but the
court has never been the scene of an
examination so full of dramatic in
terest"
1t is generally believed Easements
lawyers will not place him on the
stand at this preliminary hearing.
Among the spectators were Michael
Flavin, national member of the house
of commons, whose home is at Tralee,
and number of friends of Easement,
including several women. Easement
appeared to be entirely at ease and
smiled cheerfully as he took his place
in the dock. Daniel J. Bailey, who is
accused jointly with Easement, appar-
emily was more composed than he was
yesterday.
AS the first witness took the stand
Easement began to take voluminous
notes. The testimony in the early part
Of today's session had to do with events
in which the two prisoners are
charged with having played a part
after their landing at Tralee, whereas
the evidence given yesterday dealt al
most entirely with operations of Case
iment and Bailey in Germany.
Farmer Finds 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 dagger and 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
! trict told of having seen signal lights
at sea on the evening before Good Fri
/ day.
Irish Girl Testifies.
| The first witness today was Mary
| German, a 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
farm yard gate early Good Friday
morning. She pointed out Easement
as one of the men. The prisoner bowed
| his head and scrubbed diligently on a
pad of paper.
Lends Humor by Brogue.
A touch Of humor was added when
Mary German told her story of meet
| ing Easement and his two companions
as they were leaving the beach. She
talked in brogue so broad that it was
necessary to ask her to write the
words before they could be under
stood. 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.
At this point, the encouragement
Sir Frederick Smith, took a hand in
the proceedings. He conducted the ex-
animation of Sergeant John Hearne OF
the Royal Irish constabulary, who was
summoned by Mccarthy when he
found the boat 1t was Sergeant
Hearne who arrested Easement near
| Tralee.
Easement Used Alias.
The sergeant said that, accompanied
by Sergeant Riley, he searched the
country round and at length found in
the old fort "a mantle prisoner in
the dock-the tall man-Casement."
The sergeant continued:
Il asked him who he was. He said
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