Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-17
Sir Roger Easement
andDaniel J.Bailey to
Hear Verdict Today
Prosecution Near Conclusion of Case and De-
Tense Expected to Reserve Its Evidence for
Higher Court-Neither of Prisoners
Shows Worry During Proceedings
HIGHLY INTERESTING TESTIMONY
IS HEARD BY FEW SPECTATORS

The little courtroom was crowded
within five minutes after the doors
were opened and many hundreds OF
men and women were unable to obtain
admission. Superintendent Quinn Of
Scotland Yard, who is in charge of the
police arrangements voiced the popu-
lar feeling about the hearing when he
said:
Il have followed every notable case
that Bow street has known in many
years, but the court never has been the
scene of an examination so full of
dramatic interest as the present one
The tense state of public feeling due
to the war has of course been a factor
but the case in itself has features
which raise it far above the level of
any criminal hearing in my memory"
First Witness Irish Girl
The first witness of the day was
Mary German, a lyrical Irish girl
who identified Easement as one of the
men who landed from the German sub
marine at Tralee. She testified she saw
three men passing a farm yard gate
early Good Friday morning.
She was asked by A. H. Bodkin for
the prosecution. whether she could
identify any of the three men. She
replied: Eyes, sir and pointed to
Easement The prisoner bowed his
head and scrubbed diligently on pad
of paper
Among the spectators were Michael
Flavin, Nationalist member of the
House of Commons, whose home is at
Tralee. and a 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,
apparently was more composed than
he was Yesterday.
Easement Takes Notes
AS the first witness took the stand
Easement began to take voluminous
notes. The testimony in the early part
of todays 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
ment and Bailey in German.
John Mccarthy. a farmer of Curra
hane, County Kerry, told of finding the
cola psible boat in which Easement,
Bailey and a man named Monteith,
who is still at large, landed at Tralee.
Mccarthy said he pulled it ashore and
fourd in it dagger and q tin box.
on his way home he met his children,
who We're playing with three revol-
vers they had found close to the shore.
Other witnesses from the same dis
| trict told of having seen signal lights
at sea on the evening before Good Fri
day.
Mary Germans Broeue
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 a brogue so broad that It
was found necessary to ask her to
write the words before they could be
understood. This she did srnilingly.
After identifying Easement she told
how she had seen him later in the day
in the custody of constable. She
did not recognize Bailey.
AT this point the attorney general.
Sir Frederick Smith, took a hand in
the proceedings. He conducted the ex-
animation of Sergeant John Hcarne of
the Royal Irish Constabulary, who
was summoned by Mccarthy when he
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