Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-17
Irish Rebel May Have Ameri-,
can Counsel in Trial :.
for His Life. ..
STORY OF AUD'S SINKING :
is TOLD BY A WITNESS
Diver Who Examined Wreck Says
Rifles and Ammunition Covered
Bottom of Sea. =

LONDON. May II, 4:32 p.m.-Sir
were committed for trial today for
high treason.
clusion of the preliminary hearing Of
these men on the charge of participa.
tion in the Irish rebellion which has
been in progress since Monday. The
date of the trial and the court before
which it will be held have not yet been
announced
May Have American Counsel.
In response to a request from Case
ment's sister, made through the Ameri-
can embassy. the foreign Office said to-
day the government would be glad to
consent to the appearance of Michael
Francis Doyle of Philadelphia as one
of the attorneys for Easement.
An interesting feature of the testimony
was the story of the fate of the German
ship Aud. which was sent out from Kiel
with arms and ammunition to fulfill in
been made by the Germans. The Aud
was held up on suspicion off the west
coast of Ireland, not far from Tralee.
by the British naval patrol ship Blue
bell, and was being taken to Queens
town, when she was sunk by her own
crew. Details of the capture and sink
ing were given by Sidney Waghorn. q
signal man on the Bluebell, who said:
Aud Flew Norwegian Flag.
Early Good Friday morning the
Bluebell was on patrol duty off the
southwest coast of Ireland when We
sighted ship flying the Norwegian
colors. We signaled her and asked who
she was and where she was bound. She
from Bergen for Genoa. At that time
we were about 1870 miles west of
Queenstown.
We ordered the Aud to follow us,
but she did not do SO until we fired q
shell. Then she proceeded with us.
When we got near Daunts Rock the
Aud stopped her engines. The Bluebell
was then cables length away from
her and we saw white smoke coming
from her hold. Two German ensigns
were run up on her masthead. The Aud
lowered two boats which were rowed
toward the Bluebell. We fired around
these boatS. They flew flags of truce
and the occupants put up their hands.
They were made prisoners They
proved to be nineteen or twenty Ger
man bluejackets with three officers.
Ten minutes later the Aud sank, about
mile and a quarter from the light
ship"
Rifles Found by Diver.
Waghorn was followed on the stand
by diver who inspected the wreck Of
the Aud for the purpose of confirming
the statement that she had arms and
ammunition aboard, it being claimed
that she carried 10000 rifles for tho
rebels besides other war material
The Aud lay in about eighteen
fathoms of water" the diver said. She
had the Norwegian f1ag painted on her
hull. l found a hole in her side twelve
or fourteen feet in diameter. ON the
bed of the sea l saw lot of rifles and
ammunition.
Constable Carter of the royal Irish
conSta bulary was recalled for cross
examination at the request of the de-
fense. The trend of the questions indi-
Gated that at the time of his arrest
Bailey attempted unsuccessfully to give
information to the police1n regard to
the projected uprising.
Carter was asked whether he had
heard Bailey say, after his arrest that
he had statement for the authorities
and that an officer should be sent for.
The constable responded that he did not
hear this, but that at another time he
did hear Bailey say: Il have important
information which Will give you police
something to do