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the barracks and Immediately officers were
sent out to investigate.
Mccarthy Identified dagger which he
| had found in the coilapslble boat. The
| dagger was placed IN evidence as an exhibit
sergeant Kearn, of the Irish constabu-
larry. took up the story where the Kerry
County farmer left of, He said the police
were scattered over a wide area along the
coast when news of the landing Of three men
was received at the barracks
The witnesses failed to identify Bailey
as one OF the three men.
The capture Of Easement was thus de.
scribed by Hearn:
we came upon the prisoner in the old
fort (McKinna's fortl We asked him his
name and he replied, Richard Morton, of
Denham Bucks We asked him what his
occupation was and he answered. 4 am
an author. | wrote the life Of st. Brendan
Easements trousers were wet. as though
he had been in the water. When he was
searched, papers bearing writing In a for
elgn language we're found"
Hearn then told of opening tin box,
found by Mccarthy. 1t contained 300
rounds of pistol ammunition which had
been carried from Germany to Ireland in
a submarine.
In spite of Sir Rogers protests, Hearn
said, he was escorted TO the Ardfert bar
racks after he had dropped a paper upon
which were the words: Await further
Instructions Have decided to stay Fur
ther ammunition and rifles are needed
Send another ship"
In spite of his protests he was escorted
TO the Ardfert barracks after he had dropped
paper upon which were the words:
Await further instructions Have decided
to stay. Further ammunition and rifles are
needed Send another ship"
A al Trtr r1, fay ntl 4
checked and blue.eyed, was the next wit.
ness. She was Mary German. She told
of seeing three men pass the farm gate of
her home about o'clock on Good Friday
morning.
do you see one Of those men in court
now?" the witness was asked.
Yes" she replied. And then she pointed
a dramatic finger at Easement. Sir Roger
bent his head and wrote industriously on
his pad.
Michael Hussy Kerry County farm
hand. corroborated much of McCarthy's tes.
timony.
Sergeant James Butler. of the irish con.
stabuary who escorted Easement to the
train that took him from Tralee to Dublin,
testified that Sir Roger broke down and
sobbed when informed of the death of two
Sim Feiners, who were drowned in q motor
accident.
I'm sorry" said Easement, because
they came here to help me- They were two |
fine 1rishmen."
Inspector Sandycock, of Scotland Yard. |
testified that Easement admitted his iden- |
tity when he met him at the railway sta |
ton in London and removed him to the |
tower
Constable Reilly, who actually arrested |
Easement, testified that upon searching the |
prisoner he found a memorandum, written
in German, covering Easements recent |
travels in Germany.
Martin Collins. 1o-year.Old irish lad
with rich brogue, testified that he was
driving pony cart near the spot where |
Easement was arrested, when officers stop
ped him, commandeered the cart and or
dered him to drive to Tralee, where Case
ment was imprisoned
Easement smiled when the boy cautioned
that he must be positive in his Identified
ton of the prisoner, stared at him fully |
1 minute before announcing he was certain
Sir Roger was the man who rode in his
,art.
Wearing the same seedy suit of tweeds as
Sir Roger appeared in the dock at
Bow Street Police Court with a bulging
Dad under his arm His glance travelled
swiftly over the crowded court room in
which there were a number of fashionably
yowned women, and then he settled down
TO take notes of the proceedings.
Public interest In the high treason trial
had been whetted by the testimony of the
first days session, and there was an enor-
nous crowd in front of the court long
before the doors were opened. 1t had been
shown that Germany played most inn
,ortant part in Sir Rogers scheme to arm
he Irish rebels and the spectators were
curious to see If the testimony
would show that the plot had any ramin-
ations in the United States
Maurice Moriarity, n motorcar driver,
estified that n solicitors clerk named Stack
lired him on Good Friday to drive him to
3allyheyte. En- route. he said, he picked
Up man whom he identified today as Sir
Roger Easement.
Sidney Wagh<yn. the Iast witness before |
vas a signaler aboard the Admiralty sloop
Sluebell. which overhauled the German aux
iary that accompanied Sir Roger on his ex-
edition TO Ireland, carrying munitions and
rms TO the rebels.
Waghorn told how the Bluebell encoun-
erlng a tramp vessel flying the Norwegian |
ag, hailed her and received the response
hat her name was the Aud. The sloops
aptain was not satisfied and ordered the
tranger to follow into Queenstown After
oisting the German ensign the crew OF the &
ud scuttled the vessel and disembarked in d
oats. When they surrendered it was found :
II wore German naval uniforms.
John Dempsey driver. who examined (
ne hull of the sunken auxiliary, said he
a 12-foot hole in the starboard :
uarter, possibly made by an explosion He
rought up some ammunition and several
hes. One of these, he said, was of Rus.
an pattern, probably having been cap
lred from the SlaVs on the eastern front