The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-19
trial Of Sir Roger Easement
Begins In London
From Mondays Daily.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.]

London, May 15.-Sir Rodger Case
ment, supposed to be the prime in
stigator of the Sim Fein rebellion in
Ireland, was arraigned today, charged
with high treason. The few Specta-
tors who were permitted to enter the
famous old Bowstreet police court
were considerably surprised when a
second prisoner was placed beside
Easement in the dock. This man was
Daniel Julian Bailey, private SOL
der whose home is at Wembly vii
age, near London. Baily was arrested
yesterday. He is jointly charged
with Easement with high treason. In
opening the case for the crown the
attorney general charged that Case
ment has been conducting a system
attic campaign among the Irish pris-
Oners in Germany with the purpose
of seducing them from their allegi-
ance. Bailey, he said, had been Sc
duced in this manner. He had made
"a statement explaining Easements
actions in detail.
Clad in Shabby Suit
UNITED Press Dspatch]
London, Eng, May 15.-Clad in
rather a shabby but once elegant
suit, Sir Roger Easement was led
this morning into the police station
court for the commencement of his
trial on the charge Of high treason.
Sir Roger was smiling and he greeted
cordially some of his old official as
sociates, who happened to be in the
court room. His cOuntenance, how
ever, had a rather CHASTITY greenish
pallor.
This is the first trial for high trea-
son that has been commenced in
this court room since that of Arthur
Lynch, who was charged with, that
crime in connection with the Boer
war. The charge is one that brings
with it in case of conviction the pen
atty of hanging.
A representative of The United
Press sat in the court room only
three feet away from the prisoner.
On trial together with Sir Roger
Easement is Daniel Bolz, charged
also with high treason in connection
with the Irish rebellion. The latter
was recently arrested in London
Attorney Outlined the Case.
Attorney General Smith outlined
the case that the government had
against the prisoner. He accused Sir
Roger Easement of being one of the
principal instigators of the recent
Irish rebellion, He said the plot OF
Sir Roger included the organizing of
| armed forces of rebels on the west
coast of Ireland. He recounted the
| main points of the capture of the
German auxiliary cruiser, with 90
900 rifles on board, and told of the
capture of Sir Roger, and the nip
ping of his plan in the bud by that
fortunate act.
Incidently the prosecutor referred
to the times when Sir Roger received
honors at the hands of the British
government, against which he after
wards plotted and while these state
ments were being made, Sir Roger
hung his head and would not look up
Visits to Germany.
The prosecutor told of visits that
Sir Roger made to Germany. He
went about among the Irish soldiers
that were among the British pris-
oners captured by the Germans, the
did his, very best to win over the
Irish prisoners to the side of Ger
many, and to make them believe that
in that way that would help to lib
crate Ireland from British rule.
AT, this point Sir Roger was OBJ
served to. note down in "a book in
which he was taking memoranda o.
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