The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-28

-s
Levy, y. r. Lindheim ard others OF the
Tauscher array of defending attorneys.
Tauscher In Testing Mood.
The morning session had started with
Capt. Tauscher in a testing mood and
with his attorneys ravly twItting Mr.
Wood. One OF the surprises came when
Henry Muck, manager for Capt.
Tauscher. was called. He could not
identify Won der Goltz, who as Bride
man Taylor had called upon Capt.
Tauscher az Won Fapen's reques: TO get
the dynamite. He remembered that
dynamite had been ordered for Taylor
and that pistols had been delivered IN
Hoboken to a man named III. Newing-
ton" but beyond that his memory was
q blank. He said tina. the bill for the
dynamite should nave been rendered TO
Taylor. but he did not remember whether
II was. He insisted that the sale OF
dynamite was a In the regular way.
Where are Cant. Tauschcr's books for
1914" asked NJ. Wood.
II don't know. They were shipped
away"
Then Mr.. Wood produced p piece ~
paper from the folder marked Tau
6cher" and be ring the lettering ~ the
German Embassy. Tho witness 'denti-
fled certain initials after Tauscher's
signature as his own. Mr.. Wood smiled
as he offered II in evidence The bill
was dated December %, 1914. and WIS
for s5o3S+. The one item to which Mr..
Wood called attention was for s3l.l3.
The S31 was for the 200 pounds OF dyna-
mite which Capt. Tauscher Is said 70
have bought from the du pont people.
The 10 cents was for a hemr fuse.
Now" asked MIR. Wood. have YOU
n books. or anything that shows what
you charged these various items on this
bill 10 Cant. Won Banep fOrH'
Il have not" was the answer.
Later on Mr.. Wood produced Miss
Ada Stallbaum, Capt. Tauscher's stenog-
rapher, and through her proved that
she had made out the Hill to cant. Won
Papen. She did not know where the
books Of Capt. Tauschor were. however.
Through Won der Goltz. who was recalled,
Mr.. Wood introduced in evidence the
following order written by Won Fapen
directing the payment Of the Tau~"her
bill: January s. 1914.
please draw cheqIe for s5O3 - n
order Il H.. Tauscher, charging the ac-
count to w. G. Sichols. PAPEN."
Tell. Of Trip 10 DunnIo.
Carl Tucker. = member Of the alleged
expedition 10 Buffalo, who was arrested
last spring In I'll paso, Tex, and brough,
to this city. was called to tell about the
trip to Buffalo. lie admitted that when
Won der Goltz Commander him to joir
the party that Won der Goltz told him
they were going against Canada lie
denied he knew the details OF the scheme
He was taken in hard 10y Judge Hand
who wanted to know why he had gone tc
Buffalo. The witness replied
"Non der Goltl threatened me II
would not GO. lie said lie would have
me shot. lie forced me under threats &c
20 with him
a. yr.EI ,.At kro,pht 49,. .hA do
tails of Won der Goltz's visit to Tau
scher's office when the dynamite Wa:
ordered. Adollh Il. Levinger. Tauscher'
secretary, sad he was present wheI
Von der Gol;z called and that at th'
order of Capt. Tauscher he called thu
du Pom company on the telephone. III
insisted that N, purpose TO which tn
dynamite was to be put was explained
over the telephone as for mining il
Mexico" lie SAID that capt, Tauscher
never had bought dynamite before o.
since. He did not know what had BE-
come OF Capt. Tauscher's books TO
1914.
In sharp contradiction to Lev!nger'j
testimony. Mr.. Wood produced Harold
A. Clark, head of the New York office o
the du Pont company. who said that Tau
echer's secretary had %te,ephoned hin
and asked Tor dynamite for blasting
boulder in a field In New Jersey SAT-
that TausChcr wanted II Tor agriculture
purposes. when Mr.. Clark eXplainet
that the dynamite could be shipped owe
the Erie Railroad on the following Mon
day, the secretary, according TO the ties
timony, said that the explosive Wa
needed FOR use on Sunday and wanted
to know II "A launch could come and &c
II on the following saturday. The Wit
ness said that the dynamite was cred
tied to Capt. Tauscher and also som
hemp fuse.
The prosecution neXt showed in de
tail the payment Of money to Won de
Goltz in Buffalo, through George I
Ryan, a lawyer. He Identified Won Dc
Goltz and said he had received a tele
gram from Steffans, but he never ha,
learned who StcfduS was. lie admitte
also he had received two drafts from a
unknown person in Sew YORK for pay
ment to Won der Goltz; that he ais
had received "A telegram from JON
Dewey. identifying Won der o;oltz. MI
Wood then produced the receipt whic
Ryan had signed In Buffalo for til
money and which read "On account G
Won Papcn through knauth. Naohod
Kuhne."
Mr.. Wood next called employees c
knauth, NaChod x kuhuc. VINO told ,
sending the Geographic ordcry 4, Bu,
falo to make payments to RYAN Th
iirst telegram had sald that the paym.r
was made ION account ~ Won rap.n
The next order l'fi OF Won Van, n
Illns, and one cl,,h. when asked wa
SAID thai Won I"p"u hJd requested TIA.
his nan be omitted.
NJ. Wood VIII finish his case |
noon to-day. The defence does not e,
peel " take more tASn one day.