The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-05-18
easement SOUGHT
TO RAISE TROOPS
AMONG PRISONERS
Promised Those Held BY Ger
mans to Lead Them to Ire
land or Have Them Sent
to United States.
PRISONER IS ARRAIGNED
private Soldier, Arrested With
Him After Submarine Trip
to Tralee, Also Held
For Treason.
PRISONER IS ARRAIGNED

london, Nay lo.-Slr Roger case
H ,snt the supposed head and prime in
tgator of the Sim Feln rebellion in
"a froIand, was arraigned today in police
onrt and charged with high treason.
The few spectators who were per-
oitte5 to enter the famous old Bow
treet police court, were considerably
[,rnrised when q second prisoner was
Raced beside Easement I'm the dock.
srhis man was Daniel Julian Bailey,
private soldier whose home is at
|:'Eembey, a village near London:
.tnril p. He was jointly charged with
n Easement with high treason, but his
syact connection with the Sim Fem
ers has not so far been made public.
Had No Occupation.
In the formal charge Easement Is de-
scribed as Of no occupation and no
liked abode. The charge against both
iefendants reads:
"a FOR that they did on the first day or
November, 1914, and on divers other
Occasions, between that day and the
Dist day OF April. 1916, unlawfully,
= maIiciously and traitorously commit
high treason within and without the
realm of England In contempt OF our
sovereign lord and king and his laws
II 10 the evil example OF others in like
(, case and contrary to the duty and ALE
Easement Is said to have made long
statement to the authorities and 1t Is
'beleved this statement will shorten the
Hhearing before the magistrate. the
police court hearing IL merely pre-
'iIminary to the real trial which will
/. take place later before panel Of the
Judges of the high court OF Justice.
Easement Changed Man.
Sir John Dickinson presided. Short
4 .t.,A % hn6 fob la
seat. Easement and his fellow prisoner
were shown into the dock. Easements
appearance was vastly different from
THAT of the man who gained fame in
~19l2 by his exposure of the cruelties
practiced on natives in Putumayo by
la British rubber company. He sat in
" the dock resting his chin on his hand
and occasionally looking toward the
magistrate.
When the attorney general, opening
the case for the prosecution, mentioned
r the comforting OF the Order of Knight
hood on Easement, the prisoner
dropped his head. The attorney gen.
n eral then outlined the prisoners
career.
Worked Among Prisoners.
In the opening of the case for the
crown the attorney general charged
that Easement had conducted a syste-
oners in Germany with the purpose of
N seducing from them their allegiance.
N Bailey, ne said, had been seduced in
this manner and had made a statement
n explaining Caseman'S actions in de-
tail.
\ According to tho attorney general.
Bailey was born in Dublin and joined
, the Royal Irish rifles in 1904. He
N served with his regiment in India and
was hOnorably discharged. At the out
. break of the European war, Bailey was
called out as reserYist and sailed
with the original expeditionary force
. to France. He was taken prisoner in
September, 1914.
The attorney general said Bailey had
related how large number Of Irish
4 prisoners had been collected from va
rious prisons in Germany and placed
in large camp at Limburg. There he
heard addresses by Easement, who
tried to infiame their minds against
the British government and persuade
them to break their oaths Of allegiance
and support him in his projected ex-
petition to Ireland.
Hoped to Land Troops.
The attorney general said Easement
described himself as the organizer of
the Irish volunteers and impressed up
on the Irish prisoners in Germany that
everything was to be gained for Ire
land by Germany's winning the war.
Those prisoners who joined the brigade
ne was attempting to form were prom
lsed by Easement, the attorney general
asserted, that they would be sent to
Berlin as guests Of the German govern
ment. In the event that Germany won
sea battle he would land the brigade
In Ireland to defend that country
against England; and, If Germany lost
the war, the German government would
a % nh g. q e,An ill.,. \
Tree passage to America. This is the
plan conceived in 1915, said the attor-
ney general, by the man who in 1911
was begging Sir Edward Grey to con-
vey his deep appreciation to the king
Tor the honor of knignthood, which had
Just been conferred on him."
The speaker added that Easements
offer was treated with contempt by a
vast majority of the Irish prisoners.
Easement smiled and glanced toward
Bailey.
Sir Frederick Smith forwarded the
story Of Easements alleged machina-
lions in Berlin, with details of his trip
by submarine to Tralee, where he land
ed on Good Friday with Bailey and
third man named Monteith, who is at
large still. He also told Of the send
Ing of 10000 rifles from Germany to
Tralee and of how this ship was sunk
at Tralee and the crew captured
Flag Of Rebellion.
The attorney general introduced q
dramatic touch by having brought into
the court q green and red flag, which
he said Easement had brought from
Germany to Ireland. For a moment
the prisoner sat with eyes fixed on the
floor, refusing to look at this emblem
OF The rebellion. Then he glanced up at
the flag and smiled derisively. Most Of
the time during the attorney generals
address Easement sat in a character
istic pose of the prisoner ever since his
Incarceration in the tower Of London.
He appeared oblivious to the proceed
ings, but occasionally glanced up quick
~, showing he was listening to the pro-
ceedings. Notwithstanding his appar-
ent inattention. The calling Of wit
nesses for the crown began immediate
iy after Sir Frederick concluded his ad-
dress. Sir Roger then began to take
a more lively interest In the proceed
ings. He seized pad Of paper, which
mad been provided for him, and pro-