Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-02
THTERICHENS UP
FOR SMUGGLING
Eitel Friedrich Captains
Lawyer Moves to Quash
Indictment
U. S. ATTORNEY OPPOSES

An effort to quash the indictment
against Captain Max Therichens. formerly
of the interncd German raider Prince
Eitel Frederick who Is accused OF smug-
Cling ashore ship chronometers was made
by william A. Gray, his attorney shortly
after the case opened before Judge Thomp-
son. In the United states District Court.
,hls morning
Sc"eral questions at law were made
by Mr. Gray and objected to byoUnited
states Attorney Francis Fisher Kane, on
the ground that previous motion to
duash had been denied Judge Thompson.
however. allowed Mr.. Gray to present his
reason because Of the fact that he had
not been in the Gaze at the time the
other motion was denied
Mr. Gray stated as his reasons for the
request that the place of origin of the chro-
nometers had not been given In the bill
Of particulars Of the Government and az
required by the smuggling act. and that
the Government did not expect to prove the
point Of origin. The objections were over
ruled however. Judge Thompson declaring
that the question might be submitted later
for an arrest Of judgment
There were twenty.eight jurors called and
Challenged before a jury was finally solcct-
ed. The jury is composed of James y
richards, ROycTSfOru, Pa. merchant: Will
lard =. Strickland, 50 South Ninth street
I1aston, Pa. contractor; G. William m, gel
Bethlehem Pa, gentleman: Samuel c. Nc
TaEue. 17OS Erie avenue Clerk: Joseph
Schrott, Jr, l2lS North Randolph street
halter; Albert Forster, 42S0 Main street
shoe dealer william NJ. Kerr Trainer Pa
chemist; Edward +. NOst Pottsvilc pa
salesman; Albert NJ. LeverinK. a612 Stoke
ley street, civil engineer; Robert McCorkle
Upper Darby. salesman Edward r. I,pgc
1920 Chestnut street. broker, and Frederick
| w Cassidy, Jr., 46l7 Frankford avenue
real estate. Nost was appointed foreman
of the jury.
The chronometers which Thierichens is
accused Of smuggling are valued at s171O
| on another indictment which will be tried
I subsequently. there are three codefendants
named, Henry ROhner. wealthy German.
American wholesale grocer; Adalbert Fisch-
er. "A prominent manufacturer and his WIFE
Helena Fischer
Commander Luby the first witness, said
| he first SHw captain ThierChenS on OCtu-
ber /, when the Prince Eite Friedrich
arrived at the Navy Yard. The Kaiser
Prinz Wilhelm was also there.
The Navy Yard captain then explained
| the system Of passes in use at that time
with relation to the interued German
| ships. All personal passes had to be signed
| by Captain Thierichens, but articles might
! be sent from the ship If they had the sig
I nature of the ships captain The passes
! were turned into Commander Luby's Of
| flee.
Mr. Gray led the commander TO tell of
/ the discretion that the guards at the ships
! side and at the navy yard gate were al
| lowed to practice in searching the articles
| that went ashore and passed out of the
| yard Thousands Of articles and visitors
| had to be passed for the most part without
minute inspection or too severe questioning
Frank GarbarinO special agent Of the
! Department of Justice, stated that he found
| fifteen chronometcrs in boxes on top Of a
! wardrobe In the Fischer home in German
| town with sheet over them.
| Rudolph Fisches, shipping clerk for
! Rohner's store at Fifth and Race streets
| was called. He told Of making deliveries
| in Rohner's motortruclI Of cases of pies 10
! the Prince Eitel Friedrich at the navy yard
| where they We're in each case received by
4 Karl EriChsen, a sailor lie testified TO
| taking several boxes from the nary yard
without passes back to the store unpack-
! ing them and finding smaller boxes within
which he took to the office of Mr. Rohner
| at his request.
In answer to Mr. Kane's questions he
! said he believed the boxes We're the ones he