The Detroit times., 1917-12-20

pie in this country today" he de
clared. They are patriots OF iral
tors"
Mr.. Nlurtha then Iold Of the hls
tory OF Fritz Meet He said he WAS
sent here by a government which
recognized his ability. fle became
an important person in tic bussness
world OF America, the attorney said
and Is Of the type that makes Amer
ica great
The defense rested its case rather
suddenly Wednesday, without call
Ing several " he defendants 70 The
stand Neither Kaltschmidt. the al
leged chief nf the conspiracy, nor
his sister. Mrs Ida Kaltschmidt
Eeef, went on the stand altho earl
Ter in the dav Mrs Neef had an
ncunced her intention OF testifying
However. after the experience or
Carl Schmidt on the stand she
CHANGED her mind Schmidt as well
As Fritz Neef took the stand In ate
tanpts 10 save themselves and pile
al. the blame on Kalischmidt. bur
Louis W McClear assistant district
attorney. on rOss-eXamtHatiOn tore
their stories 70 bits and this dis
conrageG The other defendants from
te-tifying
Mr. McClelr made the opening
address for the prosecution For
mere than an hour he reviewed the
case from the beginning and bitter
Isl denounced the defendants de-
rloring that they actually had homi-
eide in their hearts When they
planned 20 blow up factories. ar
muries and railway tunnels he de-
ciared. the defendants did not care
whether they killed people or not
and that thus they became guilty OF
tht intent 70 take human life In
the cowardiy and furtive manner
lhcy employed
lie devoted little time 20 Kalt-
schmidt himself saying that his
euist as the arah.conspirRtor was go
we'll established that he would not
bore the jury with his views on
Xaltschmidt, hut he sought 90 fas-
ten an equal guilt upon the others
lie declared that not one should es-
caue paying the full penalty for one
on The most Fndish crimes II Is pos
sISle 10 commit
In opening he said Il was pecu-
liarly appropriate that the men and
women were on trial in a building
which stood on the site OF the old
fort where patriots had 20 stand
against savages The defendants,
he said, were no less cruel than
were the savages whose scalping
knives dr!ppei blood upon that site
on the ground hall0wed by tho
bravery and sacrifices Of men who
held national Fsfety above all else
Il was htting that enemies of a
nation founded upon the blood and
sacrifices OF heroes should be tried.
As Mr. McClear ridiculed the pre-
teuses OF the defendants that they
we're innocent and bitterly faycd
them, the six indicted prisoners sat
silent and apparently unc0ncerned.
Ksitschmldts face was as express
sionless as always and he shuwed
not the slightest emotion while be-
heard himself characterized as a
monster.
After Carl Schmidt finished testi
fyng Wedn escay. the prosecution
called several Canadian officials IN
rcbuttal 20 offset Schmidt story 0t
his travels In Canada. S. z. Brad
lev. represen dng Kaltschmidt, then
called J Herbert Cole, special agent
OF the department of iusticN. and
questioned him concerning docu-
ment In his Office IN an effort 20
SHOW that Kaltschmidt had used the
seE 600 ne received from Ambassa.
dor Won BernstorH In legitimate bus
mess transactions. and not 20 pay
the expense of the dynamite cam
paiFn. but Mr Cole refused 20 di
vilge the secrets OF his Office and
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