The Detroit times., 1917-12-12
EEF WILL
TELL S TORY
ON STAND
Alleged NJ e m b er Of
Bomb Gang To Tes-
tify For Self

morning. by his attorneys Murtho
& Mistersky. that Fritz Meet broth
eriu-law OF Kaltschmidt and hus-
band OF Ida Kaltschmidt Meet sis.
ter OF the chief defendant. VIII take
the stand IN p3 own defense r
ls said that he viii make a full and
complete statement OF his alleged
connection with the vast nCtwor'
OF plots against the American and
British governments, for which the
alleged game OF dynamiters have
been indicted.
~ was NOT until Tuesday that
Neers connection with the plots
was prominently brought forward
I'm the testimony Of Serrt William
NJ larosch ANA Richard Herman, OIL
legged Co-cOnspirators with the SIX
now on trial it was charged that
Nccf was the expert mechanic who
made the various ingenious infernal
machines used in the dynamite
plots, II was sworn that Meet
made the bombs containing dyna-
mite and nitroglyCer.uc, and also
-r-0 famous rOiicr state dCVisp by
which u was intended 10 slide the
"dcyIl machine filled with dyna-
mite down th- rails into the center
OF tho St Clair tunnel
II was after these disclosures that
it was determ ned 10 put Neef ON
the stand in the hope that he could
of'N' the damning testimony against
him
At The opening Of court Wedues-
day morning Attorney Murtha. rep
rcsenting Neef and his wife. con
tinlcd his cross examination OF Her
man. who had turned states owl
dcnce and admitted that he was a
tool Of tho alleged plotters Mr.
Nurth3 WalC much of the fact that
he witness could remember impcr-
ectly his ocious since coming to
Da.rait C.rh' days ago, but has a
clear recollection Of the events con.
1a'tCd with he plot which trans
pired two and three years ago.
Attorney prod'cv. representing
kaltschmidt. followed the same line
and also tried 20 prove that the Wit
ness understood English. and was
employing an interpreter so that he
could hear he questions in Eng
lsh and have time 90 frame an
swcrs while the interpreter was
lranslating them lie finally got tho
witness 10 admit that ne understood
English n spoken slowly He also
admitted that in similar cases in
Chicago he testified part OF the time
without an interpreter
Soon after the trial opened a stir
was caused IN the court room by
cloud OF smoke arising I'm one corner
OF the room Immediately the big
crowd began tO grow nervous, it had
heard SO much about internal ma
chimes and German bomb plots Dep
uty United States Marshal Walters
made hurried Investigation and
found that q steam pipe had burst
Herman said he went 10 the Ger
man consul n Chicago in 1914 30 re-
port. az every German reservist
was expected 10 DO Die said Jacob
son told him if was his duty 10 ro
mrn 20 G mgny 70 fght Tie said
hat Jacob on told the witness re
would obtain folso citizenship pa
pcrs for bm go he could get bacJ
10 Germany he said iha paper
were procured and that he practicni
writing lhc signature of J ID
Bomb to whom thc citizenship pa
pers were issued IIc laid be went
20 New Orleans Ia an attempt 90
get back to Germany last October
and WIS given 500 by jacobson 10
pay steamboat captain for his
passage
Eariy IN 1915, the witness said he
plotted with jacobson and others in
Chicago With the idea OF starting
strikes I'm factories, The conyorea
lions on the subject were held I'm
lhe residence Of Jacobson IN Chi
cago As these plots were being
hatchcd KaltsChmidt was present
ne witness said. and participated ln
he plotting
The cross-evaminati0n dragged ou
ntcrminahly and was the cause
of many wordv clashes between Ws
irict Attorney kian.ne and Ar
bradley Repeatedly Judge Tuttle
was forced to Interfere iu en- Cffo"'
tu pced up the eyau.Hf ion The
witness sc med unable t0 get Che
meaning of the attorney thru thc
interpreter aul auou q dozen
que ions bad to bt asked before
MIR urtdlcy was satisfied that ore
cue ion had been answered The
.iress was taken SLOWLY and labor
ously over his entire story told on
tlrectexnmination
lie told of trip 20 Port Huron
with kaltschmidt, who went 20 SAT-
iffy himself whether tho wirno7s
had been correct IN reporting That
20 was not feasible to dynamite iho
tunnel there hy any of DE methods
which had been suggested Hc aid
that be- and Kaltrbm dr. carefully
examined the place and for tho um
being abandoned Jhe project
Herman de- orhcd under cross as
animation. Wcdnesi2E aft3-u0on nie
trip ont to the s-vsn Nlrrt Whom
he dug MP thc hGK known J the
Devil cgr and o-he rcgp'o ives. ef
sisted by secret service man. Tic
said BE- did most OF 'he dIssns.
After an hour Cf tho cr07aeHam
nation it Wa di 1vcrcd that ar
least one 0f thc jurors was asleep
ffF VIZ 1T T7-HT-- TT1 forced t0 r"
main awake thru0Ii the rcma.u3e
uf tho touim1uy
Another utuc Incident tend D tc
liycn ur matters % bic 10 was .he
cJoctment of q man from ihe cou
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ia tho jury room by "a deputy mar
shaI and ordered out ul tha wId.n~
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