The Detroit times., 1917-12-05

Canadian Pacific railroad bridges az
Nipigon. Canada. because the road
was carrying munitions 10 The al
lies; the Windeor ArmoDes where
soldier6 were being trained, the -
Clair tunnel thru which trains load
cd with soldiers are carried and The
Detroit Screw Works. which was
manufacturing war munitions.
"We will also show" continued
Mr.. Kinnane. that Albert K kalt
schmidt engineered the whole con
npiracy under orders from the i'm
periaI government OF Germany. We
will produce an ingenious clockwork
bomb contrivance in suitcase anc
numerous other sinister and inter.
ssting exhibits. all OF which were
instruments used IN a big conspl-
racy against the government
we will show tnat just before the
DISCOVERY OF this big CONSPIRACY
KaltsShmidt went 20 Chicago ana
confetred with the officers OF the
German consulate there and made
arratgements 20 have quantity ot
hi1h explosives sent here 10 be used
10 blow Up factories making MUM
fions for the Allies, as we'll aS rail-
roads carrying them 10 the coast Tor
shipment. We will show that MT-
Neef. Kaltschmidts sister received
the goods ana for time kept them
in Kaltsehmidps garage. after which
they were sent 90 The homo ot Fran
Respa. ia Royal Oak. By Mrs NeeL
"Wo viii also prove that it was
manned 10 blow up the Detroit
Screw work. and that three OF the
confederates went out there 70 OBJ
tain Iebs 40 they could plant clock
work bombs They failed 20 get tle
Jobs. but determined 90 blow UP the
plant anyway. Because close
watch was kept on the factory the
plot failed and the dynamite was
buried ON the outskirts OF the city,
where Il was aug up by agents or
the department Of justice.
I'VE win also show thut the Grand
Trunk railway tunnel under the -.
Clair river Mas 10 have been blown
up and that bn ingenious ciockwoTk
bomb was fastened 90 train II
was timed to explode when the train
reached the center OF the tunnel, but
the mechanism went wrong"
Mr.. Kinnane said he would prove
that the expense OF all these opera
tions was borne by Kaltschmidt
from funds that came from the I'm
perial German government
Horace B. Peabody. one OF the
owners OF the Peabody Overall fac
tory In Walkeryille. was the hrst
witness He testified that az the
time OF the explosion at his plant
be was manufacturing uniforms for
the British army and was employ
ing about ] 600 men
James p. Smith, provincial consta-
BILE, OF Windsor, testified that on
June 2l. 1915, at a IN, he was
called 20 the armories. following
small explosion. where he found a
suitcase, at the south end OF the
building. containing 27 sticks OF dy-
Mantle with wires attached 10 clock
work set 70 explode az 3 a m, but
the mechanism had gone wrong and
the fuse only exploded
The case was adjourned az
o'clock for luncheon 20 be resumed
later in the afternoon when William
Lefier. now serving 10 years In the
penitentiary in Kingston. Ont. and
Charles Respa, serving life sen
tence in the same prison. for com
plicity I'm the plot 10 blow up the
overall factory Of the Peabody com
paEy. would be called. These two
men have been brought from the
Canadian prison TO testify against
their alleged chiefs in the con
npiracy.
A deputy United States marshal
went 10 the jail Wednesday morn
ing 10 get Respa, but II is Fald he
returned 10 court with the wrong
prisoner and had 10 take the man
back.
A Jury was finally obtained late
Tuesday afternoon 10 Try Albert
Karl Kaltschmidt' and the five 9TH
ers indicted with him on the charge
Of conspiracy against the United
States government The following
men witt decide the fate of tf1u men
and women who are accused of wag
ing war against this country in be-
half OF Germany thru plots 20 blow
up bridges. tunnels and factories
III. " Ricke-t. lumberman. Ians-
ting; w. A. Porter Ingram. r. A.
Wright oxford X y Parker. in
surance agent. Lansing George 5
Barnes, Calhoun; Alexander Z. Rich
ards. Wayne, James Pullen. Wayne;
G. w. Wilbur: Loron T. Dean Npsi.
lanti; s. D. Paine. No 799 Spring
wells-ave., Detroit; Patrick Mccoy.
William d. Taylor, Hillsdale.
There are five attorneys represent
ing the halt-dozen defendants, and
each spent a great deal Of time ques-
tioning the jurors as 20 their quail
hcatlons A special effort was made
10 discover IL any OF the men in the
box had deep seated preiudices
against men OF German descent All
OF those finally accepted declared
they could give German as fair a
trial as any other man
H. W. Bailey and s r Bradley
are defending Kalischmidt Lazar.
as Dayidow Is defending Franz
Respa and Carl Schmidt and wife.
while James A. Murtha and Eugene
L. Mistersky are looking after The
case for Fritz Meet and Ida Kait-
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