The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-19
AUSTRIAN. GERMAN SCHISMTS DEEPER
SCHROEDER rs SENTENCED TO
u PAY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE
Confessed conspifaior Escapes
Term IN Penitentiafy AS Result
Of His Having Turned States
Evidence Against CO. Defend
ants

ants
IN consideration of the fact that
Heinrich Anapst Schroeder turned
slate Z evidence against his fellow com
spirators and told the jury which Is sit.
ting in the '.Hinda Revolution Com
spifaey csae'' what Ne knew about the
conspiracy and the part which he,
GeCrg Rodiek and Others played in Ifa.
waii.in the conspiracy, he has been per-.
nitted by, federal Judge 20 escape
with no other penalty than On. ineonso.
qnenfiat fine Of 1900. No prison sen
tenee was imposed upon him. Asso.
.cidted Pres despatches received last
night -snid:N s'Schroeder sentenced.
One thousand dollars fine. ~ 80
Considering the fact that Geora
Rodiek, his superior, was fined 10000
and also escaped a prison sentence, the
penalty inflicted upon Schroeder may
seem egtnnlehsurate, anil Il may be that
the judge considered Schroeder guilty
as an employe and not as q principal,
Corspirrcy Charged 8F, ,l
Heinrich August Schroeder, former
clerk Of II. sHaekfeld q 20. during the
Rodiek regime and successor TO Rodiek
as representative of Germany here
after the resignation Of the latter on
February 3, 1919, was indicted with
Rodiek and forty others ON charges Of
conspiracy to violate the neutrality 81
the United States. the specific accusa,
| ton being that the defendants CON
spired TO foment an. upffsino AGAINST
British rule in India Tor the purpose Of
embarrassing the British goyernmsnt
and forcing II 70 Withdraw mart 81 ia
troops from the battle fronts ~ En-
rope. In all, ninety eight indiefments :
were returned. but fifty.six defendan I
wefs beyond the reach Of United
States authorities. 4, y II Z Il
eufttnfez IIimself Z ( n j, |, 7: ", .
Nkfd VOID 6f the hdictmenf a no
|. dick and schroeder reaehed HonDi6 ~ Z
oeeasioA6d much txeit61,t d - AZ the
| fine Of the Indictment Bodiek was or,
! his way 10 the Coast hut Hnhroedef \ al
lfetes He was not 6ffeated at the time,
but following the qualification IN The
Adyeftiser on .J,,ly "a fiat IN otder FOR
his arrest had been issued by federal
officials in San Ffancisco, and orders
had been sent to the federal authorities
here to osarfest him and send him to San
Francisco for trial as soon as might be,
he surrehdering himself at ten O'Clock
that mbfning and was held In sl0, 900
bail. the same amount that Rodiek fur.
nished IN court In san Francisco. 1t
developed the reason no warrant had
been served on Schroeder was the mes
sage from. San Francisco directing the
arrest Of t.R. P.'s Schroeder, and the
delay was to secure more explicit in
strlictions. y q"
Schroeder left here for San Francisco
to stand trial on August Q. and on Au.
gnust, "a the trial Of the German reserv-
ist was set for October 90. The trial of
I thirty seven OF the defendants did not
start, however, until November 90. The
indictments against five Of the original
| f0fty.two were dismissed. ~ D.
Pleads Guilty Ett Il ...,.
| II was ON December 5 the big sur.
prise came when Rodiek and Schroeder
| pleaded guilty, al the same time max.
ing statemsAhts TO the prosecutor in ex.
| tenuation Of the offehses with which
they were charged. At that time United
| States Attorney Preston intimated he
would recommend that the court give
consideration to the statements of the
two defendants and extend clemeney
provided they gave the evidence re,
quired Of then.
i In their written statements 10 The
United States & attorney Rodiek and
Schroeder claimed that insofar as fheil
connection with the Maverick wen,
their effensss consisted merely Of hav
ing furnished supplies for that vessel
while she was lying at Hilo and par
took only Of the nature Of . commercial
transaetion. In his Testimony later
however, Schroeder went further and
told OF the chartering Of a sampan "a
carry rode messages and provisions Il
the Maverick from San Francisco.