The sun., 1918-07-13


o'Leary admitted the authenticity OF
the letter and repeated that he had not
suggested meeting with Albert.
Did YOU ever see letter from DR.,
Albert to Speyer & Co. with reference
to sending money to the American Truth
Society asked Mr.. Barnes.
Il never did"
Not the "Chief" Speaker,
In relation to a Madison Square Gar
den meeting In 1915 OLeary smil'ngly
con'radicted Mr.. Barness statement that
he was the chief speaker. He said that
W. Bourkc Cochran was among the
speakers He said that cambridge
Colby had promised to speak but did
not have the backbone to show up.
Asked II former Congressman John }.
Fitzgerald was a speaker he said yes.
and added. HE was looking for Irish
votes then"
Did you say then that the time hsu
come for the Irish and Germans to
unite" Mr.. Barnes asked.
you bet I did. had been trying to
draw them together for five or six years.
tried to get them together as Washing
ton did. lie had De Kalb and Steuben.
Those are good German names"
Mr.. Barnes submitted copies Of Bull
for June. July, August September and
October OF last year as evidence Of Jere-
miah's activities after the United States
entered the war.
Claims lie Was Loyal.
DO YOU claim. in all the cases We
have been discussing this afternoon,
relating to periods both before and af-
ter our entrance into the war. that you
were acting the part OF a loyal Ameri-
can citizen. with the welfare Of this
country as foremost in your heart?"
asked the prosecutor.
Absolutely. Mr.. Barnes" o'Leary
answered.
from the Governments collection.
Did you write this piece OF poetry
and give 1t to a lady by the name Of
Ida koltsaide. to be printed in the
Detroit Abend Postf"
81 certainly did not. wrote the
room and gave 1t to a lady I met in
Detroit"
Mr.. Barnes read the poem to the
jury. 1t follows:s--
Columbia. the gem of the ocean.
The home of the brave and the free,
Behold you Europe thy mother
PROSTATE with wounds made by thee.
Your message Of love'is a bullet
Flung deep in the heart OF your friend !;
Your peace Is the howl Of your shrapnel,
Your prayers without mercy YOU send.
Your voice is the boom Of your cannon
That wither the Teutonic line:
Your friend is the tyrant which smote you
Where the shades of your heroes entwine.
The ghosts of the slaughtered VIII haunt
YOU
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The cries of the orphans for daddy"
The lure OF war profts exact.
The vengeance of God grimly waits YOU
For he Natcheth the dolnEs OF men:
His word and birthstone hang DER you
AS they doeth-do unto them"
Swift to the temple Of honor
Where the soul OF the nation was born.
Go repent OF your sins of destruction
Bring joy to the sufferers foriorn.
Restore quick your forge and machine shop,
Their fire and their madness must cease,
Our nation was made for the tranquil
Our workshops developed for peace.
letter was submitted In which the
Detroit woman returned the poem with
copy Of a German translation which
she said would be printed in the bend
Post
Mr.. Barnes closed the cross-examna-
tan TOT Inc uaN DS readlnR letter
which OLeary wrote on August 9, 1871.
to Bernard Ridder OF the Stodts-Zeituno.
It's high light was a paragraph in which
O'Leary said he would take gun and
shoot himself before he would fight be-
side British--.n France.
OLeary was continuously in nervous
movement in the witness chair. Ere
quently his explanations eliminated Iato
passionate defence that caused the
prosecutor TO say that the situation did
not require a speech.
Frequently his testimony caused him
10 speak emphatically, his face flushing
with pride. This was notably so when
he recounted how John, as chairman OF
the Irish bazaar committee. raised the
creates; sum ever secured by this
method for an Irish charity. The mood
REQUIRED when he recounted how he and
John went to New Jersey and helped
former Senator MARITIME defeat "Mr.
Wilson's candidate in a primary con-
test two and half to one