The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-06-15
MAN WHO FLED
WITH 0'LEARY
REVEALS PLOT
Federal Prosecutor Creates
Sensation by Giving Full
Details to Jury.
BROTHER PUT IN NET
Arrest Of Arthur Lyons Had
Been Kept Secret by
Government.
BROTHER PUT IN NET

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laid on the table Yesterday by Ear, p,
p.rn.s. Assistant United States A,tor.
ney, in hi. opening before Judge Hand
ana Jury /" o"e o"'eu s'A'es JUSTIFY
court ~ was NOT an opening III 'ne
ordinary se"se' II was "'e'a"s fe'e
ia'lon'
Inc amazing eha'h o, evidence "nlch
n"s co'ne INTO posseSsoh VI '"e ""~
ernmeht IN no less amazing manner
was recNed casually! almost as mat
ter OF course nut tne erect was any.
hing but casual. In three-auarters OF
an hour MT. Barnes traced 1ohh d.
oLearys brother Jeremiah a. oLearF.
rom Ne" ioIk " 9'. LOUIS anu i,o.
- LOUIS 10 the MeH'ed" ooroer' ou'
mat was the least OF tne performance
FROM the mexican oorneF' "here 'ere
miah oLeary ned IN panic rear OF eapI-
'a' punishment Mr. barnes .'rneo oaeh
70 Ne" iork ana re'eaieu lot '"e "rs'
''me 'hat tne .roNer"'"e". mas IN custody
man. nere'oiore uh'neh''oneu' VINO neu
WIN Jeremiah Lears on 'he mo,"'ns
vi May T. Ahouk" .N'. n"'"es ".u nv.
say 80 IN SO man! "olos. 'heie Is h''
'he slshtes' oouo. tna' .his man
Ar'nur Il" Lyons vi i'' as' So
n'nth street "'"''"'
s'ate > evidence
kaew O'Leaty's Every Move.
Tn no other way could the Govern.
wan, have gathered the matter pre.
.ented to the iury Yesterday afternoon
tail scarcely. il ever. equaiied in tn.
widest detective fiction. The Govern
Inent knew. for instance, the day and
.our on which jeremiah O'Leary went
10 confession and the priest TO whom
ne confessed: II knew the barber VINO
shaved him on the day he jumped MS
bail o: $4,000. and the ocuhst "ho
fitted him with glasses.
But. even more vital to the case IN
hand, II knew to the smallest detal'
Just what transpired between orother
and brother in the feNereo hours oeto'e
the hurried flight and stated unequrvo'
raliy that II wou!d prove the 'tehe's ~
the flight were purchased q! '''''
oLeary, the defendant now on triah
II this fact only is established II VIII
clinch the case against John u Lears
VINO technically Is charged with con-
sriracy TO obstruct Justice. Specincnh'
he is charged with aiding ms pro'"e'
20 escape At the time OF the ESCAPE
jeremiah OLeary was under iho'c'"en
for violation OF the espionage act' anu
on conviction might have been sentenced
hn. Of $40 900.
s r..,.,r r..r.s C.,lovs.
Iva A. ar,f
however. that he fed In rear OF 'n'
subsequent indictment which suos'a"''
ally charges treason, so that II "a'
not fear OF punishment Tor matter pun
hshed in BuH that prompteo the i'si
aSitator to jump MS oai ana nee ~
Mexico. but fear that MS assoc'aio"'
with Nine. de Ntctorica. SaFi MOUSSE
and other German agents "ou'u prin'
MIN TO the scanoid ana tne ha"s"'""
moose
In his opening MIR. Barnes s'a'e'
hat jeremiah oLeary ana Artnur u
Lyons, Brooklyn politician ana asso
ciate Of the OLearys. ned tosether o'
tickets purchased ny John - Leary INA
letter written by Lyons IN fh1h~
Arz,, to his wife IN brook'yh' care
Mrs Lyonss orother' MOTIFS " D''e'
mad been intercepted oy secret serE'c
agents and finally-the ace hish truml
IN an INFINITE variety OF minor truhps-
that Lyons himself mas pecn IN custoo.
since June 10.
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Mr.. Barnes began with an unimpres
sive sketch of the Jeremiah OLeary In
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