New-York tribune., 1918-07-12
Outlines His Case on Stand
During the Trial of
Brother John
Says He, Not u. S.,
Shut Down Bull"
Also Upholds the Ideals Of
American Truth
Society

District Court, yesterday indicated !.
defence against the treason cba,v..
now pending against him.
Il am an American," he proudlv !.
clared not once, but four timo.
the course of his brother Johns trio,
HIS magazine, Bull to which r..
forbidden the use of the mails bss
been shut down by his own voIpn+.ss
order, he asserted
Just as soon as the pos+m.,.
General came out with a public s,...
ment to the effect that eBulp W., y
terfering with the war policies Of -.
United States" said he, 81 immedi.ts
~ ordered suspension of publication
No Hyphens for Him
Going at length into the ideals q,
the now disrupted American Truth e..
clety, whose viIulent attacks on Gree.
Britain caused the beginning of hi,
own difficulties, jeremiah. OLearv pro.
tested that it was founded solely IA
uphold the ideal of American demOe.
racy and support the Declaration .;
Independence.
I'VE selected the word American for
IT, he said, as directly opposed to
lrlsh-American, or German-American
or Italian-American or Hungarian
American or any other form of diluted
American. And we selected the word
Truth because we held truth to be
the dearest possession Of any free peO.
ple-above justice, or tradition or any.
thing else"
Both the invasion of Belgium and
the SINKING of the Lusitania, the wit
ness declared. he had always disap-
/ proved. For Imperialism he affirmed
he had mo use in any form, by friend
or foe His activities on behalf Of
Irish freedom, he said, we're undertaken
because, 'as an American citizen,
wanted to see American ideals applied
to Ireland"
He Opposed Hillquit
Asked if he approved of the Social
lsts' tenets, O'Leary, after an interval
of reflection, said:
Il don't agree with their PROPOSE
ton to disestablish the American form
of government"
Far from supporting socialism in the
last municipal campaign, he added he
had ~dissuaded many people from yot-
ing the Hillquit ticket.
AS evidence that the American Truth
Society was in no way engaged in civ
ing aid to the enemy, its founder cited
the fact that it was put into active
operation two ard half years before
the great war began in 1914 Coming
into being as q result of investigations
o. his own, OLeary said the organiza-
tion was designed to oppose any form
OF foreign influence, particularly such
forms as he held Cecil Rhodes'S will
to outline and Andrew Carnegie's
public activities to further.
Denies Profteering
Have you to-day any hatred 4or
Engllshmen or EngliShwomen, as
such - asked Colonel Thomas B.
Fielder, counsel for the defence.
If ( had, Colonel Fielder" returned
the witness dramatically. u would tea!
it out of my heart
Not cent of gain, OLeary add
ed, had come to him as a result
of any OF his public activities.
On the contrary. he declared that
appearing as a public speaker. he had
frequently paid even his travelling ex-
penses out of his own pocket.
Every effort I'vc ever made pub
hcly," he wound up, "has been to Sus-
tain the American form of govern
, ment."
Later, when he had left the declara
tlon OF his principles for recital o.
the flight West, which is the cause Of
the present conspiracy charge agalns!
his brother, Jeremiah gave new ana
more colorful version OF his capture
by government agents:
One of these gentlemen he sad
pulled out revolver and fired oil
couple of shots. | asked him what ne
was shooting for, and he said ne was
Just trying out the gun. Then ten OF
d dozen wild and woolly WeSterners
came up with six-shooters IN tneH
hands, pale and frightened looking
told him, No, he's under the car here,
Then they put me under arrest and
snapped handouts on me-
AT another stage, speaking. OF nD
arrival IN San francisco last January
he said:
"The newspaper men started calling
me up right away, and when wouloh
talk TO them they began putting ous
big headlines about bomb plots anu
things"
For the rest. it was twicetold tale
that the big Sim Feiner delivered !s1 g
terday, and. careful as he was 10 ~,
ther the business OF his own defence,
the oratorical pyrotechnics that maIhsu
his earlier appearances were consp.'S
ously lacking. Even his entry was -. -
sharp contrast 10 his brief, opeis.'SS
appearance of the day before, o..
throughout the proceedings that en bs
sued he seemed at all stages "
holding a tight rein over himself. .d
Besides Jerry. the stand was occup.ssS
yesterday by Or. F. G. Jennings rsst
surgeon who prescribed month Ms Us
IN the country for the patient; by ME;
Arthur OIeary, who declared non. On.
the family approved OF Jerrys at
ties, and by a number of lmpressnJs1o
substantial character witnesses sns
appeared on Johns behalf. Win VSs 'ss
Of these, Mark Potter. the lawyer, 80,
prosecutor had somewhat nes'eSf
quarter of an hour on the question. IN
a LAWYERS patriotic obligations. ou'
the end the matter was smlcaos .he
iusted. The hostilities between nna,bils
rival attorneys in the case mesns,adssS ss,aes
dwindled down TO a few caustic Ss Of
In the course of his protestaliV.;nosn .;onsd
loyalty Jeremiah O'Leary menssvi ass OF
that he had contemplated CAM truth
the members OF the AmerlS@n t"sI;ng hor
norly'y msny Of Tt." its members had sons in ne
service. i Also, he denied ever hsEs,s M,s.
talked in Lyons's presence OF n@, IN,
Victorica, the alleged German spy 'naIsl al,
said that he had advised William ,insr na