New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

transportation of military supplies.
Besides charging the prisoner with
arousing antiBritish sentiment in Ire
lsnd, the indictment charges that
through persons in that country the
Ferlin regarding the extent of help
that could be expected of the Sim
Teiners when the German troops We're
landed. In addition, accurate estimates
were sent to Berlin by V ttorica,
O'Leary and Rodiger of the number Of
troops Great Britain would he forced
tc withdraw from the battle line in
France and Belgium to fight Ireland
when the revolt started.
Under the heading of overt acts. the
Indictment charges that on July Is,
1917, OLeary and Robinson visited
Nine Victorica at her hotel ct Long
Beach. Details of what transpired at
this meeting were not included, but it
is known that the Department of JUS
tlce has full information es to the
business transacted.
First Record of Payments
July II, 1917 is the first day which
the records of the government show
that Rudolph Binder paid money to any
of the spies On that day he gave
Rodgcr $4,000 in cash. Three days
and met O'Leary and John Ryan at the
apartment of man on Riverside Drive
who vas living under the alias of Henry
| Hurley. A few days later, after con-
ference with OLeary and Victorica,
Fricke sent q code cablegram to a con-
federate at Often, Switzerland, and paid
Rodiger 81 1000.
The indictment accounts for thou
sands Of dollars paid to Rodiger and
,c{o l N~.o ~ -
fendant, Binder. The payments date
from soon after the United States en-
tered the war up to May of this year,
when Fricke handed over 5000 to Rodi-
ger. Most of this money, according to
the Federal authorities, was used
among the Irish for meetings and OBJ
tanning employment for Sim Feiners
along the waterfront on piers handling
goods consigned to General Pershing
and the British government.
The plans as approved by Victorica,
Rodiger and the others were to supply
these men with high explosive bombs
to place on the piers. Since the dis
covery of the plot, agents of the De-
partment of Justice under Chief De
Woody have guarded certain places
where it was known efforts would be
made to conceal bombs.
The Indictment for conspiracy to
counts, the second differing from the
first in that it charges conspiracy to
spread most dangerous form OF
propaganda. If the defendants are
found guilty the extreme penalty will
be death or thirty years in prison on
each count. If the death penalty is
passed the spies will be turned over te
United States Marshal Mccarthy anc
= will DC hanged.
jeremiah A. O'Leary, who is consid
cred the director of the Sim Feil
= movement in this country, has beer
: missing since May 8. He is under in
j. dictment in the Federal District Cour
y for violation of the espionage act H
was indicted for opposition to the wa
n policy of the United States, as voice,
, in Bull" of which he was editor. TIL
. trial was set for May 20, and OLear,
Il failed to appear. Immediately ever
o investigating agency of the government
u was ordered to search for him.
h No Trace of ]. A. OLeary
+ The borders were closely guarde
= and the Secret Service agencies of al
the Allied governments asked to joi
n in the hunt. Scotland Yard men hav
d met every ship arriving at British
,. ports since the escape, but SO far hav
# been unable to locate him. He is a
: attorney and American born. His bon
e of $4,000 was declared forfeited, an
. since his escape his brother, John J
d O'Leary, has been arrested on tn
/. charge Of aiding him to fee.
John J. O'Leary is now held in tn
Tombs in 100000 bail, having been in
1t dicted on the charge of obstructin
is Justice. He will be placed on trial il
Y: the Federal District Court mex
d Wednesday: Two days before Jeremia
s OLeary disappeared he gave hi
y brother John power of attorney.
o John T. Ryan, the fugitive lawye,
h is we'll known in Sim Fein and othe
j. radical Irish circles. He and O'Lear
were very friendly. and the theory ha
s. been advanced by some Fed&al au
= thorities that they may be togethe,
o Ryan was implicated with Captain Vol
l. Papen. former military attache of tn
l. German Embassy at Washington. il
n the plot to blow up the Welland Cana
e When the Federal grand jury in Ne,
l. York investigated this plot, Ryan wa
& witness and acknowledged that h
j. had paid some money, supplied by vo