El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-19
JUSTICE In A
GERMAN COURT
How Men Are Condemned,
Punished, Killed With
out Evidence.

ANS tA--aa-n AAt-+-lAAA41 d hAA4- -aa -4
months worked in the KrUpp gun
I works at Essen-uRtl I was arrested
( in connection with a plot TO wreck
I the works. a plot I had no hand in.
After I had been IN my cell Two
days, Nine. Warburg, one Of the many
women secret agents employed by the
kaiser came 10 me and asked me TO
reveal the details OF the plot. I de-
Inied knowledge Of IL.
She interrupted me as spoke.
] Come, come; you talk like an Ameri-
Gamer" she said Don't think 10 put
me Off with such tales as this. on
were TO have been at the workers
arrested, and had il not been for the
fact that you were needed in the
shops you, too, would have been ar
rested Your comrades have given
see 10 is or no use your saying you
know nothing. keplenlli. the Hun
garian, has himself given the names
OF an who associated with him 50 as
TO save his own dirty skin. He has
told all. You are as big a traitor as
he is, and shall meet a like fate"
Too sharp TO Be Caught
Then, If the Hungarian has told
you this much, why come 20 me2'
asked
She left in a rage.
When our trial was called. the GUS
tice' chGmbe was well filled when
we entered. q motley crew chained
two by two. whose appearance in the
strange prison garb formed strik-
ing contrast 10 the flashy uniforms Of
the officials.
our names having been called. the
charge was read over The Hunga-
rian had several counts against him.
and his case was taken first. The
splre, plan and plot leading others
TO follow him, 70 destroy she works
at Essen, and DO great damage 10 the
cause Of Germany"
To the charges he pleaded mot
guilty" and then the names OF 80
men were read out These we're
charged with being present az an IL
legal meeting OF the workers com
mittee. and with plotting 10 destroy
the works. Each man entered the
plea OF not guilty 7 entered the same
plea as the others. and the trial com
mcuced-
False Witness.
The WarbUrg woman was the first
witness She entered the witness box
and faced the president There was
no Formally OF swearing 10 tell the
truth. as far as she and other Official
witnesses were concerned; the Wo-
man simply stood there sud COM
meuced TO tell how she learned that
the Hungarian was plotting 10 de-
stroy the works and spread dissatis- Z
Proceeding she told how she. dis
guised as a workman, had attended :
the meeting at which 7 was present !
held in the cellar OF Strasse iS4 and
had taken a shorthand note OF the {
mans speech, a transcript OF which 4
she had given the president She had I
also made a note OF all who we're I
present az that gathering. and these {
men would be arrested in due course. !
Many Of them were now facing the I
general but others had been allowed /
TO continue at work for reasons which !
the general was aware Of
From the commencement OF the 4
trial saw how the whole case had I
been cooked There was 10 pos
sible chance OF any OF the prisoners 1
obtaining even the elements OF JUS I
tice-
his Life at stake.
Witness after witness was called.
al OF whom spoke to the shadowing I
OF the heplenkI and other prisoners;
ana one, man, spoke TO following
the Hungarian from Strasse 1S4
Was the klumpke with him."
asked the president
He was, Herr President he and
another man" said the man. To
gether the men walked into Erupps
gate, and the Muncheuer went into ]
the HunEarian's room. remained
outside the door. and overheard their
What was the nature OF it77
They drank beer together. 10 the
success OF the workers committee"
IL was hepleukI who broke the ST.
.ence which followed the statement Z
ut is a lie" he shouted a'Ths
Aeplenki had nothing 10 do with any
plot"
"Silence~ said the president, while
The guards seized the Hungarian.
Roughly he shook them off Herr
General he said. Il am TO be con-
lemued- 7 see u
The man was allowed to proceed
10 further. Gen. KIauber signed TO
he guards, who unfastening the
rOns by which keplenki was chained
% me, pulled him out Of the court
house.
One Of the men. whose name I as
'ertained was Carl kauffer, an Aus
rian BY birth, iutimated that he was
'eac- 10 give evidence. and was adj
nltted 10 the witness box. He told
low he had been approached by KEEP
enki and had been induced 10 attend
he meetings and swore to certain
.tatements made by the Hungarian.
he had intended, so he claimed, as a
rue subject OF q nation allied 70 Ger
many. 70 disclose the whole plot 70
ne authorities on the day following
he meeting OF the workers commit
ee AZ which he was arrested with I
'thers-
aI Speak for Myself
Then. in reply 90 the president. the
nan mentioned name after name OF
ther workers. who, he alleged. were I
implicated in the plot. and who were
nown to him rs associates OF the