New-York tribune., 1918-07-13
OLeary Falters
Under Griilling;
Admits Charges

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full quarter of an hour, the Witness
aged mother sat with her ewes closed
her hands pressed tightly over he
ears, an expression of acute pain twist
| ing across her face. His father, wht
has likewise attended every session O
the present trial, remained with bowe(
head, his hands working convulsively
along the arms of his chair.
Colonel Thomas B. Fielder, counse
for the defence, objected strenuousl
TO the admission of this communica
rion, as he did to the submission tc
the jury of all the other utterances oil
Jerry's which Mr.. Barnes offered yes
terday.
But on the day before, under the
guidance of Colonel Felder's question.
ing, Jeremiah OLeary had begun the
expansive protestation of his loyalty tc
America. Yesterday he entered Judge
Augustus n. Hands branch of the
United States District Court wearing q
Liberty bond button and a gay red
white andblue bouteoniere and con
cluded his direct testimony in the
same general tenor.
Judge Hand on this account ruled
that the door had been opened for an
inquiry into Jeremiah's relation to his
country, and Mr. Barnes lost no time
in leapirg through to seize the oppor-
tunity afforded.
Brothers Case Lost Sight OF
In the ensuing hurly burly the case
OF John OLeary-w whose fate, on q
charge of having conspired to aid in
his brothers runaway, is the issue
really at stake in the present proceed
lngs--was almost completely lost sight
of. Once it loomed momentarily into
the spotlight when letter he had
written to Jeremiah following a violent
anti-Brltish speech of the latter's was
introduced
Don't weaken-keep it up" advised
the letter, which was signed "Affec-
tlonately, John"
For the remainder of the time. how
ever, Jeremiah usurped the centre of
the stage even more exclusively than
ne has on his former appearances in
his brothers case.
His whole attitude from the time the
war started, in 1914, up to the day of
his own indictment under the espio-
prosecutor. First, from his published
writings, the witnesses assertion that
he never had condoned the sacrifice of
the LuSitania was refuted. Then, one
after another, Mr.. Barnes traced
OIearys successive efforts to wreck
the Anglo-French loan. to foment an
anti-Brtish cult in this country, to
sway Congress through monster petit
tons, to secure an embargo on food
finally to force an eleventh hour senti-
ment for peace.
In M rouCco Of %bo oorro xyo.
German names and mentions Of Ger
man money and gatherings in German
restaurants that We're continually re-
curing. Once slim, bushy-haired
bespectacled youth, who admitted to
being German subject, was called
from the back of the room. His name
was Wiener, and he was the person
from whom Mr.. Barnes stated Jerc-
mlah OLeary originally sought an in
troductlor to DR.. Albert.
Claims Forgetfulness
At first, when the onslaught was un-
leashed against him. the witness, who
has been so debonair and nonchalant
heretofore, sought refuge in protcsta
toms Of forgetfulness. Letter after
letter, signed with prominent German
names and addressed to himself, he
declared he could not recollect.
you'll admit you probably got them,
though, won't you?" asked the District
Attorney
NO. sir, won't" returned the
American Truth Societys chieftain,
"Anybody could have put those in nv
files, or could have added something to
them after they got there"
IL was on account of this same pos
slblilty OF tampering, he declared, that
the subscription book OF the American
~
ruptly on April I, 1917, and was re-
moved from the organizations office.
SAYS Nc Feared Detectives
we observed jimmy marks on the
door, he said when Mr.. Barnes asked
hum about this. "it was juso as it q
ret had gnawed il. and was afraid
detectives from the Department of
ldstice or British agents would steal
IT, III an effort to show that | had re-
ceiVed German money That's why |
took the book away. Mr.. Barnes"
As the record piled up, however.
Jeremith O'Lcary became more and
more subdued. more or more reticent'
II was only as the session was clos
ing that. apparently deciding the count
against him was too full TO make fur
fher fencing Of any avail he suddenly
sat forward in his chair, addressed
came once more the OLcary Of the
first trial.
81 don't want any speeches. cried
Mr.. P"rnes sharply, a half dozen times
II know you dent" Jeremiah replied
in every case, "but Il man has his
feelings, Mr.. Barnes"
Telling how. after campaigning
against Wilson in the last Presidential
election, he had entered into the Jer-
sey Senatorial fight. his voice rose to a
shout Hl as he annourced; "And We beat
Wilson's man, MARITIME, two and ahnlf
to one-two and a half TO one, Mr..
Barnes!"
"Who do you mean by WEE" asked
the prosecutor
II mean the small. despised band
that you're trying to send to Jail. Mr..
Barnes" he thundered back-and then
it.
After that he stigmatized Banbridge
Colby as man who didn't have
enough backbone" to fulfil a speak