The sun., 1918-07-13
JERE UNDER FIRE
AT TRIAL OF JOHN
Question Of O'Leary's Loyalty
Reveals short Memory
of Editor.
GERMAN PRAISE QUOTED
Irish Leader Called kaiser's
Land Most Civilized
in Europe.


charge of aiding his brother jeremiah
70 obstruct justice. before Judge Angus
tus N Hand and jury in the Federal
District Court. became in effect yester-
day a trial of jeremiah OLesry on a
charge of disloyalty Much Of the morn
ing and all of the afternoon sessions OF
court were given to cross-examination
Of jeremiah on bis activities from the
beginning OF the European war TO his
indictment with others for the publica-
ton of Bull
Many of the documents which were
assembled by the Government in prep
aration for the trial OF the Bull defen-
dants were used by Earl b. Barnes, AS
sistant United States Attorney, in his
cross-examination. The Bun indictment
became a secondary matter. so far az
Jeremiah was concerned. when he was
indicted for alleged conspiracy to COM
init espionage. capital offence. The
evidence used by Mr.. Barnes was meant
to undermine his testimony in defence
Of his brother, and the way for 1t was
opened by Thomas 3. Fielder. John
0Leary's counsel. in drawing from him
the day before affirmations of his own
loyalty.
O'LcRry Knew Easement.
Mr.. Barnes questioned jeremiah in re-
gard to Sir Roger Easement, the Irish
man who was put to death in London
for high treason.
OLeary said he knew Easement very
well, and met him while he was in this
country in September, 1914. Mr.. Barnes
showed him carbon copy of a lettet
and asked him II he sent 1t TO Sir
Roger He said he had no recollection
or having written II.
DO you remember talking with Sir
Roger Easement about este blishing a
daily newspaper and about his being
the man behind it," asked Mr.. Barnes
my recollection is that | was trying
to interest Sir Roger Easement in the
organization of the Irish American
Press Bureau, whose object would be
to sell news to newspapers so as to
prevent misrepresentation OF the Irish
question"
Told Viereck His Plans.
O"Leary admitted that he went to
tho office of the FdtherIdnd with one
Noonan and informed George Sylvester
Viereck OF the organ ation OF the Irish
American Press Bureau. He could not
remember the details Of the interview.
A comment by Mr.. Barnes on his lack
of memory caused him to declare heat
eddy that 1t was possible to insert
fraudulent letters in his files. He hired
Waterman for three months to prevent
this. he said.
O'Leary was shown a programme
printed In German for a meeting in
Terrace GARDEN in the fall of 1914. He
remembered the meeting and that he
spoke He could not remember details OF
his speech. He identified pencilled notes
on the programme as his own.
Mr.. Barnes called his attention TO one
OF the notes. Germany. the most civil
lzed nation in Europe"
sDo you remember that?" asked the
prosecutor.
"Yes"
what that your opinion a, the time?'
as it now?"
mo"
would Not Desert Like Italy"
Prussia. barbarous." Plagiarism,
Japan" Assassination. Serbia" III
Ireland were located at Helgoland, there
would be no England to-day. Germany
would have an ally who would not de-
sert her like Italy"
'O'Leary's memory again failed him
when the. prosecutor asked him to
identity correspondence alleged to have
passed between him and Rudolph
Cronau in September. 1914.
DO you remember that you asked
Mr.. Cronau to see II he could not get
Amba ssador Won BernStorff and the
Hungarian Ambassador. Dumba. to
finance a proposition for a newspaper to
h "a lled the Tt.uf ~,
mo SIR
Mr.. Barnes asked about meeting at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music Dec. 6,
1914, which was presided over by Repre-
sentative Daniel j. Griffin. O'Leary re-
membered speaking there. The prose
cutor began to read an account of the
meeting from a newspaper, with the
statement that II was apt to be more ac-
curate than the memory of the witness.
Indeed 1t is not apt to be more accu-
rate" said O'Leary.
but this Is a German newspaper" re-
Joined Mr.. Barnes.
THAT does not make any difference"
The newspaper represented OLeary to
have likened Sir Roger Easements Jour-
ney to Berlin to Benjamin w. Franklin's
visit to France during the war Of the
American Revolution. He was also said
to have attacked American newspapers
Gus places to dispatches from the allied
countries while they Systematically sup
pressed or minimized the importance of
news from Germany.
speech Pleased John.
Mr.. Barnes turned back to John and
the charge Of obstructing recruiting.
He submitted letter written by John
to jeremiah the day after the Brooklyn
meeting. It read:
"DEAR JERRY: I heard all of the
speeches from the back row of the or
chestra, and I must say your speech
pleased me very much. not only because
II was we'll worded and we'll delivered
but because you had backbone In brav-
ing the ire of the newspapers. Don't
weaken. Keep 1t up. Affectionately.
JOHN"
This letter was one OF but two o,
three blows aimed directly at John by
the Government while jeremiah was on
the stand. 1t was an answer TO testi-
mony given by many of the witnesses
for the defence that John consistently
disapproved OF his brothers political ac-
tivities.
An incident at the Hofbrau Haus
early In 1915 was taken up. Mr.. Barnes
inquired into the members of the COM
pany who were present. He asked about
one Arthur Wiener. Wiener was in the
court room and OLeary identified him
and said he was at the meeting. OLeary
said he knows that Wiener is German
Did Not want to Meet Albert.
o'Leary Identified Otto Heinze. who