Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-17
SPECIAL COUNSEL
FOR O'LEARY CASE
Government Attorney to Be
Assisted by Two Promi.
nent Lawyers
CAPTURE OF FUGITIVE
Officers, Emerge From Woods and
Surprise Man. Who Was Re-
pairing Automobile

New York. June II.
II. SnOwden Marshall, former United
States District Attorney. and De Lancey
Nicoll. widely known member of the
local bar are to serve as special counsel
in the prosecution Of jeremiah A.
OLeary. Sim Fein agitator. and his fell
low defendants, on charges of conspiring
to commit espionage and treason.
O'Leary, arrested at Sara, Wash. is ex-
pected to arrive here in custody Of Fed
eral agents late this afternoon.
The appointment of Mr., Marshall and
Mr.. Nicoll as assistants to the Govern
ment was announced this afternoon by
District Attorney Caffey, who succeeded
Mr.. Marshall in that office on May T.
1917. Many lawyers in the city. among
them the two selected, had volunteered
to assist the Government in important
cases growing out of the war. A formal
statement issued by Mr.. Caffey reads:
Through the war committee of the
bar of the city of New York, of which
Henry w. Taft is chairman. a number
of lawyers have volunteered to serve the
Government in important criminal cases
growing out of or in connection with the
war. The offers of Messrs. De Lancey
Nicol and f. Snowden Marshall have
be special counsel for the United States
in the prosecution of the charges to COM
NIT espionage and to commit treason
against jeremiah A. O'Leary. John r
Ryan. Marie X. De Nictorica Carl
Rodiger. Willard J. Robinson. Albert p.
F'ricke and Emil Ripper, recently in
dicted in the southern district of New
York"
Rumors that Jeremiah OLeary, no.
torious Irish agitator who was captured
near Portland, Ore, by Government
agents, had been 'smuggled" back TO
New York, packed the building where
Federal Court is in session today at the
trial of John J. OLeary, brother of the
erstwhile fugitive. corridors in the
building were jammed an hour before
the trial was resumed and extra deputies
were pressed into service to maintain
order. The crowd dispersed when it was
announced the former editor would not
appear in court today. He is known
to be en- route to New York, under a
heavy guard.
Intimate accounts of the movements of
jeremiah OLeary and his associates in
the days preceding tSe former editors
flight to oregon were laid down this
afternoon by the Government as a basis
for the prosecution Of John J. O'Leary
first-hand authority. it was shown that
the agitator spent much time in con
ferences with close friends at the home
of a brother: that he called on his reli.
gious adviser for confession and that ar
attorney who is aiding in the defense o
John OLeary made at least three trip
to the Tombs to consult with Kar
Rodiger alleged associate OF the edito
and supposedly paymaster of the German
| propaganda organization in this country
An interesting witness put on the stan,
| today was Alexis O'Leary. a younge
| brother of John and jeremiah, who tol,
| of conference at his home at whicl
John j. O'Leary, the Rev. Father Pat
rick ODonnell and jeremiah OLear.
| were present. This was two days befor
| the former editor absconded. on tn
following day the witness said, he ac
companed jeremiah to Father ODon
nell's rectory. where the elder OLear.
went to make a confession.