Evening star., 1918-06-16
0'LEARY ARRESTED;
FUGITIVE IN WEST
Convicted of Espionage-In-
v0Ived With Sensational
Band of German Agents.


NEW YORK, June 15.-Jeremiah A.
O'Leary, q fugitive from justice since
the eve of the date set for his trial
on . charge Of violating the espion-
age act by publication of seditious
matter in the anti-British periodical
Bull and later indicted for conspiracy
to commit treason. was arrested at
Sara. Wash, and 10 on his way back
to New York in the custody Of federal
agents. it was announced here tonight.
O'Leary was found Wednesday in
the remote hamlet in Washington.
which is about twenty-seven miles
north of Portland. Orc. No details
were made public concerning the pur-
suit.
Brother Under Charge.
Announcement Of his capture marks
another dramatic episode In q case
which already has had many sensa-
tional developments. His brother. John
business associate, were placed on
trial in federal court yesterday under
an Indictment charging them with
having aided him to escape from 1u-
risdiction of the court.
After jeremiah o'Leary failed to ap.
pear for trial on the charge against
him Of publishing alleged seditious
matter, he was indicted by the federal
grand jury on June Z, with four other
Americans and two subjects OF the
German empire, on charges OF con-
spiracy to commit treason and con-
spiracy to commit espionage.
Active German Agents.
Emphasis was lent to the indict-
ments by the assertion OF federal IN
vestigators that the operations of the
defendants were the most sensational
undertaken by German agents since
the beginning Of the war.
The defendants, who included one
woman, Nine. Maria X. De Victorica,
were accused Of conspiring to send
abroad information of military value,
planning the destruction Of American
piers and transports with fire bombs,
seeking the destruction OF quicksilver
mines in this country to hamper the
Of munitions and assist
ing Germany by feeding the flames OF
revolt in Ireland.
Lyon, Government Witness.
Piling sensation upon sensation, the
sprang a complete sur
prise at the trial of John ]. OLeary.
when Assistant United States District
Attorney Earl B. Barnes produced
Lyon as a government Witness and
charged that he had accompanied
jeremiah as far as Phoenix. Arz.
as he revealed the minute knowledge
the government had Of Jeremiah's ac-
tions since he left New York, Mr..
Barnes never dropped hint OF q stu
more startling fact-that the fugitive
had already been taken into custody
in a far corner Of the country.
German Woman Called.
Nine. de Victorica will be one of the
witnesses called by the government
when the trial of John J. o'Leary Is
Monday.
Mr.. Barnes told the court that 1t
would be shown jeremiah, before his
had expressed to his
brother John the fear that he would
be framed up" on charges connecting
him with "a German spy plot" Ac-
cording to Mr.. Barnes, Jeremiah said
that Nine. De Victorica was addicted
to drugs, and that he was afraid she
open UP and tell everything
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Jeremiah o'Leary's Record.
Jeremiah o'Leary, who was one
Of the strongest Sim Fein advocates
in this country, attracted attention
in 1915 and 1915 by attacks which
he made on the United states and
Great Britain. his criticism OF Presi-
dent Wilson's foreign policy and his
charge that the leading Newspapers
Of this country were controlled by
British interests.
Although his name was mentioned
in revelations made by Secretary OF
state Lansing in the fall OF 1917 con-
cerning kilograms which had been
exchanged in January. 1915. between
the imperial German government and
lis embassy at Washington about
in the United states and
Canada, O'Leary denied that he had
any connection win these plots.
Hardly had this sensation subs1ded
when Gen" Liam Mellowes. the Sim
Fein leader. asserted that OLeary
had participated in conferences In
New York city since the United
States entered the war. Mellowes
later denied having mentioned
O'Leary's name.
How o,Leary Was Caught.