The sun., 1919-02-12
O'LEARY MET FOES i.
AIDS, SOLDIER SAYS
Talks With Nine. Victorica
Barred by Ex-Hotel Employee
From Overseas.
CORROBORATED BY COP
Lyons Tells of Flight and De-
MES Prisoner Sought to
Evade Trial.

Confederation Of the testimony given
on Monday by Nine. Marie K. de yicto-
RIGA that she had had several meetings
with jeremiah A. o'Leary in the Hotel
Nassau, Long Beach. after she had come
to this country on a secret mission for
the German Government. and after
America had entered the war. was Of
fered BY two witnesses in o'Leary's
trial before Federal Judge Augustus n.
Hard yesterday.
James A. Lynch. a soldier in uniform.
told the jury that he had been returned
from France under orders from Gen.
Pershing to testify for the Government.
Lynch was formerly a bell captain at
the Hotel Nassau and identified O'Leary
as n nan he had frequently seen about
the hotel in the months Of July. August
| and September of 1917. He could not
swear that he had seen O'Leary In COM
pany with Nine. de Victorica, but said
he had seen him in company with a
short. stout man who wore a goates and
whom he had seen with the Victorca
woman.
The second confederation of Nine. de
Nictorica's testimony came from Aubrey
Petit. former Chief of Police OF the
Long Island resort. who told of seeing
the trio together several times. He ex-
planned he had had them under surveil-
lance at the suggestion OF the Naval In
celligence Bureau and kept the bureau
informed of their movements.
O'Leary Quisses witnesses.
both subjected to searching cross exami-
nation by O'Leary's counsel and by the
defendant himself in an effort to cast
doubt upon their Identification. More
success attended O'Leary's efforts in this
direction with the former policeman
than with the soldier. Testimony taken
earlier In the trial was to the effect
that John T. Ryan. also indicted in con-
nection with the case. and who Is a fu
gttivo from Justice. met the defendant
at tho Long Beach resort
Private Lynch's description of the man
he saw with O'Leary fits Ryan in a gen.
eral way. but not willard Robinson. the
man whom Mime. Victorica said she had
sent to Amsterdam with confidential
messages to the German Consul and who
is under indictment on treason charge.
On cross examination, former Chief Pet
tit was not certain whether the man he
said he saw with the woman and
OLeary wore mustache or not.
Pressed by the defendant. the witness
said he had Identified him after he came
into the court room from a photograph
that the Government officials had shown
him outside.
With the soldier OLeary was not so
successful In shaking his testimony. At
one point IN his cross-examination Lynch
interrupted his explanation OF his iden-
t!flcation to say: You were at the
Hotel Nassau more than once. Mr..
OI>eary."
The answer appeared to perturb the
defendant only momentarily. Raising
his hand in protest he said:
That will do, Mr.. Lynch. I'll answer
YOU at another time, not now"
Lynch said that the O'Leary case was
1rst mentioned to him in France by
knew OLeary. He said he explained
that he had been bell captain in the
Hotel Nassau from May IS to October
l. 1917, and that he might be able TO
Identify him. Later he said he received
orders TO return homo and report to the
United States Attorney at New York.
HIS testimony was 10 the effect that he
knew Nine. Victorlca, that he had fire.
quent!y seen her about the hotel, once
in while in company OF men. including
the short stout man whom he said he
afterward saw with O'Leary. The wit
ness said II was only since the trial be-
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Lyons IL SIM uhoer Indictment on
charse OF assisting y Leary 20 get away
ana eVaoe the operation OF justice He
s"ore tha. IN none OF the conversations
ne nao with oLedry or at no tiise since
ne was away was the suggestion made
.nat ne was ATTEMPTING 10 eVade trial
ne repeated MS FORMER testimony that
was physically able to undergo the ordeal