The sun., 1919-02-19
O'LEARY AIDS BACK
VICTORICA'S WORDS
Defence Witnesses Tell Of
Meeting Held in Hotel at
Long Beach.
MAYORALTY BOOM HEARD
Plan Discussed at Dinner to
Run Prisoner on Anti-Con-
, scription Ticket.

Testimony adduced yesterday in the
defence of jeremiah A. O'Leary and his
associates of the Bun Publishing Com"
pany and the American Truth Society
tended In some respects to corr oborate
the words Of Nine. Marie X. de Vic
torica, whose testimony oLeary for two
days had been trying to challenge.
OTeary and his codefendants are on
trial before Federal Judge Augustus N.
Hand on charges Of violation Of the
espionage act.
John d. Moore, a former national sec
rotary OF the Friends of Irish Freedom
and an active personality in Irish cir
cles, particularly OF the anti British
sort, and a confessed friend and ad-
mirer of O'Leary. testified he had at
tended a dinner party with jeremiah and
John O'Leary and number of other
friends at the Hotel Nassau, Long
Beach, in the summer OF 1917. An i'm
portant part Of the Governments case
against O'Leary as established by Nine.
Victorica and other witnesses was that
OLeary had been seen about the Hotel
Nassau at about the time mentioned by
Moore.
Visit to LonE Beach.
Moore's testimony yesterday was to
the effect that he went to Long Beach
with John O'Leary and that besides the
OLeary brothers there were present at
the dinner Joseph Frey, Robert Gill and
Richard r. Dalton. He said that no
and his associates we're interested in the
Irish question and in the municipal sit
NINs.-
ing the late Mayor Mitchell by name he
referred to the then Mayor of New York
| as a grandson of a Fenian who had been
| exiled.
At the dinner party in question Moore
| testified the suggestion that jeremiah
lOLeary run for Mayor on an anti-con-
| scription ticket was discussed, but that
| the whole matter had been left up in
the air."
| Counsel for oLeary attempted 20
prove through the witness that O'Leary
had had some sort of assurance that the
matter in issues of the magazine Bun
that had been submitted to members OF
Congress had been at least tacitly APP
proved and that there would be no OBJ
lection to the continuance OF the pub
| LEGATION. Judge Hand ruled out num-
Der Of questions on this point. saying
that he would fully instruct the jury In
his charge on the matter of intent.
Word Passed to O'Leary.
Moore. who IL a consulting engineer
and has latterly been connected with the
United States Shipping Board, said that
he went to Washington three or -FOUR
times early in 1917 and discussed with
members of Congress features OF the
espionage bill. He said he had been
| hot mr. n-
terfere with Bull and similar publica-
tons, and that he had afterward so in
formed O'Leary.
Did YOU not say to me-" asked
,OLeary. There is no intention OF de-
sire to interfere with magazines like
YOURS
substantially that" replied the wit.
lness.
The witness admitted that before
America entered the war he was anxious
TO see a German victory on the theory
that the more difficulty Great Britain
was In the better chance there, was fol
achieving the freedom of Ireland. Mr.
Moore said that he was a native o!
Springfield. Mass.
Did you not feel in 1916. and do vol
not feel now. that the existence OF thu
American Truth Society and similar or
! CARNATIONS contained an element o
| udnReT 10 the ItDuplt. NlOpIt ~
asked.
Not at ALL" he answered.
Information Is Assailed.
The witness denied stating at an!
. time that the President was a weaklinI
! and tool in the hands of England, an,
on more than one occasion took issu
/, with Assistant United States Attorne,
James w. Osborne I'd, saying that tn
a information he had received from hi
, Investigators was wrong in many par
ticulars.
, At another point OF his testimon.
, O'I>eary asked the witness:
Isn't 1t a fact that what was tryin
to do in the Mayoralty campo ign was 4
: head the Irish off from Socialism an,
|, Hillquit?'
: Yes. you did" he replied. "You cam
, out for Hylan."
. Drs. Smith Ely Jeilifre and Georg
w jacob testified as experts for the de
fence to the effect that little or no re
sponsibillty could be placed upon tn
testimony OF a person addicted to tn
= use OF morphine for twenty years n
Nine. Nictorica testified she was