The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-27
|O'LEARY'S FAMILY
SWEAR HE'S LOYAL
Father, Brother and Sister
Among Witnesses for Anti
British Agitator.
PRIESTS ALSO TESTIFY
Ancestors Settled in America
About 1760--Uncles in
Civil War.

jeremiah O'Leary's father. one sister
and two sietors-in-law testified yester-
day to his patriotism and loyalty in
the trial before Federal Judge Augustus
n. Hand. Other testimony regarding
O'Leary's Americanism was presented
by two clergymen, and this was supple
mented by evidence along the same
lines by soldiers
Daniel .OLeary. sc, an inspector in
the state Department OF Labor. read
n let OF thirty-two relatives Of the
family who had served either In the
army or navy during the present war
my boys couldn't be disployal II they
tried" he added
The elder O'Leary said that his an
cestors settled in America between 1850
and 1910; that he had three brothers
and three cousins killed fighting In the
Union army during the civil war. He
said he remembered his father taking
jeremiah when the latter was a child
to visit spots that in the Revolutionary
War became historic. He said that
\ these things had made great impress
! sion on jeremiah.
A clash between counsel occurred wher
|
DO you know. Pop. that the relative,
! OF James w. Osborne. who is prosecute
ing me in this case, fought against the
| Union that your brothers tried te
saver"
Judge Hand ruled the question out.
Relatives Opposed His Activities
! Although he admitted that the family
was of one mind in the matter Of thu
freedom OF Ireland. Arthur T. O'LearN
| testified that Jeremiah's activities II
that direction did not have the un.
! qualified approval OF the other mem
bers. 1T was the idea Of the family
he said, that my brother was neglect
| Ing his law practice. impairing hi'
health and staying away from his of
| fee. We disapproved because he wa'
going at 1t so strong, losing his money
! losing his health. losing everything
for nothing"
| Alice r. OLeary, sister OF jeremiah
| testified that she had been interested II
Red Cross work since the outbreak o
the war and that jeremiah had beer
| absent in the Adirondacks in September
| 1917. The exact time of this absence
was not brought out. but II is the con
! tention OF the Government that O'Learr
| during September 1917. had been fire.
auently seen about the Hotel Nassau a
Long Beach at time when Nine. Vic
torica, the confessed German agent wa
there.
! Mrs. Alice b. OLeary. wife Of Arthu
O'Leary. testified that Jeremiah ha,
| frequently given advice to young mer
| TO enter the service, and Mrs. Mar,
| F. O'Leary. wife OF John ]. O'I,eary
testified along the same lines and TO TN
effect that the cards containing tn
! names and addresses Of the contributor
to the Irish bazaar In the gunner o
1917 were at present stored In John J
| O'Leary's garage in F!atbush. and tina
they had lain there undisturbed sine
the time her husband brought then
there from rs Lexington avenue whei
the bazaar was over
Priests Testify for O'Leary.
Arthur T. O'Leary testified that h
was a graduate engineer as we'll as
lawyer; that he had trained In avia
| alton. jeremiah asked his brother;
do you recollect me saying that wa,
ashamed OF my physical condition. tha
I was afraid of being turned down b,
an examining board and that II II WASH
for that fact 7 would enlist"
The witness said that he did not recol
lect the remark. but that Jeremiah
I might nave mace II. Inc heN. Jpnn IL
Dooey. pastor Of Corpus Christi Church
12lst street. near Broadway. said tina
he had heard O'Leary make public
speeches. but that there was nothing II
anything he said that might be con
strued as disloyal. He said the defend
ants general reputation was excellent
Mgr. James NJ. Power. pastor of Al
Saints Church, Madison avenue ant
18th street. said that he had know
OLeary intimately for twenty year,
and that his character WAS better thar
good--excellent."
Mgr. Power said that It was the opin
ion of Irish people in the city that thu
attitude of the press toward the lrisl
question was British propaganda an,
that II the newspapers would leave tn,
Irish people alone their antagonism to
ward England would be at least abated
No Idea of ObstructinE Draft.
WAS there ever any suggestion Of
any idea among those connected with 1
that the Irish bazaar was arranged Will
the idea OF obstructing the draft?'
OLeary asked,
Never" the witness exclaimed Will
emphasis.
'The Irish people would not hav,
stood /. for such an act OF disloyslty
would they?"
They would not"
Mgr Power had previously testified
that he was a member OF the executive
committee of the Friends OF Irish Free
dom. under whose auspices the ba2aa
was held.
John Duffy, a soldier. recently re
turned from France. where he fought II
the ArgOfne Forest. said that he ha'
been present at Suffers Harlem Rive
CaSsA when O'LeaTy-A~s1D a speasS4k =
that there was nothing in the speed
that inspired any spirit of mutiny II
him. copy of the account of the meet
ing printed the following day in tn
Gaelic A m ericdn was shown to him an
he said that some OF the things in TN
report were not correct In reply +
questions from O'Leary the witness sal,
that he had observed a general feeling o
antipathy toward England among tn
American soldiers in France. but tina
that had not affected their lighting quail
ties.
The trial will be resumed to-day.