The sun., 1919-01-21
NDICT O'LEARY AID
ON TREASON CHARGE
Accusations Against Robinson
Bare Secrets Of German
Spy Ring Here.
MESSAGES ON COLLARS
Trim to Europe for Vessels
Involved Drive on U.S..
Shipbuilding.


Miner county, South Dakota. whose fore
hears as far back as the record OF the
nm,ly goes were American born, was
,ra,cted yesterday by a United States
Grand Jury charged with treason. He
is 20 years old.
Robinson Is alleged to have been en-
,,oyed in Rotterdam TO work as a Ger
man spy in tho United States by Frank
o, the German naval intelligence ser
vice. Robinson had gone to Rotterdam.
lis alleged, as the messenger of Herman
Vessels and Baroness Won Kretschman.
alias Nine. Marie de Victorica, German
.rles then at work in New York, and of
jeremiah A. OLesry and John T. Ryan.
Sim Fem leaders.
Robinson was arrested June in New
bursh. He fled with O'Leary and Ryan
'ust before indictments charging con-
srlracy to commit espionage were found
against them with Vessels. Baroness
von Kretschman. Albert Pau, Tricke and
othefs. Vessels and Trcke were in
dicted charged with treason a month
AGO Robinson has been in the Tombs
prison since his arrest. Ryan has not
been caught
Robinson on Mission.
When Robinson sailed from New York
on a tank steamship called the American
or March "a 1917. he is alleged to have
had two commissions. First. to obtain
Instructions for Vessels and Baroness
Won Kretschman In expectation OF the
declaration of war then impending. and,
second. to obtain from responsible Ger
man officials a statement of German in
'srt,ous toward Ireland for OLeary and
Ryan.
According to George Winship Taylor.
Assistant United States Attorney, Rob
'rson brought word TO O'Leary and Ryan
that while Germany was in sympathy
with the aims of Irish revolutionists it
was the opinion of the imperial Govern
rent that action should not be taken
Until peace came. Germany would ad-
voca'e freedom for Ireland at the peace
conference" was the promise brought by
Robinson 1t IL said
OTeary is alleged to have taken Rob-
nson TO report TO Baroness Won Kretsch-
man on July : at the Hotel Nassau
Long Beach. The Baroness came here
IN January. 1917 Vessels came the
preceding November.
Worked Against United states.
During the summer OF 1917 Robins or
r. alleged to have coupled his secret
work for the German Government with
Efforts as a soapboN orator 10 interfere
with the American Governments wal
programme, particularly the sending OF
troops abroad. His denunciation OF the
Government at Broadway and Thirty
seventh street was interrupted by Cleve-
Ian Moffett on August 10. On the fol-
lowing night Robinson was arrested
cAarGed with disorderly conduct. He
tod the police he was stenographer out
Of employment.
In the fall OF 1917 the bureau of inves-
;'r4tion of the depa rtment received word
Ma. the French Intelligence Service had
learned in Spain that German agent,
here were in process of Transmitting
so 900 to Robinson. whose address was
given. SO Beauvoir avenue. Summit. N
: This information started the investi-
CATION that terminated last June with
the arrests of all except Ryan in the
group alleged to have been in the Ger
mn spy ring of which Vessels. former
sec'nd officer of the Imperator, was the
or'ral figure.
lu May of this year Benjamin Z. Ben
a.. an American citizen not further
1~7,fcd was approached in Stockholm
b. one Milton, alias Minkwitz, a German
agent, and according to the indictment
eoH7'ted 10 carry four soft white collars
three white handkerchiefs one white tie
written message. an oral message and
10000 kronnen (s5,o0o) TO Robinson al
his home in Summit.