The New York herald., 1921-06-17
II. S. WARRANTS IN ATTEMPT
TO RUN GUNS TO IRELAND

Cosmopolitan people. But when the lat
ter and the customs men came TO look
the bags were gone. They had been
lowered into the bunkers. From Mon
day until Wednesday morning the Gus
toms men searched for the guns they had
been told surely were there.
But from Sunday night on the mem
bers OF the new engine room crew were
missing. On Monday night the launches
came back. A man in one launch de-
c!sred that he and his companions were
Government officials and wanted to
board the East Eide. The watchman
drew his gun and said that there would
be no boarding the East Side until he
had talked over the telephone to the
Marine Superintendent. The latter told
the watchman that no one was to board
the ship. When the watchman. gun in
hand, returned to tell the strangers that
they could not board he discovered that
they had gone.
Mystery at Hobokcn Hearing.
There was nothing but mystery in and
about Recorder Carsten's court in Ho-
boken yesterday. There were customs
men, secret service men, men from the
Department of Justice, New York and
Hoboken detectives. Hoboken patrolmen
and about 200 mysterious persons who
eyed everybody with suspicion Will
iams and O'Neill were constantly sur
rounded by a crowd of friends. all as
secretive as Williams.
Fallon, released from his duties as the
legal representative OF Hoboken, Joined
Williams's legal staff. He announced
that he would begin at once to prepare
affidavits to support his plea TO the
United States District Court to vacate
the writ Of detention on which the Gov
ernment had wrested the guns from the
Hoboken police. He said that the writ
of detention had been obtained under
the repealed amendment to the espion-
age law.
But evidently the customs men and
the Department of Justice operatives
had reason to suspect trouble. First
they loaded the guns on horse drawn
truck. Fifteen of the Government men
encircles the vehicle and fifteen more
formed gauntlet between the police
station door and the truck. All were
heavily armed.
Then they decided that it would not
be the best thing to transfer the arms
to the Appraisers Stores in Manhattan
in horse drawn truck, but that motor
truck would be safer. So they unloaded
the old fashioned dray. carried all the
guns back into the police station and
fetched a big motor van. The guaro
was strengthened and the crowds that
had collected were chased away.
| Arms Taken TO New York.
| Finally all the guns and extra part:
and the one case of ammunition were
slowed away in the van and. with foui
! armed guards on the seat and four more
| sitting inside the truck on the boxes, the
weapons were fetched across the river
Once inside the Appraisers Stores ant
viewed by William Buechler, assistant
| Surveyor of the Port, the latter an
nounced that they would remain there
until the court decided who had juris
diction over them. And then a four mar
guard was detailed to keep watch ove'
the guns in the storehouse.
"This stuff represents between $1,000 00C
and $150,Oo0 of somebody's money ant
we're taking no chances that that some
body doesn't try to take 1t by force
that's ALL explained one OF the guards
| Assistant United States District Attor'
ney Gross of Newark blocked whatever
chance Williams had Of getting posses
sion of the guns yesterday. When Re
corder Carsten called the case which
was to decide whether the Hoboker
police or the United States Government
| had Jurisdiction over the confscatet
arms, James G. Curran and Martin Ryan
both customs men, asked the cour
through Mr.. Gross for an adjournment
for week Williams. O'Neill and Fallor
objected. Thereupon Mr.. Gross hastenet
to Judge Lynch and obtained his writ o.
| detention--the writ that Fallon ant
O'Neill contend Is based upon a repealed
law