Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-15 | Page 6 | Plotter Given Stiff Grilling

PLOTTER GIVEN I I STIFF I GRILLING Test Testimony inton r o of f Star W Jf in Ili Bopp Trial Uns Unshaken on oil Cross San Francisco Dec 11 Louis H. Louis J. J Smith the governments government's chief witness stuck to his testimony today In tho the taco face of persistent examination cross-examination b by the defense In the trial of Franz Bopp Dopp German consul general In San Francisco o. o and six others for tor alleged conspiracy to Iol violate to United States neutrality neutrality neu neu- by blowing up munitions shipments shipments ship ship- ments intended for Cor tho entente allies nIlles Smith one of or the seven severt under indictment in indictment In- In was forced by Theodore of counsel for Cor tho the defense to admit that ho had been promised Im Immunity from punishment In return for tor his testimony at this trial He ne also a admitted that f following tho the alleged cd receipt of oC from the thc German I consulate funds here herc In July Juh 1915 1910 he had journeyed from San Francisco to toO I O Oshkosh Wis Is accompanied by a woman woman woman wom wom- an not his wife i ife The court ourt however howe I sustained objections preventing tho the de defense defenso de de- I Cense from further lurther questioning Smith concerning tho the latter Incident Efforts lp prove provo Smith a n. deserter from the First Firsta Maryland a ol volunteers r with whom he enlisted at the outbreak of the tho Spanish American war failed Throughout hout tho the Jay day Roche hoche attempted unsuccessfully to draw from Smith an admission that tho the British consular offices of ot- offices ott t es hero here an and in Detroit Mich lIeh ha had befriended him in return for lor his testimony tes tes- against t Bopp Vice Consul Cons l E. E H. H yon von on Schack G. G W W. von Brinek- Brinek en the alleged between go-between C C. C. C Crowle Crowley Crowley Crow- Crow le ley and Crowleys Crowley's assistant Mrs Margaret Margaret Mar tar garet W. W Cornell Cornel Smith steadfastly denied dente Roches Roche's suggestions sug that British consular or other othel agents had offered him I or any other amount for his testimony His Ills cross examination will be continued continued con con- 1 tomorrow