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Show MOSCHEB OECLABED . I liffilT lL Captain Franz Von Papen the Villain, According to Counsel Smyth. NEW YORK, June 2 S. That Captain Cap-tain Hans Tnusoher, former Gormnn army officer on trial here charged with complicity in the alleged jtlot to blow up the. Wetland canal .in Sept timber, I H.I 1, was made the innocent tool of Captain Fran, vun Papen, recalled Gorman Gor-man military attache, in the hitter's foolish desire to serve his country, was the i;irt of the defense outlined today by Tan scher '3 counsel, Herbert C. .Smyth. ll is expected Tauscher will io on the witness stand in Ins own behalf when tiie trial is resumed tomorrow. llorst von Uer (loltz. the man upon whose confession Tau scher. Wolf von liel and others were indicted, was' denounced de-nounced by Tan seher 's lawyer as a ,7 despicable scoundrel. ' ' At tiie outbreak out-break of tne Ihioropean war. Mr. Smyth said TaujM'her, who was in Germany, volunteered his service to his country, although past the age limit, lie was tohi to come to New X'ork and report to Von Papen. 'I will lie glad to do all I can for my count ry, " Mr. Sin th quoted Ta u scher as saving to Von Papen, ''but I ask y.j.i to give me your word as a gentleman, and a German that you will not ask me io do anything against the laws of this country, or w hat would be unfriendly' to the people of this country, among whom I. am making mv home and mv livelihood. " ; M r. ' Smyth assorted Von Papen told Tnu-vher that one Pri'igcuiau Tavlor (Von lr Go!-) "would call for dyna-mitc"' dyna-mitc"' and Temi-her, 'relying on Von Papon 's word as a gentleman and a 1 (ic'-man, beliefd il to be .an innocent I '. ra n-! -t ion. ' ' The T)u Pools, wlio f-.ir-Inished the vna mi t c. . the lawver o.n-tend'-ib were '"'iat guiitv id' cont-pir-aev n Tnnvrher." lb- added, however, that (lie l)n I'nnN b. licved the re()uct legitimate, a-; bid Tause h nr. A number of chavact-r wiFise, rrrr,i!g 11i.m;i s"vcra peron of HandiM; birth, ttifiod in Tarv.di"rV behalf. Kv.b TT "1 lorir, an . a r.r .-: a i.er ran of b! T'Ja-o. Texas, told of inec: i .ft Von I ''T f; oit at tiie Mexi.'an border, wher the at!.-r wn acT-inr ;;s a soy for the Villa force? and s'-nTied to b" thnt. Ti-f wit ness ndded tbat Von Tb?r Goltz "did nnt hrn'C a g-od re; ntat ion for vnra-'-ily. ! |