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Show MISS DECKiH IS I THEATRIC ON STAND II Accused German Girl Is Adroit in Testifying in 1 Espionage Trial. n SHE ADMITS HOSTILITY 7 Parson Leesmann Contradictory Contra-dictory in Evidence; Case i Nearing Conclusion. : Lending color to the report that dur- ihg her girlhood clays she had appeared ' in character roles in thoatrical per-1 per-1 fonnances in Germany, Miss Augusta Minnio Dcckman proved herself a clev-'( clev-'( er actrosH yesterday when fsho took the stand as the principal witness for the ' defense .luring her trial in the foderal c court, jointly with the Rev. B. Henry j Loeeraann, on the charge of violating i the espionage act by smuggling a note i into the war prison at Fort Douglas. With the adroitness which comes ' only with experience, Miss Deckman i carried out her part as a witness. She I smile. I when occasion demanded, and at 1 limes she was on the verge of tears. " With apparent fondness she referred to Ernost A. Levbold, her sweetheart, now interned at Fort Douglas, and sho skull sku-ll fully parried counsel for the government govern-ment when questioned concerning cer-' cer-' lain matters which sho did not care to discuss. After reviewing briefly her career i from the time of her birth in Germany, Ger-many, Miss Deckinan told of hor en-(l en-(l easement to Mr. Loybold in Seattle, duly, 1!M7. When she left Seattle she said she deposited about $300 with August Melhorn, trusteo of the business busi-ness interests of Leybold, upon which t she drow from time to time. Leybold, she said, had "romisod her, during the ' latter part of 1917, that he would get fl some money for her from Germany, but J up to the timo of her arrest none of this money had been received. Miss I Deckman failed to explain why she was in need of funds in November of last year, in view of the fact that while ' sho was a student at the University of j Utah she had no oxpenses for living, i as she was employed as a maid by a 5 family living near the university, giving giv-ing her services for her board. Contradicts Parson Leesmann. j Miss Deckinan contradicted the tes-i tes-i timony of Mr. Leesmann concerning , the note which sho gace to him to be ( delivered to Leybold in the prison . camp. Mr. Leesmann had testified that when she gave him tho note at j the close of services in the Swedish j church, she gave him no instructions as to its delivery. Miss Deckman said ( that she explained to Mr. Leesmann that tho note must be delivered to Ley-bold. Ley-bold. She offered no satisfactory ex-! ex-! planation why she wrote the note in German when she and Mr. Leesmann ! and Leybold were finished English . scholars. Free admission of the not.e was made by Miss Deckman, but she maintained that she had no ulterior motive in soek-' soek-' iug to have it delivered to Leybold. During the time she lived in Canada, Miss Deckman admitted that she had beon engaged to an Englishman, but some woman who was not friendly to her accused her of being disloyal, and because of the pressure she left Canada Can-ada and came to this country. She denied de-nied that she had ever been detained in Vancouver, B. C. Referring to certain correspondence which she had carried on with Captain Heifer, in Seattle, she denied that she had written to the effect that it was necessary for appearances sake for Leybold and herself to assume that they were e-gaged to be married. The letter was introduced in evidence, but Miss Deckman declared that a wronor construction had been, placed unon it. Miss Deckman admitted that she had persisted in making visits to Fort Douglas after havine been denied the privilege of visiting Leybold, but she denied having rifled the mail in the censor's office on the occasion testified by the post officers, although she admitted ad-mitted that on a previous occasion she had taken a letter addressed to her from the censor's office when nobodv Ray standing with Jiia back to the witness. wit-ness. Mr. Leesmann promptly replied to the question. He then admitted that his hearing was good on most occasions occa-sions and was affected only occasionally occasion-ally by a cold. The taking of testimony was concluded con-cluded shortly before 4 o 'clock yesterday yester-day afternoon. Counsel for Miss Dock-man Dock-man then offered a motion that the court instruct the jury to return a verdict ver-dict of acquittal on the ground that the indictment does not state facts sufficient suf-ficient to constitute cause of action and that the evidence adduced was not sufficient suf-ficient on which to base a verdict of guilty. After hearing argument the court announced an-nounced that he would take the matter under advisement and render a decision this morning. It is probable that the case will be submitted to the jury this morning. was looking. Admits Pro-Germanism. When sho was asked if her sentiments, senti-ments, ever since she left Germany, had not beeu decidedly pro-German, Miss Deckman replied: "Well, 1 am German." Under cross-examination conducted by W. V. Kay, United States district attorney, attor-ney, Leesmann, during the morning session ses-sion became much confused aud nervous and frequently contradicted himself. He admitted that the only prisoners in any detention building or camp since the opening of the war with Germany, with whom he had asked for visits, were dangerous enemy aliens. Mr. Leesmann was' asked if he had ever expressed pro-German sentiments. He replied that he had not. Mr. Rav called his attention to a certain conversation con-versation which ho had with a tradesman trades-man in Idaho Falls, two or three months ago, in which Mr. Leesmann was quoted as having said: "That as Germany is so far ahead of the rest, of tho world in kultur aud tho sciences, and Germany is mentallv the greatest nation on earth, the Germans Ger-mans havo a divine mission to place the world under German rule. That God, being perfect, and the German rule and kultur being perfect, and therefore God's kultur and rule, nothing that was doDe by the enemies of Germany could overcome tho German arms, and this country, with the rest of the world, would soon be given by God into the keeping of tho German nation. All those opposing tho kaiser would have to feel the weight of the iron hand." Hearing Is Tested. Mr. Leesmann denied that he ever expressed such sentiment. During his cross-examination Mr. Lxiesmann continually insisted that his hearing was defective and he appeared to rely on this fact to excuse any indiscretions indis-cretions which might have been his in connection with the acceptance of the noto from Miss Deckman and his actions concerning tho manner in which he treated it at the prison camp. In order to test his hearing, after having disputed the condition of deafness, deaf-ness, Mr. Ray stepped as far distant from tho witness stand as possible and asked Mr. Lcisinanu a question, Mr. |