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Show i oo ! WM CASEMENT NOT DISTURBED Appears in Court Facing High Treason in Cheerful Frame of Mind. London. June 27. The second day of the trial of Sir Roger Casement for high treason opened with no change in me apauieuc auituae wun wnicn the general public regards the case. The principal reason offered for this lack of Interest is that the attention of the country is focused upon the continent. The atmosphere of the court room is not that of a trial for lifo and the chief justice was compelled yesterday to insist that there must be no laugh tor in court. The laughter was evoked evok-ed by the repartee of tho Irish soldier witnesses. The attitude of Casement himself Ib far from being one of gravity, grav-ity, lie appears neither crushed nor subdued by the seriousness of his position po-sition and takes the proceedings in a most casual manner. Tho prisoner appeared to be In a cheerful frame of mind as he entered the dock today although he displayed little of the jauntiness shown at the preliminary examination. The prosecution resumed the introduction intro-duction of testimony immediately. The witnesses were the same as those called at tho preliminary bearings and few now points were brought out during dur-ing the early proceedings. Witnesses gave accounts of the J movements of Sir Roger and his companions, com-panions, Captain Robert Monteith and Dnniel .7. Bailey, from tho tiino of their landing on the morning of Good Friday In a boat from the German submarine near Trallee until the arrest ar-rest of Sir Roger. John McCarthy, and Irish farmer, described finding the boat in which the three men were said to have landed land-ed and told of finding buried on the beach two handbags containing revolvers revolv-ers and ammunition. Servant Girl Identifies Casement. Mary Gordon, a servant girl, identified identi-fied Sir Roger as one of the three men she met hurrying away from the beach early Friday morning. She was followed by Thomas Heame, a sergeant ser-geant in the Irish constabulary who told of tracing Sir Roger to the ruined fort in the vicinity of which he arrested ar-rested him. Hearne Identified revolvers, revolv-ers, maps of Ireland and a flag of the revolutionists which were found in a handbag. There was a stir In the court room as the big green emblem of the rebels was spread out in the center of the room and all eyes turned toward the prisoner. He shifted uneasily un-easily in his seat and then leaned back with folded arms, smiling nervously nerv-ously as he gazed at the flag. Alexander Sullivan, chief counsel for the defense, volunteered the information in-formation to tho court that the emblem em-blem on the flag was that of the City of Limerick. Armed Against Ulster Volunteers. Mr. Sullivan cross-examined the police po-lice witness at length In regard to the general unrest in Ireland and brought out the fact that people of the south were arming themselves against those of the north and against conscription and that after Curragh incident, when the military refused to serve against Ulster, the southerners felt they could not trust the soldiers to protect them against Ulster volunteers. volun-teers. One police witness said that although al-though the carrying of arms and drilling dril-ling went on unhampered by the authorities, au-thorities, the landing of arms would have had a very grave effect |
