Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1915 — Admits Perjury in Stating That Lusitania Was Armed. [ARTICLE]

Admits Perjury in Stating That Lusitania Was Armed.

Gustave Stahl, the German reservist indicted in connection with an asIdavit made by him setting forth that he saw four guns mounted on the decks of the Lusitania just before the steamer’s ill-fated voyage, Wednesday pleaded guilty to the charge of perjury before Judge Hough in the U. S. district court in New York. He was remanded to the Tombs until sentence is imposed. Stahl’s affidavit for a time figured in the diplomatic exchanges 'between this country and Germany as it was presented to the state department by the German embassy in support of the contention that the torpedoed vessel was armed.

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