This complaint was read to Stahl when he was taken before Commissioner Houghton, being interpreted for him, sentence by sentence. When the name of Neal J. Leach was read as the alleged steward who had taken him aboard the Lusitania, Stahl exclaimed: "Not Neal." In his affidavit he had described the steward as "A. Leach." A steward named Neal J. Leach went down when the Lusitania was torpedoed. When that part of the complaint was read which said that Stahl had not seen guns on the Lusitania, he exclaimed in German: "Yes, I did see them." After the complaint had been read, Commissioner Houghton asked about bail. Assistant District Attorney Roger B. Wood, who conducted the proceedings before the Grand Jury, said: "Ten thousand dollars, not a cent less." Commissioner Houghton fixed bail at that figure. He then asked Stahl if he had anything to say, and the prisoner replied: "Before I say anything I would like to see several gentlemen." Commissioner Houghton then asked if he had a lawyer. Stahl replied that he had not, and that he had no means to employ one. "Shall I assign one for you?" asked the Commissioner. "No," replied Stahl; "I should like to have Mr. Sandford, who acted for me yesterday and the day before." He referred to Edward Sandford of 27 William Street, who was counsel for Carl Buenz, a Director of the Hamburg-American Line, and for other officials of that line, who were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on March 1 on the charge of conspiring against the United States by making out false clearance papers and false manifests for the collection of customs in connection with the steamships Fram, Somerstadt, Lorenzo, and Berwind, which were loaded with coal and provisions intended for the German cruiser Karlsruhe and the auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Commissioner Houghton assigned Mr. Sandford as counsel for Stahl. The Commissioner then asked Stahl if he had any friends in the room, to which Stahl with a smile, replied in the negative. "I would like to have the date of June 24 set for the hearing," said Assistant District Attorney Wood. "The Grand Jury which is now holding this investigation will probably continue its hearings until then." Commissioner Houghton fixed the date accordingly. After the hearing adjourned Stahl was asked where he had been since his disappearance. He replied in German: "I told the Grand Jury all I have to say." He was asked where he would live if he got bail. "I don't want anybody to know," he said. "I have had so many visitors in the past few days that I don't want any more, if I can help it." He was asked if he was a German reservist, and he replied that that was his business. Other questions got the same response. He denied that he knew Paul Koenig, the Hamburg-American detective, but he admitted he knew Stemler, which is a name sometimes used by the detective. When he was informed that he was to spend the night in the Tombs he said: "Will Stemler be with me?"