_A._ When I arrived in New York, in a saloon near the Cunard Steamship Company in West Street about 12th, I met a man who I thought was a German, and I talked to him about blowing up ships, and we then went to Hoboken where I met the man Haller in a saloon.... Then we proposed which ship to blow up. That was the Cunard liner _Pannonia_.... _Q._ And how did you come to decide upon that boat? _A._ Because I knew perfectly well that all were carrying plenty of ammunition.... I went down to the piers, and I saw this boat, and I thought that would be the right kind of a boat.... I met the three men in the vicinity of Pier 54. I bought them their suppers.... I then told the unknown man to get some dynamite ... and I gave him $6. Becker said that he had a boat, and I gave Becker $8 to buy gasolene, then to buy two revolvers out of a pawnshop.... I bought Haller a revolver and 100 cartridges.... _Q._ Did you see them after that? _A._ Yes, I saw them Saturday morning and asked Becker about his motorboat and he said that he did not expect it would be frozen up, and acted as if he would have been willing to go into the plot only that the boat was frozen up. Becker said that the boat could be launched in two hours, and although I do not know anything about running a motorboat it is my belief that it would have taken six hours to launch this boat---the boat we were supposed to use to go over in to blow up the _Pannonia_--and this would be too late to get to the ship before she sailed.... Since that time I have not seen any of these men.... (_From the “Schiller” statement_) ... but the other fellows left me, so I went on my own accord. I saw the steamship _Mattoppo_ was going to leave, so I stowed away on her, in a life boat, where I remained for five days. The sixth day we left.... (_From the statement of Captain R. Bergner, of the British S. S. “Mattoppo”_) At 3:30 P. M. on the 29th March, the British S. S. _Mattoppo_ sailed from 12th Street pier, Hoboken, destined to Vladivostock, Russia. (_From the “Schiller” statement_) That night ... I came out from my hiding place and walked towards the captain’s cabin.... (_From Captain Bergner’s statement_)