The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-29
SLEUTHS ON
C0XSP|RAT0RS' TRAIL
More Arrests May Occur At Any Hour
In Connection with German
Munitions Plot.

New York. Oct. 2s.-The presence OF
at least ten Federal sleuths in Ho-
boken today and tonight led to the
rumor that at least four or Awe more
arrests In connection with the alleged
conspiracy of Robert Fay, Max Brei-
tung, Walter Scholz and others to tie
high explosive mines to munition car
rying ships might be looked for at
almost any hour.
The secret service agents are said
to have seached thoroughly certain
parts of Hoboken. Up to a late hour
tonight. however, no arrests had been
made.
That other arrests in the course OF
the investigation now being made
might be expected was asserted by
both Chief Flynn and United States
Attorney Fl. Snowden Marshall. Those
men. however. are reported to be look
ing not so much in the direction OF
Hoboken. or Little Germany" as they
are toward financial offices in this
city or to uptown hotels where 1t was
possible that some director of secret
German operations might be living.
1t was learned that both Fay and
Scholz In their talks with the Federal
authorities have told many other things
that have not been made public Like
wise G. l. Wettig, a war broker. who
furnished Tip" to local police leading
10 the arrests on last Sunday, also
has told the authorities about other
activities of Fay and Scholz. Likewise
Paul Seib. or Karl Oppegarde, has re-
ported conversations with Max Brei-
tung, DR.. Herbert Kienzle and Fay
that have proved illuminating and have
called for further Investigation.
All on Same Ship.
Slowly the detectives are piecing to-
gether many details about the alleged
conspirators. One striking fact OBJ
tanned today was that Max Breitung.
DIR. Kienzle and Paul Daesche. the
young Bavarian In jail In New Jer-
sey all sailed for Germany on the
steamship .Kron prinzessn Cecelie,
when the ship, carrying more than $1e,-
100000 in gold, was compelled with the
outbreak OF the European war to make
a frantic run for the Maine coast.
Lawyers for the defendants took q
hand today in the preparation for
the defense of the case. John B.
Stanchheld, attorney for Max Breitung,
the young nephew OF Edward N.
Breitung. arrived here from Washing
TON. and In the afternoon had a long
conference with Benno Loewy, attor-
ney for br. Kienz1e. why by the way
WAS TeieASeQ from tn6 loNlDS on Iur-
nishing $4,000 bail. Both those law
yers and their clients refused to make
any statement concerning the case.
In Jersey City August Ziegener. at
torney for Daesohe tried to get U. S.
Commissioner Carpenter to reduce the
bail of his client 10 $4,000. but the
commissioner refused to DO so.
VIII he Indicted Next Week.
It is expected that the FIVE men
will be indicted next week United
States Attorney Marshall said today
that the men would be accused Of a
felony and that there were several
statutes under which the indictments
could be voted. He made It clear that
II such q mine as the defendants Fay
and Schols have described were ak
ploded near a ship there was every
possibility that the vessel would have
been destroyed and many persons
killed. He showed that he does not
regard as true the statements made by
the defendants as to their purpose In
blowing off only tho rudder of the
ships.
Lawyers called attention to the fact
that in 1891 Debs and several strikers
In Chicago were arrested under a
clause OF the Sherman law and that
another man was arrested and con-
victed on a charge of conspiring to
obstruct the United States mails.