The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-20
Giant Secret Service System
Exposed by Man Held in
Connection With Plots to
Destroy Industrial Plants.
REPORTS MADE TO CAPT.
Won PAPEN IN NEW YORK
Name of German Military At
tache Brought Into Alleged
Conspiracy by Expose of I'M
plicated Man.
inv Evenrnr ueraId I,ra.ed wirol

New FORK. Dec. 20.-- Frederick
Mctzler, held with others In connec-
tion with alleged plots In this country
TO cmbarrass the allies by hindering
tho manufacture OF or destroying mu-
nitions, made n full statement 20 the
federal authorities today concerning
alleged activities OF Paul kocnig OF
the Hamburg-A line.
Koenig. he said. had twenty-five
agents in New York alone and re-
ported the results OF his inVestiga-
tion To Captain Won Papen, tne Ger
man military dtache.
According To Metzier. Koenig's ac-
tiNlties through agents extended a.
Quebec. burlington. VI Boston, and
Portland Me. His activities In this
city. Metzler charged further brought
into his possession. among other
things secret reports made by at
taches Of the Russian embassy on the
result nf tests o. speed boats u Ions
Island sound
These. Metzler said Keenig got
through Frederick schleindl Of the
National city bank, now ufdcr arrest
Motzler charged fatty that II wns
koenig who sent George Fuchs TO de-
stroy the Weilund canal. hut Fuchs
he said. reported after visiting the
canal that It's destruction could not
be accomplished az that time.
rho authorities have evidence
which they believe connects kocnil
with the fire on the Atlantic trans
port liner Minnehaha. though where
this evidence was obtained they did
not state. After making his confes
sion. Mctzler went before the grand
iury. That body heard also witnesscs
from Buffalo who testified concernine
the Welland canal plot.
samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation OF Labor, wat
prepared 90 testify this afternoon he
tore the grand jury in regard to th'
activities OF Lab0rs National Peace
council.
The first motion entered by Richard
" Lindahury was Co strike lut ths
evidence against the defendant. Ed-
ward -. Robbins. in the Mctrnpolitaf
steamship deal, The attorney main
tanned that the transactions we're CON
Quoted by Robbins solely for his per
souul profit.
samuel GompeTa. president of th'
American Federation Of Labor, today
went before the federal grand 1ur'
which Is investigating the alieget
connection Of Lahor's National Peace
Council with the conspiracy OF Fran
Won Rintclen of fomonting strikes %
] IlNIlAlNWN HlAllAH lll AAln NNNNNiff
Frederick Schlelndl. the Nationo
CITY bnalt clerk who was arreste
Saturday charged with purloining pn
pers and memoranda from the hanl
for the use Of the German government
through agents here, was re-arraign
ed today before a police magistrate
Ne demanded legal advice and hi
bail was reduced from Sea,00O &
S.. 600 aud "a further examination Sc
! for nprenahgT y 4
The complainant Is Harry T. Ju
hansen assistant cashier ot 'he VA
/ tlonnl City bank He submitted "a
affidavit stating that nu August "a
/ 1918 schleindl purloincd a cablegrar
Z from the Banque Beige, VIA l.ondnI
requesting the. National civ bank
/ communicate with the Hudson Tru'
company concerning "A guaranty ~
the shipment of 100000 rifles AZ 50
, each.
When Mr.. GOmpers left the gran
jury room he said his only motive
I testifying was TO put stop To whl
he styled "unneutral ana unpatl lott
acts which were injuring the mvo
movement