Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-23
Hamburg-American Line
Detective Indicted by Fed
eral Grand Jury.
EMIL LEYENDECKER
ALSO ACCUSED
Art Dealer Charged With koenis With
Plot to Blow Up WeIIand Canal With
Dynamite - William MccuIIey 10
Given Release Efforts to Secure
Separate Trial For Max Breituns,
Who Claims to Have Been Tool.


We're returned today charging Pau
Koenig, chief detective Of the Ham.
burg American line, and Richard Emf
Leyendecker, an art dealer, with con.
spring to dynamite the Welland canal
Edmund Justice. a Hamburg-AmericaI
line watchman, also was indicted witt
Koenig on charges Of conspiring te
secure military information for the
German government.
The military force, which the in
dictments charge Koenig and Leyen-
decker planned &c send from this coun-
try. was also intended to destroy "vari-
Gus plants in Canada and this coun-
try" as well as the Welland canal.
The men are charged with having
conspired to secure for the German
government, information regarding the
munitions and supplies sent from Can
ada to England.
1t is reported that many trips were
made by Justice to Canada to secure
military information.
Koenig Is alleged to have been known
under the aliases Of Wagner, Wegen-
kamp. Kelly. Winter and Perkins, while
Leyendecker was known as z. D.
Decker and r. Decker.
The indictments. which were drawn
by Assistant United States Attorneys
Roger Wood and BENJAMIN A. Mat
thews, charge that ON several of his
trips, Justice was accompanied by
Frederick Metzler. Koenig's stenogra-
,pher. who was recently arrested
i Penalty 10 lmprisonmsnt.
The maximum penalty for the
charges Is three years imprisonment
and 5000 fine. So &. y. .s-s,5 u -
s Tho indictments against Koenig and
Leyendecker charge them with con-
spring to set on foot in the United
States a military enterprise against
Canada
The indictments set forth that a part
OF this conspiracy was to destroy the
Welland canal. AS a part Of the plot
to destroy this canal. the men planned
to find employment for their agents III
the mills adjacent to the canal.
1reitung Innocent Aespt.
Max Breitung, under Indictment with
Robert Fay, DR.. Herbert Kienzle, Wal
ter Sholz and Paul Daeche, on charges
of conspiring to blow up munitions
ships leaving this country, today ad
mitted thru his attorneys, John B.
Stanchfleld, that he bought $50 pounds
Of chlorate of potash for Fay. 1'he
admission was/made when Mr.. Stanch-
field moved for separate trial for
Rreitung. Breitung purchased the
potash, one Of the chief components
in certain forms of explosives, at Fay's
request, the attorney said. and in SO
doing acted in good faith and was en-
tirely innocent OF, any plan to destroy
SHIPS.
Decision on the motion was put over
until Jan 8, when decisions on similar
motions by two OF the other defendants
will be rendered.
Mecullsy Released.
William McCulley, whose name was
first given az Robert McCauley, and
who was taken 20 police headquarters
at the request ot department. Of justice
officials to investigate the plot to dyna-
mite the Welland canal. was released
today after having been questioned by
officials lt
A1tho McCu!lcy admitted having
known Paul Koeniy chief OF the Ham
burg American line detectives, who II
accused by the government Of having
formulated the Welland canal plot, and
having recently been in his employ az
q trailer" federal officials said there
was nothing to warrant holding the
man.