Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-26
Fay and Others Planned to
Attack Chemical Making
Plants.
QUICKEST WAY TO
STOP SHIPMENTS
Charges Against German Citizens Dis.
missed in State Courts and Men Are
,Rsarrested on Government Warrants
Officials at Washington in Some
Doubt a. to Ability to Successfully
Prosecute.

New York, Oct. 26. - Robert Fay. a
lieutenant in the German army; Walter
Scholz and Paul Daeche were ar
raigned in Weehawken, N. j., today in
connection with an alleged plot to blow
up steamships sailing from New York
with munitions for the allies. The
three men were discharged by the jus
|tices court but were Immediately ar
rested by fe6eral authorities.
Fay. Scholz and Daeche were
brought to New York at once. They
were arraigned later before United
States Commissioner Houghton on the
complaint sworn to by Chief Flynn,
The complaint charges the three II
conjunction with DR.. Herbert kienzle,
held in $4,000 bail yesterday. and Max
Breitung, still at liberty, with con-
spiracy to commit an offense against
the United States.
Plots Against Chemical Plant.
Daeche said he had nothing in COM
mon with the others and did not care
to go to New York without arraign-
ment.
Chief Flynn announced today that
he was in possession OF information
which showed that Fay had told q
man named, vieg that the proper way
to stop the shipment Of munitions to
the allies was to blow up the chemical
works. He explained 1t was useless to
try to blow UP shell and powder works
because these plants could make re-
pairs easily. If the chemical plants
were attacked they would be at the
fountain head and repairs could not be
quickly made.
According to the chief, Fay asserted
that when he left Holland for Amar.
lea on the steamer Rotterdam he car.
ried a letter to high official. but Sor
the first day, out he destroyed It. fear.
[ ing he might be searched and the let
ter found.
| Chief Flynn when asked II he con-
sidered Captain Boy-ed and Captain
Won Papen had been implicated in any
way, replied that Fay had absolved
them from all participation.
| After failing to locate Breitung al
either his home or Office the police
sent out today general alarm for him
German to Help Prosecute.
| In his complaint to Commissioner
Houghton, Chief Flynn said that Pau
Siebs, formerly of the German army
had become government witness. Il
was set forth that Siebs had received
money from Fay and Breitung fol
chlora.e of potash-Aug. Is, SIP from
Breitung ana later s23 from Fay.
The men are charged with conspfr.
ing to violate a section Of the United
States criminal code. which says:
| Whoever upon the high seas or II
any other waters within the admir-.
atty and maritime jurisdiction of tn,
United States by surprise or by opeg
| force maliciously attacks or sets upor
any vessels belonging to another witt
an intent ulilawfully to plunder tn,
same or to despoil any owner thereo
Of any moneys, goods or merchandise
laden on board thereof shall be fned,
etc. sy...1-
co.PIotter Also confesses.
| Scholz also made statement, say.
ing that. while he was working on Z
farm at Waterford he received re-
| quest from Fay to come to this city.
| Fay wanted me to work for him,
he added, land said he would give m,
!$25 a week. Fay told me of his secre
to make mines. We made tests of ex
plosives and experiments with the ex
ploding devices. We never attached {
loaded mine to any ship. We did at
tach an empty mine to an English yes
sci that was loading at this port.
took us ten minutes to do 1t. All tn,
explosives we had would not explod
in their present condition. The thre,
bags Of T. N. T. (Trinitrate Tolulol
had to be melted and dried and furthe
prepared before it would go OF.
4 ut was all Fay's idea. He was al
lowed to come by the German govern
ment. I believe he got $4,000 from tina
government. It cost between $65 an,
$40 to make one Of the mines. w
worked three months to perfect tn
exploding mechanism. We were Al
most ready when caught"
when tho German secret servic
arranged for my trip to the Unite,
States" Fay himself said, "they lsf
the advisability Of using my device &
ithe Judgment Of, German military an,
naval authorities in this country
both Captain Won Papen and CaptaIl
Boy-Ed strongly refused to make an;
use Of my device in this country, bu
said that its use In Canada would de
pend on developments"
Government in Doubt.
Officials Of tho department Of justic
expressed doubt today whether tn
federal government can make out
case against the men implicated In tn
Iplot to blow up munitions ships sail
ling from tho United States.
Detailed information AZ to the evi
dence collected was still lacking toda,
and the department will not reach
t. Aa Nyv1t ~ A~A
i has been examined.
i when Fay and Schols reached Ne,
{Ynak shortly after noon they wer
20 the office of Chief Flynn
fxha. h6&tery where Il Is understood the
q ASain questioned. Arrangement
NSeo made to keep them there unit
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