Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
SEEK MONEYED MEN
IN MUNITIONS PLOT
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United States Corps of Engineers. ar
| expert in high explosives, said that q
! bomb or mine such as Fay admitted he
was preparing to attach to the rudders
of ships leaving here with war sup
plies would have been sufficient to have
blown the end off the steamers If the
. bombs were filled with the explosives
Fay purchased.
| Federal grand jury consideration OF
the cases of the five men charged with
| conspiracy in plotting to destroy trans
I; war for the allies will begin next
month. This is announced by United
states Attorney H. Snowden Marshall,
after a conference with William j.
Flynn and detectives who arrested the
men.
Believes Others Are Implicated.
After reviewing all the alleged evil
dence held by the government against
the men-Robert Fay, Walter l..
Scholz. Paul Daeche. DR.. Herbert KEN
zle and Max Breitung-and giving spe-
cial attention to the confession of Fay,
Mr.. Marshall said the government was
not convinced that all those implicated
had been arrested
Have any more warrants been
is5ued?' Mr. Marshall was asked
NO more warrants have been issued
; anu no more arrests are contemplated
for the present." he replied, yet there
may NC iui tiIeT arrests later. we 90 not
believe that those most responsible for
the conspiracy have yet been found l can
not give any intimation as to the char
acter of further move. if there is to
be any. The cases of the men already
arrested VIII go before the November
grand jury.
We have much material gathered as
evidence which still has to be digested.
One of the acts of the conspiracy was the
actual fixing of a bomb to a ship for
nirr hQ q
not disclosed that any bomb was placed
on a ship with intent to blow up the
ship. Nor does our information indicate
that Fay. who says he was lieutenant
in the German army, was acting in a way
other than on his own responsibility.
German Ambassador Discredits Fay.
Another development was the sending
of telegram to the State Department
by Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, denying that Fay had any
connection with the German secret serv-
ice or the German government.
While the United States attorneys
force was working on the prepara-
tectives were busy in weehawken and
Hoboken, N. j., gathering explosives
and acids alleged to have been used
by Fay and Scholz. his brother-in-law.
in experimenting with bombs, which.
according to Fay's confession. were to
be placed on the rudders or propellers
of ships, so timed that they would ex-
plode after the vessels left New York.
The material gathered at Fay's room
in Weehawken and at a boathouse on
the Hudson where Fay experimental
consisted of 400 pounds of chlorate of
potash, 800 pounds of dynamite and
several suit cases of percussion caps
The explosives were deposited with
the fire department for safekeeping.
That the idea of interfering with
munition shipments did not originate
with Fay was the purport of state
ment he made to federal agents last
to come to this country was a strange
story, he said. best explained, perhaps,
by the statement that he gathered by
Inference" that he should carry out
the plot he was engaged upon when
arrested.
Substance Of Accused Mans Story.
Fay said that last April he was sent
by army officers to Brussels and there
met a certain Jansen. a head Of the
German secret service agents. He was
bert Kienzle, one of tho other defend
ants In the case, to his father, Herbert
Kienzle. telling Of the munitions plants
that were shipping shells to the allies
from this country. From the letter Fay
panies. received $4,000 with which to
country.
Upon arriving in this country, Fay
said, he called on Kienzle and made the
purpose Of his visit known.
Not Known at Foreign Office.
1855 p.m--Baron Mumm Won schwarz-
enstein of the foreign office. speaking
Of the arrest in New Jersey of Robert
Fay. said that no such person as Fay
is known at the foreign Office; that the
foreign office maintains no secret serv-
ice department, and that any bona fide
officer, in giving reliable Information
about himself, would give the name of
his regiment, to which he was always
attached, and not his army corps, from
which he was liable to be disassociated
at any time.
Baron Mumm expressed Ignorance
concerning the Fay case, and dtscred-
tied the mans claims. but nevertheless
he is investigating the matter.
German Ambassadors Declaration.
Count Won Bernstorff. the German am
bassador, has telegraphed the State
Department that Robert Fay. arrested
by federal authorities at New York for
conspiracy to place bombs on departing
ships, had no connection with the Ger
man secret service or the German gov
eminent.
With this assurance the State Depart
ment is disposed to leave 1t to the
courts to deal with the alleged con-
spiJacy TO attach explosives to vessels
carrying munitions Of war for tho al
lies.