The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-27
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGES,
CLAIMED THAT MEN ARRESTED
ARE GERMAN SPIES.
Thought That They Were Working to
Destroy MunitiOn Plants and Yes
sells Carrying MunitiOns-Quantity
OF Stun Found I'm Their Room at
WcchaWken.

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WcehaWken.
New York, Oct. 25.-In the arrest
of Robert Fay, a lieutenant in the
German army, and Walter Scholz, his
-in-law, tonight, police and
federal secret service agents believed
they have detained leaders in q plot
to wreck American munition plants
and ships carrying munitions.
According to Capt. Iunney Of the
New York anarchist" squad. Fay
confessed that he came here to work
out a plan for stopping the shipment
Of munitions. He said, Tunney AYERS
that he was supplied with $4,000 for
carrying out his operations. Papers
found In his room showed he was a
German secret service agent.
A vast quantity Of high explosives
and survey maps Of New York harbor
were found in the prisoners room in
Weehawken, N. j., where the arrests
were made.
Both men are held on charges of
disorderly conduct. An additional
charge of attempted bribery may be
made against Fay. He is said to have
offered a police officer $1,000 to re-
lease him and made an advance pay
ment of $50 when the officer agreed
to his proposal.
Police who have been watching out
going vessels for explosives tonight
detained Robert Fay, said to be a lieu
tenant in the German army. and his
Drother-in-law, Walter Scholz, in Wee
hawken, N. j. Explosives and survey
charts Of New York harbor are said to
have been found in their possession.
The men are declared to have been
testing a bomb in a small grove when
apprchended.
Five steel mines, said by the police
to belong to the prisoners, later were
found in West Hoboken store
house. Each was packed in o sepa-
rate wooden case and fitted with an
attachment which might be fastened
to the stern Of a ship by a wire. Con-
tact with the propeller of a ship, it is
said, would explode the mine.
Two suit cases found in the mems
room in Wechawllcn were filled with
explosives. letters written in German
and official looking documents. Among
the explosives were several sticks Of
dynamite and various Kinds of acids,
uscd In Che manufacture of cxplo-
dFos. ono of the papers, il is as
;crtcd hy the police, showed Fay to
be lieutenant in the German army
and connected with the German for
eign Office in Wilhelms trasse.
The police assert that the prisoners
have admitted the ownership of .
nigh power automobile and a speedy
motor boat both Of which are in
Wechawken.
Fay is said to have come to this
country shortly after the battle Of tho
Mrrne. SchOlz has been in the United
States for seven years. Efforts of the
police to identify him as q former
member Of the emperor's household
failed. They had been in the Wee
hawken rooming house about two
weeks.
Members Of both the New York
city anarchist squad and New Jer-
sey police questioned the men tonight.
Tomorrow they will be turned over to
the federal authorities for invcstiga
ton.
The detention Of Fay and Scholz
came after a search of ten days. Re
ports that suspicious appearing men
had been seen lettering about the
Jersey docks when munitions were
being loaded and also about munitions
plants caused the anarchist" squad
to be detailed to the New Jerse,
side.
After q few days the officers
learned that two men had been at
tempting to purchase an acid used i'm