Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-26
German Under Arrest in
United States Involves
German Official.
DOCUMENTS FORGED
FOR USE OF SPIES
Confession Declares German Attaehe
at Washington Planned Trip For
Hans Lody, Spy Who Was Captured
by British and Put to Death in Tow
or Of london-Accused German OFF,
eiaI M axes General Denial Of Charges.

New York Feb. 26.-Federal authori
ties today were investigating a state
ment made by counsel for Richa rd p.
Stegler. the German naval reservist,
arrested in this city Wednesday night,
to the effect that Captain Boyd, naval
attache to the German embassy in
Washington, had furnished an Ameri-
can passport to Hans Lody. the Ger
man spy put to death in the Tower OF
London.
In his general denial Captain Boyed
referred to the allegation as trash"
Directly Accuses Attache.
Charles H. Griffith. former assistant
United States attorney. who was as
signed by United States Commi ssioner
Houghton to defend Steeler, linked the
names of the German naval attache
and Lody in a statement given out
after conference with Stegler in the
Tombs.
"Stegler told me-" Mr.. Griffith said,
that once while he was on his way to
meet an appointment with Captain
Boyed. q DR. Spohr told him that Cap
tain Boyed mad carried thru the scheme
that made it possible to secure an
.NiilCI iNdi' PdSs>polt Iol l-otS anu tiif' l
Royed sent Lody to England SteSler
also said the doctor told him Boyed
was the Only person who knew all
the details of the Lodv plot because
he had planned the whole thing"
Spy Now on His Way,
Mr. Griffith said all the statements
young Georgia woman. According tn
= a i1p1
for England to obtain information con-
fleet of dreatlnaueh,s Stegler was to
.,have gone oil the steamer F'ranconi
and when he decided not to go a young
German American. whom he knew by
sight but not hy name. was assigned
to the perlous task and sailed on the
steamer with bogus passport in his
pocket.
Wife Provided For.
The F,ranconia is due to arrive in
Liverpool within a day or two.
Stesler was quoted by Griffi;hs as
having said his negotiations with
Boyed had passed to the point where
they discussed money to be paid Mrs
Steger while her husband was in
England.
Accordins to the lawyer, Captain
Boyed had agreed to pay Mrs. Stegler
$3.50 month while Stesler was in
England and had furthermore agreed
that should the English discover his
mission and he meet the same fate as
Lody, he should pay Mrs. Stegler s15t
q month 80 long as she should live.
Boyed Offers Explain alton.
Captain Boyed denied all the state
ments alleged to have been made by
Stegler. The naval attache said he hat
tried to obtain employment for Steglel
and had advanced him money for trav
cling expenses because he thought III
| could place him with friend III Ger
many who wanted to employ a goot
! linguist. Later Captain Boyed contin
| ued. he had decided Stegler was not {
suitable person for the position anf
| asked Stegler to return the money
| This Stegler had not done, Captain
| Boyed said.
"The Impression Stegler wishes Il
create" said Boyed. that he was to ac
as a spy for the German government
| is false"
Roger B. Wood, the assistant United
States district attorney, who is pre-
! senting the case to the federal Sranc
| jury, said:
''This department will get TO the bot
! tom of whatever there is to get to The
| bottom of. The rest Of the work, /
! there is any to be done. is ZIP to the
/ authorities at Washington"
1 DR.. X A. Fuehr, who was formerly
employed as an Interpretation at the
German consulate at Yokohoma, gave
! out a prepared statement today ir
which he denied that part of Stegler's
story which referred to him.