The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-13
Secret Service Chief Now in
Charge Of All the
Investigations.
SEARCHING INQUIRY ON
ARMS PLANTS FIRES


Flynn OF the secret service. according
to report yesterday. He has become
the directing head Of the inquiries be-
ing made. under orders from President
Wilson
The President--so this report had 1t
has determined to break up the bomb
plotting. fire setting conspiracy. 10 in.
deed it is being done by concerted ac-
ton. and TO rout the plotters, even
though they are carrying on their mach
nations in isolated groups.
Chief Flynn. 1t is said. is looking
sharply into the fires in munition fac
tories. He has been empowered to call
upon police and State authorities for aid
wherever he may want II. Police Com
missioner Woods. Collector Malone and
all the men under them. the Jersey po-
lice and the Department Of Justice and
other divisions OF local, State or ma
tional Government will cooperate in the
work.
Missing Boabs Looked For.
one Of the rex!ng problems in the in
vestigation revolves about the possibility
/ q; the fires in the muniton factories
having been caused by bombs set by
conspra,ors aligned with those now un-
der indictment here. There is much
speculation az to what happened TO four
or five bombs which Fay and Scholz
secured. but which the authorities have
not found. The havoc wrought at the
Be.hlehem Steel plant and in other
plants is being probed with such con-
siderations in mind
The alleged Austrian plot Is the latest
to be Investigated. At the local con-
sulate yesterday the charges made by
DR.. Joseph Goricar, former Austro-
Hungarian Consul at San Francisco.
were called lies. but one man WAS found
who believed them. He was the Rev.
e. l.. orbach. editor of the Slavoniau
Daily 4msricd He said that months
ago he heard Goricar's story that Aus
. trian consuls IN this country had been
working under the direction OF Consul
General Won Nuber ana Colnt Won Bern
stoyff. tn. German Ambassador, In the
propaganda for the destruction Of nu-
n,tions factories and the fomenting OF
strikes among the worker
The local Austrian Consulate attaches
characterized Goricar's story as an
unmi tigated lie from top to bottom" and
repeated the testimony Of their Wash
ngtun associates that Goricar was
thrown out OF the Austrian diplomatic
circles because he was found to be u
! traitor and "A spy.
Hut Editor Orbach Of the Siav news
paper said NO. Goricar was not =
traitor. He is Slav and he hates
Hungary. as all Slavs do. He resigned,
for they would have killed him IL he
had reported back to Hungary. az he
was ordered to-"
Dr, GOricar Not Found.
At the Austrian Consulate it was said
that Dr. Gorcar was living in New York
city. but 1t was not known where. The
search to discover him in the city was
not successful yesterday.
Coun, Won Bernstorff said that the e
latest charges will be ignored by the
Germany Embassy. adding that II he an
swered all the charges made agains'
him he wouldn't have time for atythins
/ else.
There were rumors in the Federal
! Building that the lawyers for Lieut.
Robert Fay and the other conspi: :
ators who have been indicted have
MANNED an attack on the validity OF the
statutes under which their clients were
indicted. arguing that plotting against
ships of the Allies outside the three mile
limit does not come within the United
States law.
Condos Brothers Held.
Nothing came Of the arraignment IN
the Tornbs police court Of the Gondos
brothers that would connect them
or their information with the al
legged conspiracy OF the indicted men
Aiexander Condos. editor. and hi,
brother Victor publisher Of a Hungarian
newspaper In bridgeport, Conn.,, were
held in $4,000 bail each to await thf
action of the Grand Jury on charge
of attempted extortion. They waiVec
examination after testimony had beer
given by the complainant, julius Plrhit
ger. president OF the TRANSATLANTIC Trus
Company of 61 William street VINO sale
that the brothers agreed to suppress
, statements harmful TO the bank II the!
we're maid $4,000 He declared that III
gave them "A check for this amount.
The defence tried to show that what
ever payment was passed to the broth
ers was in return for their work II
floating Austro-Hungarian Government
, bonds as agents of the trust company
! The document which was to have beei
vas read into the court record and
contained the statements that the none.
FOR the Fay bomb plot was sent from
Germany through the Transatlantt
Trust Company. that the bank ID me
dium for the foreign spy service an
that Il commits offences against unite'
States neutrality.
Mr.. PRINTER categorically denied al
or the accusations made against tn
trust company.
Albert Verdayk. who Is suspected
, knowledge OF the plot to plant bombs o.
ocean liners. WAS held In Jersey city yes
, terday for thirty days to await extradi
lion to New York. He will face charg
. here OF stealing sugar from vessels lyin
al the piers in the Hudson.
Word came from Philadelphia Las
, night that State Fire Marshal j. J
;, baldwin had detailed inspectors to max
: investigations into fres which have oe
: Cured this week In Pennsylvania plant
y engaged in making munitions OF wa
u He received reports yesterday on ever
n Are OF a suspicious nature and he def
matched an Inspector for Bethlehem
i To-day he will send another to Eddy
= stone, where the Baldwin l-ocomotiN
q Company's munition plant is locates
n In addition he has certified to the A
=, ,orney General the names OF owners {
II buildings In several counties which a.
considered Are hazards and which n
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