The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-10-28
Robert Fay, German Army Off
Ger, on Secret Mission to
America. Planned to
Blow Up Ships.
TWO AIDES ARE IN CUSTODY
Had Mechanism for Destroying
or Delaying Munition Laden
vssselsCaught Test
irg Out Bombs.

Now YorF. oct. 26.--Robert Fay. .
Iieussnant OF the Sixteenth saxony In
fantry, admitted today that he came
here last April, through an arrange
ment with the German secret service.
for the purpose of blowing up or CO.
laying steamers calling from this conn
try with arms and ammunition for the
allies. Fay declared. however, that
while nc had been here he had acted
] independently Of the German embassy
or OF other German agents here. He
added that he had told Captain Won
Papen, military attache, and Capt. X.
Poy-Ed, naval attache OF the German
both men told him not to interfere
with steamers sailing from American
ports or American ammunition plants.
Held for Conspiracy.
Fay and his brotherinlaw, Walter l..
Scholz, were arraigned at Weehawken
earlier In the day on charges OF cone
spiracy and were held without bail for
examination today. Fay and Scholz
We're arrested BY New York and New
J., late yesterday, while the two men
were experimenting with explosives.
Paul Daeche, OF Jersey City, who
was arrested OF his home early today,
also was arraigned with Fay and
Scholz. He was charged with conspir-
said, however, that Raeche had given
them much valuable information and
they expected him to be an important
witness.
Had an Invention.
Fay said that while serving In the
field with the German army he In
vented q device for blowing up ships.
Police announced that Fay had made
complete confession Of his activities
and later the prisoner gave out
statement to the newspapers. In that
he said: ga
my only object, when Itcame to this
country. was to interfere with the en-
ormous shipments of artillery am
munition to the allies. Knowing that
any ordinary damage that may be done
to q factory may be repaired within
few hours, decided II was useless TO
brother with ammunition plants. In
timations that have been connected
with various explosions in such plants
in the United States is wrong.
Il hold the diploma of an efficiency
engineer from an American correspond
ence school and am interested In
plant that Is manufacturing small gun
machinery.
Had Seen French Fire.
II was with my regiment In the
Champagne district and saw the ter
rible havoc and loss caused by the
French artillery fire.
During my spare time I had in
vented a device to explode mines by
doing away with electrical wiring. In
this way l was able to overcome the
effect of dampness or water on the
wires / applied to the colonel OF my
regiment and he decided to give me
chance. He put me in touch with the
secret service office and one OF the
agents arranged for my passage to the
United States. / came here on the
steamer Rotterdam, arriving. believe
on April 23 last had no trouble
getting into the country"
a Had Plenty Of Funds.
Fay said that he and Scholz had
directed large number of experiments
with his mine device along the Hudson
river, but declared that Daeche was In
no way implicated. The man said
that although Fay did not appear to be
a German name, Robert Fay was his
correct name and he was listed under
that name in his regiment Fay said
he was well supplied with money when
he arrived here and therefore able to
act on his own responsibility.