Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-10-27
UsT FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANS
oUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915.
FAY PLANNED DESTRUCTION
OF American Ammunition Ships-Hc
Says Belongs to Germ. Army.


New York, Oct. 25.-Robert Fay,
a lieutenant of the 10th SaXony IN
fantry, admitted to-day that he came
here last April, through an arrange
ment with the German secret SER
vice, for the purpose Of blowing up
or delaying steamers sailing from
this country with arms and ammuni-
ton for the allies.
Fay declared, however, that while
| here he had acted independently OF
the German embassy, or other Ger
| man agents here. He added that he
had told Capt Won Papen, military
attache, and Capt. Boy-Ed, naval at
tache of the German embassy, of his
plans, but said that both told him
| not to interfere with steamers sail
ing from American ports or Ameri-
can ammunition plants.
Fay and his brother-in-law, Wal
ter l.. Scholz, were arraigned at
| Weehawken earlier in the day on
charges of conspiracy, and were held
without bail for an examination to-
morrow. Fay and Scholz were arrest
ed by New York and New Jersey de-
tectiveS near Grantward, y. j., late
Sunday while the two men were eX-
! perimenting with explosives.
Paul Daeche, Of Jersey City, was
| arrested at his home early to-day,
and was also arraigned, charged with
conspiracy and held without bail. De-
| tectiveS said, however, that Daeche
| mad given them much valuable infor-
nation, and they expected him to be
an important witness in the case.
Complete Confession.
Fay said that while serving in the
field with the German army he in
vented a device for blowing up ships.
He explained that he made the de-
vice after the French artillery, espe-
cially the 75-millimeter guns, had
bothered his regiment a great deal
Police announced that Fay had
made complete confession of his ac-
'ivities during his stay here, and
later the prisoner gave out a state
meat to the newspapers. In that he
sad: "My only object when | came
to this country was to interfere with
the enormous shipments of artillery
ammunition to the allies. Being a
manufacturer myself, and knowing
that any ordinary damage that may
be done to factory may be repaired
within a few hours, | decided it was
!
! plants. Therefore, the intimations
| that have been connected with vari-
Gus explosions or accidents that have
| occurred in such plants in the Uni
! ted States is entirely wrong"
Fay said that he and Scholz had
| conducted experiments with his mine
! device along the Hudson river, but
! declared that Daecho was in no way
! implicated. He said that he was a
! German and denied that his father
had been an Englishman. Fay said
he was we'll supplied with money
when he arrived here, and, therefore.
was able to act on his own RESPONSE
bility.
"When the German secret service
arranged for my trip to the United
States they left the advisability of
! using my device to the judgment Of
| German military and naval author-
| ties in this country said Fay. Both
Capt. Won Papen and Capt. Boy-Ed
strongly refused to make any use Of
my device in this country, but said
that its use in Canada would depend
upon developments"
Lieut.. Fay explained how he plan
ned to attach mines carrying his de-
vice to the sterns Of ammunition
| laden vessels sailing from New York.
BY properly arranging the device. he
| calculated, the mine would be ex-
ploded when the steamer was about
half day out. He declined to say
whether he had attempted to attach
mines 70 any ships in this harbor, but
declared he had not attached loaded
mines TO any vessel.
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