The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
WAS LYNAR A
GERMAN SPY?
sEcHEr SERVICE MEH START IN
NE1IxQATIoN FOLLOWING HIS
HpfcTnENr ron BIoAHY
Have nrport That Dstailed Plans OF ana
sketches OF Sortiffcataons Were
Sent 90 Germany.

NEW YORK. Oct 15.-wtth the indict-
ment to-day Of Max Lynsr. also known
as Count Max Lynar Loudon. ON a charge
OF oisamy. United States secret service
agents began an Investigation OF the re-
cent aleged activities OF a man who
s soer the meme Of L.ynar Is said 10 have
done confidential work In this country
last June and July ON behalf OF the Ger
man and Austrian governments.
Iher lnNestgation embraces a report
tnat detailed plans and sketches OF Ger
tam fortifications had been sent 10 Bcr-
I'm oy Two secret messengers aboard a
steamship which sailed from this port
Tor Rotterdam during July. This steam
snip WIS searched at Falmouth. E;ngla land
~ was reported. for the messengers
hose presence aboard had been caDicd
not found.
The ship then proceeded to Rotterdam.
~ was said. where she was again search
eddy the British consul there. The
messengers were reported TO have eluded
the British consul. landed in Rotterdam
with the plans OF the forts In their pos
session thence to the German capital.
The name OF one Of the alleged mes
sengers said 10 have made the trip on
from New York and arrival at hotter
service.
The investigation was conducted with
a view TO determining just what plans
~ any. were carried TO Berlin by the
alleged messengers ana through what
Lynar Did Not San
MAX l.Nnar Loudon's application for
an American passport was made IL was
sald. after the departure OF this vessel
from New York. The man known as
Lynar remained In New York after the
alleged messengers sailed secretly from
ihls port. II Is not known whether Max
i.ynar Loudon and the man known as
L.ynar were relatives. nor is there any
ming 10 connect them further than the
similarity In their names.
The secret service agents who have
Deen investigating LOudon's past life
nave talked with Norbert Fuller, at one
time lsoudon's chauffeur. Fuller was
dressed I'm livery 20 like the uniform OF
the National guard that he was arrested
last July at the instance OF a National
guardsman- IL IL said that Fuller sci
at rest a report that a chauffeur dressed
as n United States soldiers had obtained
admission TO Forts about New York har-
DOT ana had made secret plans OF them.
Employer Protected
When Fuller was arrested his en-
ployer wrote = letter to the district at
torney protesting against the arrest
This letter found to-day in the district
attorneys files. was signed Rocher NJ
~ Lynar. The signature suggested the
name OF Count Rochus Zu Lynar. a resi-
Gent OF Berlin and well known I'm diplo-
matte circles. Court Rochus Zu Lynar
Is said 10 he about so years old The
prisoner Is IS.
\ copy of the application for the mar
rage license issued to the prisoner
which was used when he married his
present wife. shows. the secret service
men assert. that the prisoner was mar
ried under the name OF Albert Marcel
Coun de Passy. a native of StaupitE
Germany. He gave his age ast42 his
occupation as an army engineer accord
ing 70 the application. and asserted that
he was unmarried. The brfde-elect gave
her name as Miss Lalia Florence Allen
dorf. 20 years old 4 native OF New York
born In Sweden. The license MAS obtain
ed August 20. 1911.