The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-01
||IH'|B Of FAKE
SP0RT GAME TAKEN
'ElssGAN IN BRITISH HANDS
e0aef He'd That Men Arrested Were
III = Conspiracy 20 Stir Up Trouble In
1gcxtco For United States In Ger
nan lnteree4s

IL 42on was begun to-day by the redera
Grand Jury into an alleged German
s1,sot to renent trouble for the United
states in Mexico. following the arrest
+ 81 Andrew ID. Metoy. a real estate
Il 1I{Sfi~ and promoter of Mexico CITY,
who came IN on the Holland-Ameri-
4 IAN liner Nieuw Amsterdam. with his
rife and secretary. Miss Hettie Bro
ply.
The warrant on which Meloy was
nkeu OF the steamer al quarantine
dres not charge him with completely
III the Mexican plot. but makes Inc
sSSNrcusat:on that Mcloy assisted Franz
NJ kinteien. German IN an unsuccess-
2%xnl effort to get a fraudulent Amer'-
|s}7snr rasspert here last July. Shortly
$fter the alleged passport plot mis-
aScafried. Assistant United States Attor-
ley Raymond II Sarfaty declares mc,
y0y and his wife and secretary saileo
on the Holland American inner MOOT
dam. accompanied by Rintelen. VINO
had assumed the name of Edward v.
7,zNsfYe. ard nar managed ~ rtt-tAeefa
~.of a Swiss passport for this purpose;
Rintelen is said to be a confidentiai
agent of the Kaiser. He and his com
= panions were taken off the Noordam
Il Il Falmouth by the British authorities
Rin,elcn was held In detenuon camp
ys chile MeIoy and his wife and sec
r~tary were sent back here 10 be met
- Quarantine by the Department OF
e Justice agents who went. out to meet
I the Noordam in Il revenue cutter,
Meloy was taken before u. S. Com
& rissioner Houshtcn and held In $4,000.
II He had made arrangements by wireless
81 frorn the steamer for the National
surety Company to furnish the bond
n when he reached here. Before his
arraignment Meioy is reported9to have
said to Assistant Superintendent JOS
H ~nh Baker. of the Department of JUS
tice:
Thinks He Knows why.
Il believe know why am be-
n ting arrested Think -tAat-it-i Is ON
II sthe assumption that l consptred to
" start trouble in Mexico.
s1 ussoy's life is more or less of an
hi open book to the Federal authorities
who know that he was at one time In
u tcrexted in a land scheme in view
~ Jersey: that he has railroad interests
1 tn Mexico. that he figured in court
Az gvs.i ndai ever the GuanceT Tunnel
Ill Company and finally that he was once
vsatsss pas. aess associate OF Tae notori-
ri osls DR.. Ric hard c. Fowler. the quack
sdoctor. swindier and bucket shop pro-
snpfer.
$3.50 There is. however. considerable
Il mystery about the personality o.,
Fl. Franz Rintelen, which the Federal
Il sauthorifies refuse TO dissipate. This
NJ muts1. however, Is suspected, accord
I ting to information received from
Il roundabout source: Rintelen before
1, his departure for Europe with Meioy
travelled around this country under
~ the name of Hansen, and Is said to
1 have purchased or attempted to pu:-
u chase goods for the German govern
Il ment The Federal authorities are Of
the opinion that ne was the same
Hansen whose name figured In an at
Il tempt to buy a number OF Krag-
Jergensen rifles discarded by tho
United States government
IN stands High In Germany.
Rinteien. II is said, stands high In
educational circles in Germany, 1t is
rumored that he came here originally
to take up the semi-oftlcial task which
DR.. Dernburg left unfulfilled. How
nsar he came to Mexico Is a question
which the authorities here are ad-
ultttAdiy unable to answer at present.
ssA1tRxouesl ii viii probably be the func-
ton Of the Federal government pro-
xeedings to determine this question.
TyIt was admitted today that the alleged
snnsport fraud would only take up a
4hlnOr part Of the grand jury's atten-
Ftton.
On July Is last Rintelen. 1t is said
found ii imperative TO get back to
Germany and in furtherance of his
scheme it Is charged conspired with
" Me.oy to get fake passport under the
name OF Edward V. Gates. who was
described as an American wine mer-
~ chant Meloy according to the war
rant, wrote letter to the State De-
partment at Washington declaring
that he had known Gates In Pennsyl-
yania for years. and that the latter
had also called at his nome on River
side Drive frequently.
The witness who signed the supposed
81 Rinteiens passport application. vouch-
ing for the fact that the fictitious
Gates was a bonafide American citizen
was Melville G. Barnard, a salesman,
whose address the Federal authorities
refused to give. No explanation IL
offered concerning the failure OF the
a alleged passport plot which Is said to
have made 1t necessary for Rinteien
to sail the Nooroam early In An
Y gust.
when Rinteien and his party were
psarched at Falmouth, papers were
Iound III Miss Bropy's bag. IL is said,
which convinced the British authorities
Y Rfnteiens identity.