Connecticut western news., 1915-10-28
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Three Germans have been arrested in the inVe&ti@utiun of thc alleged plot tu blow up ahips at sea carrying war SuI- plies to the allies from New York. They nIe Paul DHerhe. a graduate Of the Cologne university. who K held as q material witness agaipSt Robert Fay. d German army officer. and Walter SchoIz. who were arrested at Wee. haWkCu. N. I.
 Dr. Allcrt Elder. secretary tn Coun' von EerEstorfl. German amhaSSu,lor tn the United States. deniel that any of the n:cn arrcS cd was connected with tbe German embassy or was known there.
 't;lc ro,i. said Daeche told them he went to New Jersey to investigate fac ro"icS which were alleged to lle ma nkinG dIm-dum bullets for the allies. i!e sai that after gathering evidence he plan ned tO make formal cumplaint tn Washington.
 In ITnbCllpn storage hHuSe the no. lice found two trunks which arc be lieved tu have he'onged to Fay. The, were filled with copper wires and in rricate and delicate machinery. which the police declare might he used In making bombs.
 According tn the men in charge Of the investigation. the conspiracy k widespread. extending to many parts of the country. and the brains of it l. Fay. who is said to have been an oni ccr in the German army as late as laSi y2ar. when he took part in the hattie of thc Marne. in France.
 Women In Alleged Conspiracy.
 Some clews unearthed indi ate ihatu q number of women were members Of the band.
 Detectives are making efforts to con meet the activities of Fay and his com psnion with numerous explosions that have occurred on munition ships and fires in plants manufacturing powder and other war supplies for the allies
 Fay had $4S0 in new twenty dolla" bills and gold in his trunk and SEQ in his pocket. After searching his rooms the New Jersey authorities announced that they had confiscated the following belongings of Fay:
 A chart of New York harbor showing the forts and piers.
 Twenty-Five pounds of trinitrate of toluol.
 About 360 pounds of dynamite
 Five mines to be attached to the pro pellers of steamships, with time clock attachment and worth about $1.O00 each.
 Two hundred bomb cylinders. Four hundred percussion caps.
 Two automatic pistols.
 Fays racing automobile and a high powered motorboat which he kept moored in the Hudson river at Grant wood. were also confiscated. Letters and other documents found in Pays trunk and written in German are being translated.
 Overhear Phone Talk.
 The clew which led to the arrest of Fay and Scholz was picked up by acci- dent by detectives who have been try ing to run down the perpetrators Of damage to ships leaving HoboBen piers. A detective overheard q scrap of con. versation relating to an order for q high explosive. The explosive was to be delivered in Hoboken. and the sleuth was able to run down the consignee. who proved to be ScholZ.
 Ut is true I have been carrying on some experiments, but I never put a bomb upon ship nor damaged any munitions plant" declared Fay.
 The motorboat and automobile are re. garded by the police as significant. In the former. the police believe. the men ranged up and down the river. pollinc in between liners and probably getting, data on the big munitions carrying liners for use later.