Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27
BOY-ED POSSIBLE
AUTHOR OF NOTE
To MRS. STEGLER
Imprisoned TeamSter and His
Wife Assert That Anony-
nous Warning Resembles
Attaches Letters.

tnY soRstNo JousHAl SPECIAL ttsasn wiHnl
New York, Feb. 80. - CHARLES II.
Griffiths, attorney for Richard I.
Stegler, the German naval reservist
arrested here Wednesday on the
charge of fraudulently obtaining an
American passport, announced To-
night that he would place In the haads
Of the federal authorities tomorrow
an anonymous typewritten letter re-
celyed by Mrs. Stegler which would
be compared with letters alleged -
have been written 10 Stegler by capt
X. Boy-ed, naval attache of the GER
man embassy az washington Steg-
Ter, according TO MIR. Grlffiths, mas
told the federal authorities that Cap
tain Begged wanted him to go 20 Ems
land rs SPY.
The letter which Captain Boy-ed to-
day denied having written OF knowing
anything about read as follows;
Reading todays New York Ameri-
can. allow me to tell You that II was
your fault that your husband has been
arrested and win have TO 20 to jail
for many years and will be always
n .looked-at scoundrel. Accept the
advice to keep your mouth shut ana
do not open II before you at iirsl
consult a lawyer. Besides YOU put
your country In a bad position because
your case viii only Increase the W
feeling OF the Germans against the
Americans and you know a war win
the Germans would be the greatest
disaster for the Americans
Impute Letter To Boy-ed.
| Mr.. Griffths said that both Mrs.
Stegler and Stegler himself, TO whom
The showed the letter today In the
Tombs prison, had declared that cer-
tain characteristics OF the typewriting
( and other peculiarities resembled the
letters Stegler had received from Cap
tain Begged, now In the possession OF
! the United States district attorney
The letter was mailed In New YORK
Yesterday and was addressed TO Mfs'
Stegler at her home % st. Niehoias
terrace Mr. Grifiiths said mat st
Nicholas" was spelled "St. Noklas us
I'm the letters sent by Captain Boy-et
and that II bore the stamp OF the
same postofflce station.
"This thing Is too ridiculous IN an
swer." Captain Boy-ed said when ask :
ed today il he wrote the letter. "Ail
the letters that have gone out OF TINS
lofflce' have been addressed by my
stenographer and suppose there
must be thousands of typewriters IKE
the one she uses. ! have been nc,
cused of SO many things that wou,d
not be surprised II they tried to TX
the Rosenthal murder on me or inc
responsibility of the next subway ae-
oldent.' .a.,.oa
Captain Begged strongly reiterated
his denial that he had anything TO 90
with stegier other than TO try TO hell
him get position
Stegler Repeats Accusation.
stegler repeated today, Mr. GRIT
lfiths said. his declaration that Captain
| Boy-ed had wanted him to go to Eng
land as q spy especially 20 get details
of n report that the British admiralty
WAS fitting out at Belfast NUMBER
Of merchantmen which were 10 De
sent. disguised as German boats. 10
THE mouths Of the Elbe and Weser
rivers ana sunk there in oiuer 10
blockade Cuxhaven, Brenefh"Fs"
land other German ports.
~ was To get all the information
labout this letter." Stesler was quot
led by Mr.. Grffiths as saying. Il was
talso TO watch all shipping movements
in the Mersey. | was to try to locate
1.-THE strength of the English fleet, sup
lposed To be in st. Georges channel.
was to make absolutely no notes, but
Ito depend entirely on my memory
was then TO go to Rotterdam and then
TO the German boruer where | was
to meet German officers ana give
them a secret password. ! was told 70
be very careful in regard TO meelils
these officers as Captain Boy-ed said
there were English spies in the Ger
man lines who wore the uniforms OF
German officers and even the iron
cross / was to go to Berlin and de-
liver any information TO Herr lsendall,
head of the German intelligence
bureau"
stegier Tried 10 Get Passport
That Stegler had sought the as
sistance of George sylvester Nieriek'
editor of a German newspaper, III op-
tanning an American passport was
asserted by Vierick today. Mr.. Vieriek
said stegler had come to him ana