New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
NEW YORK BAN CLERK ARREs1
 ON PLOT CH
Alleged SChleindl Turn Documents, Messages an
 grams to Agents Of Gl
BEARING INFORMATIOl
 SHIPS WITH AMMl

Held Under $25,0OO Bail Fl
 ination On Monday--Kod
 Lycndeclxer Held Under
 and S3O,OOO Bonds Rcspct
 Charges of Conspiring to
 WeIIand Canal.
 New York. Dec. 1S.-Deted lowing the trail of plotters s destroy ships bearing ammu the allies today arrested Schleindl, a clerk in the City bank, whom they char larceny of documents, cablegf messages which, 1t is allei turned over to representativd German government.
 The documents, the detect gave information as to whic bore ammunitoins across tn Schleindl is also alleged to hal information to the German r tatives as to what firms wer featuring war supplies in tn try and also the amounts of placed in certain banks to tn of the allies. Schleindl was to police headquarters for fur animation.
 E.. SchleindI Makes Confcssid
 Schleindl, detectives said, c. to having obtained informatiI garding shipments of munitio other matters, saying that he at the direction of Paul Koeni of the bureau of investigationI Hamburg American Line who rested yesterday.
 Detectives said they fouI Schleindrs pockets a telegram ing to a shipment of two billioI to the allies. The message wa| the Banque Beige Pour L'Entr| to New York bank.
 German Reservist.
 Schleindl, according to the told of meeting Koenig, who used an alias, last May, and o ing kept in touch with the e consul here since the opening war. Schleindl said he was man reservist. He met Koenl made arrangements for himself tain cablegrams and other docy at the National City Bank. Fi work Schleindl told the police, been receiving about $25 wee
 Police claim they found Koenig's effects, papers indicatir he had had relations with Sch
 Held in $25, ,O0O Bail.
 Schliendl was held in $25.00 for examination on Monday wh raigned on short affidavit ch suspicion of grand larceny in q tion with the disappearance fro National City Bank of papers an uments which police said were at s1O0,000.
 Detective Barnitz testified al arraignment that documents 2 to have been furnished to Paul ig by Schliendl described in det' cargo in No. 2 hold of the st Minnehaha on the voyage wh fire developed in her hold.
 Kocnig Uuder s50.O 900.
 Paul Koenig and Richard Eml endecker were held in $50,O0O s30,000 bail, respectively, by States Commissioner Houghton when they were arraigned befor on charges of conspiring to d the welland canal.
 Wanted Bail Reduced. Counsel for Koenig and decker fought hard for a reduct bail. but Assistant United Stat' torney Wood said: "The amount too large. The people back of men can put up any amount or that is needed"
 Commissioner Houghton said 6o not regard the amount or asked by the district attorney cessive. Countries are at each ( throats and we are trying our D be neutral. The government is s ing a great deal of money to pl 7ust such actions as are comp of here"
 The specific offense charged a Koenig and Leyendecker is cons 10 send a military expedition frol country against a friendly The penalty on conviction is years imprisonment and a fin $5,O0O.
 Additional Arrests.
 In the Metzler case, official nation was to the effect that ditional arrests will be made thr out the country during the mex days. All of these, he said, W fin connection with the Welland plot.
 Federal authorities stated tn ternoon that Metzler had ma lengthy statement in which he
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