The Washington times., 1915-12-21
thnt 30 nlpped bcfole fls eonsnmrna.

TINT was nippcd bcro,p rs consunma-
tion.
From Washington comes confirmation
through Assistant Attorney General
Warren and n. Bruce Bielaslki. chief OF
the agents OF the Department OF Jus
ticc. who said that Koentg had been
involved In ether Vaccinations against
the allies. This same source, too, uls-
German powers IN this country-he
guarded thS summer embassy OF Count
Won Beinstbrff in Ccdarhufst, J.. J.
Metzler On stand.
OF more value than the documents In
the case and the mass OF evidence that
has been gathered by tn edetectivcB and
special agents, was the testimony given
before the grand jury BY Frederick
Metzlef. secretary to 3&oenig, who slHce
the beginning OF the war has had
charge OF his ptivate papers, has been
present at many conferences, has had
acquaintance with the agFntn hinder
lSoenig's supervision. ard has trans
mitted the instructions given 10 the
plotters.
It has been learned that Mrs. Koe-
mig, wife OF the man charged with the
canal plots, accompanied him on most
of his trips to the Canadian border.
Some notes made bv her are held in
the office Of the United States attor-
ney.
More than twenty women were on
koenig's pay roll as special agents
the private memorandum book OF the
supposed ringleader has revealed. A
number of these women crossed into
canada and brought back information
Of the guards about the welland canal
Calls Boy Catspaw
Apparently crossing into Canada was
not so difficult, because KoenlE on one
occasion crossed the border-takihg his
life in his hands by so doing. He went
as tar as the Quebec ramparts and then
strolled back without being suspected.
George Fuchs-for months his most
trusted aide, who afterward gave away
the groups secrets-also penetrated the
enemy's country. That circumstance is
responsible for the appearance before
the grand jury yesterday OF Mrs. BiEet-
te Fuchs, stepmother Of the Involuntary
ihnformer, to revenge herself on Koenig
Tor sending her son across the line.
He made n catspaw OF the boy"
she said. ''He wanted George 10 do the
work he feared to do himself 1t would
nave meant nothing to him II George
had been captured II he was caught he
surely would be shot as spy. Koenig
knew that, but he didn't care. Now /
don't care II hurt him."
other witnesses before the Canal
grand jury, in addition to Metzler and
Mrs. Fuchs, were b. Schwartz, hotel
proprietor in Buffalo, and Joseph
schwartz. master mechanic in a pow
er company in Niagara Falls-on the
American SIDE. Fuchs went before the
grand jury last Friday.
After the jury had finished it's session
for the day United States Attorney Mar
shall was much gratified by the dis
closures. He said that the testimony
had gone far beyond the expected scope
A few minutes afterward he admitted
that there is a probability that there
will be indictments for plots other than
the one to blow up the WeIland Canal
the charge on which Koenig and his
group now arc held.
As part of the records subpoenaed
was a hotel register from the Iroquois
Hotel in Buffalo, which showed that
Koenig and his wife were there on the
night of September 26, and Leyendecker
and Metzler stayed in an adjoining
room. Koenig was there under the name
of Mendez.