The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-25
PASSPORT PLOT
LAID TO GER MAN
ATTACHE HERE
coatiaacd from Firs, rage.

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the harbor. no; a cargo that Is loaded
or unloaded. hut some member of this
secret organization watches and reports
every detail.
"All this information. | understand. is
transmitted 10 the German Govern
mcut." S;cglcr saws he became = meni-
Der Of this Organiz itiou and would haN"
continued his activities as u mcmber 'i
it. had he not met Miss Annette Pee
Of Atlanta and married her at tn" ''.'%
Hall on December :.
Stesler says that IN the middle Of
January. in seeking employment. he
was referred to capt. But-Ed at the
German Consulate General \ letter
now n possession of the Federal ai-
thprities was written 10y cant Hry-Ed
ceiling Stegler u come to his Office on
January ~.
Stegicr asserts That capt Boy-Ed
told him to hold himself in readiness.
other conferences followed and il was
finally agreed that Stcgler should 20
to England lie says that he was told
he would have 70 travel a. an Amcii-
can citizen and that TO get the uc cs-
sary biith certificate aud photograph Ae
obtained the assistance f Gustav COOK
and Richard Madden of |it,hokcu. These
two men, he asserts, produced the muC1
coveted paper h. says II cost hi;u
SIS to get u.
The birth certificate is that OF Richard
Madden and was certified to 10y James
:. Lynch Of the Hudson County Bureau
Of Health and vital statistics. Stegler
says Ue sent the certificate. n photo
graph of himself 10 WASHINGTON and
obtained a passport through q broker
named Leonard. In company with
Leonard he sworc in the rnit.d states
District Court here that he was Richard
Madden Hts passport WAS No. iS.S2I.
aud permitted MIN to travel in Holland.
Denmark AND Great Britain on com
merCiIl business.
Stegler SAYS he VAS first assigned 80
the Hplidud- America Lin. but iA.I
was told t" sail or the Lus.tauia.
According to his Instructions. as given
N his story to the ImeIicdu. o..
was TO stop at Liverpool. examine the
NerSey River and gather all the in
formation he could concerning warships
and tie AMOUNT Of munitions of war
being unlodded IN Liverpool from tn.
nlte1 states. lie was to make par
%'.cular inquiry ~ t. the location of
the British d]reiduought spu.dro
inter- dong this ~ was 10 coutinu" ns
ii~N"Stl-ation~ IN London and rom
there e was Ia 90 TO llollari
\ His Passport. he slys. dld ioi include
Germany. but On reaching German terri.
tory h. was 10 give the Captain of the
nearest regiment = secret number which
would indicate to the officer that n.
was a rescrVist oil spy duty. St-glpi
Says Just before ? . date ~ sailing n.
SAW capt Boy-Ed and was told tina,
US wife must remain I'm this country
. When he told this to his wife later
says Steg.er. sine appealed 20 him not
to 20 and he promised her lie would not
liz says 'hat the uex day he wen,
10 capt B'y-Ed and told the latter
that he had decided not 20 sail S;-g.
Ter adds the; Capt Boy-t.d wanted
the passport aud other papers. hu'
lac declined TO surrender HI documents
3 The iIericdU also phi. t. a statement
10y Mrs. Steglsr In which Sh. say
her husband divulg,d ia. plo, in ord.I
10 aid the United States and that II
80 do.ug he sacrificed thousands D;
dollars
The ADu", icdh rrint~ the roilow.ug
statement by capt Buy-Ed
II wrote letters to Richard Stegle'
and : MT him kilograms. There Is no
. word. howeve~, in anything hay.
written or said which shows THAT
knew Of this alleged Fraudulent pass.
& port
H. arrest to-day s a conn. 81. SIr
prise 20 ne lie vau;.d worh. II.
.sn" ?" ne a~ many Other G..lual
\me-ioar~ d'd wat I could 20 rcir
llu ] gave MIN So " Vs~ u,. :;
buy u passport II Mas q lptn. S'eglr.
pr missed 90 pay u I'D.
'Th'~. .'ltH ge> .ltoll,ug me- ale ale.
~u.utc.y false. court tine full..'
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