Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-12-15
Railroad Engineer Makes Aft
davit Regarding Employ
ment to Blow Up Canadian
Pacific Tunnels.
BARON Won BRINCKEN
MOST ACTIVE IN DEAL
KajSefS Consul General in San
Francisco Said to Have Had
General Supervision of the
Plans,
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Providence, II. l.. Dec. 10. ~ The
Providence journal prints this morn
ng the text of an affidavit made hy
Johannes Henrykus Van Koolbergen
Ir san Francisco on August p last
This affidavit goes into much circum-
suutu evidence with regard 10 an
alleged organized German conspiracy
ON the Pacific coast with the object
of blowing up muntion plants, on
which indictments have been returned
by federal grand jury in san Fran
cisco against Baron George Wilhelm
Won Brincken. c. G.. Crowley and Mrs.
Margaret Cornell The affidavit as
scrts that Franz Bopp German consul
general al SAN Francisco, personally
supervised the activities of Koolber-
gen ana directed the attempt to hire
him and blow up tunnels ON the Can
ndian Pacific railroad i'm May Of the
present year.
trapped ny OllicialS.
The affidavit also declares that
Dopp ordered the money for this
work. $500, to be paid to Koolber-
gen under the impression that the
work mad been accomplished when,
as matter of fact, Bopp was misled
by Canadian Pacific officials working
i'm conjunction with Koolbergcn. who
il,
Canadian papers telling of the de-
suuction of important tunnels Ny
mysterious accidents. The affidavit
also declares that George Wilhelm Won
Grincken, Bopp's assistant in the san
Francisco consulate, worked out all
the details Of the plot and that he and
Bopp went over maps of the Canadian
Pacific railway in the consulate and
directed the latter where 10 blow up
The tunnels where they would inter
fcre most with the transportation of
munitions of war The affidavit states
also that Koolbergen was instructed
10 steal the dynamite for these plans
fron certain constru ton comps on
the Canadian pacific, the location Of
which was outlined to him by Bopp
and Brincken
The Affidavit in Full
The affidavit follows:
My name is Johannes Henrykus
Van Koolbergen Ny occupation is
civil engineer. / live in Millvalley
Marion county. California.
some months ago in 1915 ~ do
not remember the exact date), prob
ably five months ago, say about April,
met man named Wilhelm Won
BrIncken in the Heidelberg cafe IN
san Francisco. His address was NO.
303 Picadillv apartments in san
Francisco and he asked me to call
ON him there told him that i'm
tended to go ON trip to Canada, 50
that ! did not think I would have occH'
sion to do that until | came back.
spent about five weeks going up T.
Canada and when | came back | was
Informed by the people at the house
where ] lived that Won Brincken mad
called me a couple Of times by tele-
phone. asking me to come up and sec
him Not knowing what he wanted
went to see him at the Picadilly apart
mrnts about tho beginning of April
OFFICER in German Army.
"IIc told me that he was an Off
ccr in the German army and mt pres
ont working in the secret service OF
The German empire and worked un-
der Mr. Franz Bopp, the German
consul He then told me that he was
informed that / was in Canada and
that my nationality and pcrsonalitS
had been inquired into by detectives
on the behalf of the Euelish authori-
ties and In Canada and said therefore
! know YOU could do something for us
IN Canada. I answered that | was
willing to do So If il was for an in
nocent purpose, / would have no OBJ
lection but that he should first
name his price and he said that II
would he worth one thousand dol
lars. told him that | was too wei
known in canada, that he could hard
ly use my papers but that il it were
worth one thousand dollars to see a
friend that would have no objection
TO go myself and act for him. So he
said. Well YOU had better come oyet
some day to the German consulate
and ! win introduce you to the Ger
man consul.
Goes 10 Consulate.
u went to the German consulate
and met Franz Bopp, the imperial
German consul, and upon different
questions being asked me by Mr.
Iopp, became very pro-German IN
the expression of my sentiments.
left the German consul ana was ad-
mitted into one Of the other offices
on the fifth floor of the royal insur-
"nce building on Sansoinc street cor
nor of Pine street san Francisco
and there Won Brincken came to me
again and asked me if ! would do
romething for him in Canada.
"iIe said You are the man you
can make good money
Won Brineken then asked me to
come to his room in the picadlly
apartments the next day ! went in'
then Won Brincken told me that they
We're willing TO send me up to Canada
70 blow up one Of the railroad bridges
on the Canadian Pacific railroad or