Arizona republican., 1915-10-26
German Secret Service Op- orator Arrested by New York Autholities-He A Is Charged with Attempting to Blow Up Ships.
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 GERMAN ARMY Planned tc Delay Shipment of Ammunition to Allies by Attaching Time Fuse Bombs to Rudders of the Steamers.
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 NEW YORK, Oct. 25-Details of a plot to hamper munitions shipments to the allies by timed bombs placed on the rudders, and propellers of ships with the idea of disabling them on the way across the Atlantic was disclosed in the confession of Robert Fay, lieutenant of the Sixteenth SaXony infantry, who admitted he came to the United States in April through an agreement with German secret service to blow up and delay steamers laden with munitions. Chief Flynn, of the United States secret service, filed a complaint before the United States commissioner here charging Fay and four others with promoting the conspiracy. The hear ing was set for November A. Following the arrest of Fay and Walter Scholz of Weehawken, New Jersey, on Sunday, the police found quantities of acid in their room They also located 120 pounds of chlorate of potash, used in making sugar bombs, in boathouse on the Hudson. Paul Daeche, a Cologne university graduate and pr. Herbert Kienzle. manager and clerk of the company were arrested today. Max Breitung. lIit lIIlIl HdIleu III lIle COHDIdlHl. Was not apprehended.
 If Fay is telling the truth the mat ter probably will be the subject of vigourous representations by the United States to Germany. Officials say the United States regards the action which Fay attributes to the German secret service as an offense of grave character.
 Fay confessed that while on the battlefield he had talked with superior officers about the device to blow up the ships. Later his idea of coming to America and carrying out the scheme was well received by the Ger man secret service. He came well supplied with money and was to act on his own responsibility. He talked to Capain Won Papen. q military at tache, and Captain Boyd, naval at tache of the Germany embassy about the plans. They refused to have any thing to do with it. Fay said he had been decorated with the iron cross for at Champagne in France. His confession covers his arrival in the United States on April 23rd and he has been making clock worked bombs ever since The activities in experi- menting with explosives were carried out along the Hudson. Kenz was ar rested on a complaint of having aided in the procuring of the explosives used by Fay and was committed to the Tombs The identity of Breitung is not disclosed. Other information will be disclosed later, which Flynn said would be against public policy to reveal at this time. In his com plaint Flynn stated that Paul Siebs. formerly of the German army, had become government witness and set forth Sieb's receiving money from Fay and Breitung for chlorate potash on August 18th.
 The men are charged with conspir- ing to violate that section of the United States criminal code which says:
 Whoever upon the high seas or by other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States by surprise, or open force, maliciously attacks or sets upon any vessels belonging to another with the intent to unlawfully plunder the same or despoil any owner thereof of any moneys. goods, or merchandise, laden on board thereof, shall be fined, etc.
 ScholZ gave a statement explaining his actions since coming to this coun- try and his returns with Fay To Fay he gave all the credit for the idea of the exploding devices to be to the ships. but said that
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