New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-02
SIXTH MAN HELD
IN BOMB PLOT
Engelbert Bronkhurst, tx
pIosive Expert, Sent
TO TOmbs.
PROVIDED DYNAMITE
FOR FAY, is CHARGE
Prisoner. Native of Germany
Questioned for Six Hours,
Denies Conspiracy.

The sixth arrest in the German plot
to dynamite ships leaving this port
with munitions for the Allies was made
Yesterday. The prisoner is Engelbert
Bronkhurst, mining engineer and explo-
sives expert. He was committed TO the
Tombs under the same charge as that
made against Fay, Breitung. Scholz,
Daeche and Kienzle He was unable TO
give the $4,000 bail asked.
Bronkhurst, who is ffty-two, and the
most striking looking person in the al
legged conspiracy, was found at the
Pavonia Avenue station of the Erie
Railroad, in Jersey City. on Saturday
night. He was not placed under arrest
but was told that certain information
would be desired Of him and that the
question of his liberty would be set
tied yesterday morning.
Early yesterday he was taken 70 tne
Office of John G. Knox, Assistant united
States At.orne., in the Federal Build
ing and there Mr.. Knox and CHER
William J. Flynn of the Secret Service
questioned Bronkhurst for six hours.
They told him they knew he had IN
formation valuable to the prosecution
and that if he would give 1t up the
government would make him It's W.T.
less.
The man persisted in declaring that
h, knew nothing of the dynamite plot
Fnox and Flynn told him they knew
that he had done bushes with kienzie
and with Fay, but he denied 1t.
According to the Federal officials,
Rronkhurst, while in charge OF grad
ing and roadmaking at the Lust Sana-
forum at Butler, n. j., met kienzlee,
who was a patient there. 1t is also al
legged that he turned dynamite over to
FAY after Kenzle had arranged with
Bronkhurst the details of the transfer.
On the mans refusal to disclose
what was wanted, he was ordered un-
der arrest and was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Houghton,
who committed him to the Tombs.
Mr. Houghton asked Bronkhurst If he
wanted lawyer, explaining that he
would assign any man the prisoner
named
81 have an insuperable aversion to
LAWYERS" the prisoner answered, pc
cause believe the profession to be an
unclean one. studied law in my
youth and | know what | say is the
truth. The only. favor | can asK OF
YOU is that | be removed to a cell at
once. | waive all my rights and want
a speedy trial"
Bronkhurst speaks seven languages.
He was born in Hanover, Germany; won
degree in mining engineering; served
in the army; worked In the South Afrl-
can diamond mines; came TO this coun-
try and worked in mines in the Yves!
and Southwest, and spent several years
in South America.
Near Butler, N. j.. is the plant OF the
Du Pont-de Nemours Powder Company,
the scene Of several mysterious ex-
/ plosions.
]. Vas wyck, purser of the Holland
America steamship Rotterdam, sal
yesterday that Fay's story OF coming
/ here on the Rotterdam was true.
"But he did not come On German
passport" Van Wyck said. when the
| British agents boarded the ship to look
over the passengers Fay could not have
escaped being taken off II he had had
a German passport"
A dispatch from Norwich Falls, Conn.,
last night, reports that Lindsey u;
/ Smith, Federal agent, has identified
the photograph Of Scholz as that Of 2
man who tried to blow up the home OF
/ a local mill worker.