The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-28
FOUR ARRESTED =.
IN BOMB BLOT
GERMAN LIEUTENANT PLANNED
TO BLOW up LINERS 80
HELD BY THE NEW YORK POLICE
Robert Fay Says He Came to United
States From Germany to Stop
War Supplies to the
Allies 3D..

New York, Oct. 26.-Rob> Fay, q
lieutenant in the German army, who
was arrested in Weehawken. N. ~,
charged with conspiracy. confessed
that he had come to the United States
for the purpose of blowing up mer.
chant ships leaving this country for
Europe. with arms and ammunition for
the allies. - ...,... ... h.. e.,
Fay declared that IFS passage to
America had been arranged by the
German secret service, and that he
got into the country last April with.
out any difficulty. ...s -
.t Warned by Won Papen.
The prisoner said be had appealed
to Captain Won Papen, military at
cache to the German embassy in. this
country, but had been warned not to
tampsr with ships nor munitlon fac
tories In this country. However,
Captain Won Papen gave Fay permits
sion to do what he could in Canada.
u acted solely upon my, own respon-
sibility,. and had no connection with
the German embassy said Fay. =!
Fay made his statemen: in the pres.
--eltce of Chief of Police Patrick Nc.
Cam OF ,WeehaVken. While he vas
talking Walter .Scholz, an alleged CON
federate,. and Paul Daeche, q materia,
witness, were in a nearby cell. g..
u came TO the United States last
April on the steamship Rotterdam"
said Fay. My object in coming here
was TO interfere with. the shipment
OF arms and ammunition to the al.
lies. -,..
q, Il am soldier. was lieutenant
in the Sixteenth infantry and fought
in Champagne, France. saw the
terrific havoc of the French artillery
fire and determined to do what i
could to prevent the allies from get.
ting any more guns. and ammunition
from the United States. .. -
Il laid my plans before my colonel
and got permission to get in touch
with the secret service department OF
my government A leave Of absence
was granted and the secret service de,
partment arranged for my passage,
,-.., s Paid Own EXPENSES.
That was all the help. I got from
my government paid all my own
expenses. When | arrived in New
York / saw. Captain. Won Papen and
Captain Boyd. Both of these gen.
tIemen refused to make any use of-de-
vices which ! mad invented to further
my, plans in preventing shipments OF
munitions to the other side.
This device, was water.tight mine
to be attached &c the propellers OF
steamships to explode when the, ships
were started. +.
u am not a spy, and I'm willing to
give all the information | have TO
the United States government"
Fay had $3.50 in new twenty dollar
bills and gold in his trunk and $40. In
his pocket. After searching his rooms
the New Jersey authorities announced
that they had confiscated the, follow
ing articles belonging to Fay: -
A chart of New York harbor, show
ing the forts and piers: twenty-five
pounds. of trinitrate of toluol; about
$50 pounds Of dynamite: FIVE mines
10 Do dCIdCutu U Tue pFup6lleTS- OF
steamships, with time-clock attach.
ment, and worth about $1,000 each:
two hundred cylinders, four hundred
percussion caps, two automatic pts
tolls. .t.@gI I &'.. - =,
Fay's racing automobile and a high.
powered motorboat which he Rept
moored in the Hudson river at Grent-
wood were also contiscated. d
Fourth Arrest 10 Made. a..
A fourth arrest was made in the al
legged bomb-planting conspiracy to pre-
vent shipments of munitions to the
allies. Dr.. Herbert Krienzle was TAX,
en- into custody: He is manager OF !
the Krienzle Watch company.2 Krien-
zle was hurried to the federal build |
ing, aTraigred. and remanded to Jail, |
being unable to furnish $4,000 bond. |
He was charged with conspiracy to
the federal laws regarding In.
terferencei with foreign shipping and |
with procuring explosive for Robert |
Fay, who is held In Weehawken and !
claims to be German army lieuten.
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