The Washington times., 1915-10-26
BOMB PLOT INQUIRY
UNDER US. CONTROL
Secret Service Men Take
Charge Of Case From Hands
Of New York Police.
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according to high Secret Service ofn.
ciais. Fay and his associates have spent
in the last few months.
Walter Scholx admitted that Robert
Fay got 1900 from German secret serx,
ice agents in Brussels. but II is said
that much more than that came from
German-American sympathizers'
Awaits New Developments.
Fay, schoIz, Breitung. Kienzle. and
Daeche are charged with conspiracy to
despoil the owners OF a vessel OF money.
goods, or merchandise laden on board
thereof. But among secret service Of
f,ciais, New York police. and New Jer-
sey police the dominant sentiment was
not so much satisfaction over the ar
rests already made a. expectancy Of
further developments.
Three men In the weehawksn. N. j..
jail-Fay. whom the police say. is the
brother-in-iaw. a Ia am and Paul Paul pasche-were
to be arraigned before Justice Rander
today for pleas on conspiracy cnarses ,a ,n.
vsntor and engineer. is held in the
Tombs In default Of $4,000 bail.
Just how far-reaching this alleged
plot may be. police and government
They made it plain. however, that the
Investigation was Just getting under
way and that many more arrests may
be expected.
Fay Says He Is Head.
While Lieutenant Fay and Scholz say
they alone are to blame in the con-
spiracy to disable ships laden with mu-
ritions. and that they have been work.
Ing absolutely on their own authority.
the Federal authorities in Washington
are not inclined to take this view. Fay
asserts he Is the head OF the whoie
scheme. scholz says he is merely a
| From Washington comes the report
that the Federal authorities have had
| under investigation plots by other groups
similar to the one disclosed through tn the
| asserts he acted with the permission OF
| the German secret service. The Federal
, authorities are waiting to see IL the
men In the present group had any con,
throughout the country. Significance Is
| attached to the fact that Fay had ex.
! pected to start today for Massachusetts
, on important business.
great mass Of German correspond
| ence seized among the effects OF Fay
and Scholz is heing translated and
studied. The authorities insisted tina,
there was no clue leading from either
/
indirectly with Frank Holt. or Muenter
who shot J. p. Morgan.
Facts Brought Out.
Ont OF the evidence discovered BY
the municipal and Federal agents
the hundreds of pounds Of Ingredient
Of high explosives. steel ca skets To-
containing the completed product. deli
cate devices that explode bombs an,
| ,,,l-
hundreds of Instruments used In tn
manufacture OF these articies-im
portant facts were set forth. Thes
facts were strengthened by the ap
, parently frank statements of Fay an
Scholz.
First, three caskets-that Is tn
: name Scholz insisted on giving to tn
about 100 pounds Of explosive. All tn
mechanism for attaching those mine
! to the rudder posts OF ocean liner
were ready and the clocks for explod
i ing them one to four days after tn
sailing OF the ships had been ad
justed.
2. Fay and Scholz. provided wit
$4,000 from the German secret servic
] Fay says $4,000. but Scholz put
1t at $4,O0o-had been working for ri
months to perfect a waterproof min
and a detonating device that woul
: operate by aid of the swinging OF
i rudder and to compound q suitabl
q high explosive.
q 3. The purpose OF the mines. II
insisted. was to disable the ships tina
= carrv munitions. but the clocks were
v be timed so that the explosions woul
: occur on the high seas.
g Proud Of His Plan.
Lieutenant Fay took pride in sayin
that the plan Is his. that the inventio
OF the detonating device Is his. and tha
i, Scholz simply was an assistant. whi
! the others were to aid him in gettin
materials for the explosives.
: Fav resorted to no dramatics in Il
9 telling of his story. There was nothir
Of the fanatic about him. He was co,
4 and collected. but forcible He made
: clear that the plan he had In hand WI
being carried out Just az simply as
!, would attend to building an engine (,
u :, m automobile. Yet he expressed a 10,
y Of the fathcriand for he said he b.
q lieved that II by his mines he could ste
the export OF arms from this countr
he would be as useful as gener
winning a big battle for the Kaiser.
Lieutenant Fay Is tall. easily five fe