The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-02
GERMANS PUT UP JOB
ON STEGLER'S WIFE
Endeavo Entrap Her Into Confession That Her Husband
Falsticd-Failing, They Have Her Arrested
n Trumped-Up Charge.


/ New York March Mrs Annette
Pope Stegler, wife of Richard +. Ste
| gler. VINO is accused of getting an
American passport falsely. was freed
to-day in The West Side Police Court
by Magistrate Barrow on cha -ge of
assault. made by two Stats Zeitung
reporters Arthur w. Mateikat and
Arthur A. Sender.
/ Mateikat and Sender had taken
Mrs. Stegler on Sunday night to the
Hn:el Grencbie and asked her to
sign statement that ne husband
had lied In accusing Captain Boy-Ed
German naval attache If helping her
/ husband to get a false passport. She
( says that when she refused 10 sign
: they called "A detective and accused
! her of assault
! Soon after Mrs Stegler was freed
I her husband and two others. R''h-
ARD Madden and Gustave Cook were
indicted by the Federal Grand jury
Of conspiring to defraud the United
States in the passport matter. They
were arraigred and pleaded not
guilty.
Bidder Denies Responsibility.
/ Victor Riddcr, ~ the Staats Iei~
;ung. announced that the two report
ers who had caused Ms. Stegler's ar
rest. had acted wholly on their own
responsibility, and That their methods
were not countenanced by their pa
per.
Mrs Stegler SAYS that Mics Anna
Hoffman on Sunday suggested going
out IN the vening with a man friend
Of hers. Mrs. Stcrler says that Miss
Hoffman 3aii tho friend knew moth
inE about the sto~y OF Stegler's ar
rest So they met Sender In limou-
sine. A few moments later Sender
picked up Matcitat Introducing him
rs friend They all drove to
Hralys at Sixty-slxth Street. getting
there about o'clock
There saws Mrs Stegler. she drank
one cocktail and the men much
more. After 10 o'clock they drove to
the Hotel Grenoble and had drink.
Mrs Stegler says she took ginger ale.
She heard the men talking and they
spoke OF a friend who mad an apart
nent In the hotel 1t was decided to
70 up and get him.
They wer. not shown up saws Mrs
steeler. hut found the apartment. II
was empty. When she wanted TO
leave she says the door was locked,
Then. she gays, Sender threatened
her, pulling a newspaper from Mis-
pocket and remarking:
- what's the use OF wasting any
! more time?"
she says he pointed to her pic
ture and her husbands and "A story
about the passport fraud. continu-
ing:
so you're The patriotic citizen and
''1e beautiful Southern brunette?
Now that we have you here. you Will
be ruined woman tomorrow unless
you sign q statement stating that the
t,at loo t,14 5p H.
a Question of Boyd.
II said, 1T ism OF n lie, and ev-
erything that he has said Is the
truth. Mrs. stegler said. He then
called up Beekman 4300 telephone
number of the Stats zeitung) over
ts1e telephone and spoke to them in
German hut before ne got the num-
her he said This In your last chance,
now speak the truth. Now isn't Ste
gler telling "A lie? Isn't he telling u
lie? suppose you know by now
that We are from Boyd?
She paid no attention, according
to her story. Then they spoke OF
locking her up. she says. To this
she says he was silent. They tele-
phoned again. she says. this time TO
the police. A detective came and
Mrs. Stegler says that Just before
his entrance Sender grabbed n bot
tie and put" Il down in the fire.
| place and ts'en put his cane across
the table. when the detective en-
tered Sender said that Mrs. Stegler
had Just thrown n settler bottle at
Mateikat and struck him with a
cane.
Tell Reason For Act.
In tho Police Court Mateikat ana
Sender did not hesitate to say that
AZ "a.
hotel In the hope OF getting her TO
passport case
Mateikat testified that Sender and
Mrs Stegle. went into a room ad.
Joining the one where he was with
Miss Hoffman Three hours later he
swore. Sender gave him "A prearrang-
ed signal and he entered their room
to fnd Mrs Stegler undressed On
"a table lay the affidavit repudiatins
her husbands story and her own
statement in his support, Mateik At
testified. After few words. he sad
Mrs. Stegler became hysterical. threw
the bottle at him and struck him
on IN head with his cane.
Defective O'Conneli testified that
when he arrived Mrs Stegler wat
fully dressed II asked Mat"ikat u
he had any marks to show where she
had struck him. but ne sa'd ne hau
not" the detective told the magis'
trate.
Magistrate Barlow said to MRS
stegler: 'gf you had agreed with
these men in saving that while you
were disropcd and alone in room
with one. the other came In at a
/ given signal. would not have hest
tated in sending, them both TO the
work house for long term. AS II Is
iaN can do is To discharge you.