Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-26
Three Alleged P|otters Against
Munition Ships Freed and
Rearrested at WeehaWken.
ANOTHER MAN is HELD
UNDER S25, 900 BAIL
Fifth Still at Liberty and General
Alarm Is Sent Out for His
Apprehension.

| NEW YORK, October 26.-Robert Fay
a lieutenant in the German army; Walter
! l.. Scholz and Paul Daeche were ar
raigned in Weehawken. N. j., police
court today on charges in connection with
an alleged plot to blow up steamships
sailing from New York with munitions
for the allies. The three men were dis
charged by the court. but were immedi-
ately arrested by federal agents on
charges of conspiracy sworn to by Chief
Flynn of the secret service.
| Fay and Scnolz were brought to New
/ York in custody Of the federal officers
When Fay and Scholz reached New
! York shortly after noon they were
taken to the office of Chief Flynn at
the Battery, where. it is understood
| they were again questioned. Arrange
| ments were made to keep them there
till their arrai gnment at 4 pm. before
| United States Commissioner Houghton
The complaint charges that the three,
| in conjunction with DIR. Herbert klenzle
held in $4,000 bail yesterday, and Max
Breitung, still at liberty, conspired to
commit an offense against the United
States.
After failing to locate Breitung at
sent out a general alarm for him.
Daeche, when arraigned today. at
first agreed to go to New York with
the federal officers. but when counsel
advised him that he had the right of
arrangement before the nearest federal
commissioner, he claimed that privi-
lege, saying he had nothing in common
with the others and did not care to go
to New York without arraignment- He
then was turned over to an assistant
of Chief Flynn.
While waiting for the men to be
transferred to his custody this morning
Chief Flynn said he was in possession
of information which showed that Fay
proper way to stop the shipment of
munitions to the allies was to blow up
the chemical works. He explained that
it was useless to try to blow up shell
and powder works, because those plants
could make repairs easily and the worst
damage that could be done them would
delay them only a week or so. If the
chemical plants were attacked they
would be at the fountain head and re-
pairs could not be quickly made.
Ridicules Bombs Found.
some of the bombs found on various
ships in the harbor and declared they
were no good and made by amateurs.
Joke bombs" he termed them. He
said they would do no effective dam
age.
According to the chief. Fay asserted
that when he left Holland for Amer
ter to a very high official, but on the
first day out he destroyed it, fearing
he might be searched and the letter
found.
Chief Flynn, when asked If he con-
sidered that Capt Boy-Ed and Capt.
Won Papen had been implicated in any
way replied that Fay absolved them
from all participation.
DIR. KrienZle, manager of cloak
company in this city, was arrested yes
terday on a charge of plotting. with
others, to destroy steamers plying be-
tween New York and foreign ports.
He was arraigned in the federal build
ing and held in $4,000 bail for fur
ther examination.
Daeche, arraigned later in Jersey
City before United States Commissions y
Carpenter, asked for delay in the pre-
liminary examination. and his case
was fixed at $4,000, in default Of
which he was locked up.
In addition to the charge of con-
spiracy, covering the cases of the other
prisoners and Breitung. Daeche also
was charged with having and conceal
ing a high explosive for the purpose
of blowing up ship in the jurisdic-
tion of the United States. United
States Marshal Kavanaugh. who pre-
ferred the charges, did not go into de-
tails concerning the additional charge.
Plan Hatched on Battlefield.
Lieut.. Fay confessed that while on
the battlefield he talked with his su-
perior officers about device to blow up
ships, that later his idea of coming to
America and carrying his scheme through
was well received by the German secret
service: that he came well enough sup
piled with money to act on his own re-
sponsibility, and that he talked with
Capt Won Papen. military attache. and
Capt K Boy-Ed, naval attache OF the
German embassy, about the plan, but
they had refused to have anything to do
with it.
The confession Of Fay covers his arrival
In the United States April %, his making
Of clock worked bombs since then and
his activities in experimenting with ex-
plosives along the Hudson river.
Lieut.. Fay explained how he planned
to attach mines carrying his device
to the sterns Of ammunition-iaoen yes
sells sailing from New York BY prop
erly arranging the device. ne caieu,
when the steamer was about half a
day out.
Fay declined to say whether he had
attempted to attach mines to any ships
in this harbor. but declared he had not
attached loaded mines to any vessels
He said he had been ready since early
| in July to carry out his mine-plantins 9
| campaign, and waited here. hoping the
| German military and naval attaches
| would change their minds about &C
cepting his offer. The prisoner said
the German authorities figure 1t re-
| auires about twenty shells to Kill one
| soldier. Fay said he understood the
| average steamer leaving New York
with ammunition carried enough shells
of all kinds to kill 10000 soldiers. Fay
said he relied that his plans were
| contrary to the United States laws. and
| also that he probably would have been
safer on the firing line in Europe than
doing the work he planned here.
Scholz gave out statement explaining
his actions since coming to this country
| and his relations to Fay. To Fay he
gave all the credit for the idea Of tho ex-
] ploding devices to be attached to ships
| hut said that only an empty mine wal
! ever actually used. Scholz said he came
| here four years ago from Cologne. where
he studied architecture and civil en-.
gineering 1t was while working on a
Farm at Waterford last April that hs
received, he said. the request from Fay
| to come to this city
| Fay wanted me to work for him, and
said he would give me SIS a week,
Scholz said in the statement. Fay tolo
me of his secret to make mines. We
made tests of explosives and expert
ments with the exploding devices. We
never attached loaded mine to an3
ship. We did attach an empty mine te
an English vessel that was loading a
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