The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18
Offices of Men Raided and
Mass of Documents Seized
by Federal Agents.
DETECTIVES LEARN
THEIR SECRET CODE
Meetings Held in ReStau-
rants. Hotels and Even
at Street Corners.

Mot to blow m the Weland Canal,
which runs around Niagara Falls on
the Canadian side, Is charged in con-
nection with the arrests IN New YORK
of four Germans early .ast evening.
Tn. arrests are said to be the prelud..
to "a sc,'ies Of startling exposures or
German spy activity in this country
which may link number of events.
The first man arrested was Paul
koenig, head of the bureau Of investi-
CATION ot the Hamburg American Lin.
and believed to I've the head Of the DER
man secret service In this country
Koeulg has been conspicuous in Ger
| man circles. lie has taken out his
, first papers in connection with his
plan to become an American citizen.
The second man arrested is Richard
! Emil Leyendecker, retailer of ar
goods mt 3l7 Fifth avenue and living
al go Morris avenue, The Bronx. II"
IL a natural.zed American and thesc
arrests make the first instance wher"
tn. so-cailed "hypheuated Americans
have been taken into Gus ody IN con
ncction with spy charges.
One Arrest I" Jrrsry CITY.
The third man arrested Is Fred Met
| l.r alias +. X. Reimcr, OF l0l Reservoir
| avenue. jersey city. who wns s"ized
| at his home late last night hy Defective
Barnitz and n squad Of special iuveStl-
! IIn G.. old nriNltA
secretary TO koenig.
The fourth man who Is IN custodt
and who made a confession mat ed 10
the arrest is George Fuchs German
who worked under Koenlg and who had
a quarrel with him last Week. The
| polio. learned Of the quarrel, picked up
The man and got the information.
Il The arrest Of the four men Wa sad
last night by detectives To have revealed
the workings ~ the German secret SER
! vice in this country and To- nave fu"-
nshed information which Will show the
activities OF men in connection with the
blowing up of munltion plants. setting
fire to ships, blowing up ships and rail-
road trestles
TIL. most important piece Of evidence
out OF the mass of documents picked up
In the offices Of Eocnig and bcvor-
decker gives the names Of workers In
san Francisco, Chicago. Philadelphia
Detroit. Boston and other cities While
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possession, telling ,Sf explosions in fac
tories and on various ships. Thsr. are
a hundred names in a dozen or more
cities OF agents.
The Prisoners ar" rhaIEed uh""' sec
tion II OF the Federal criminal statutes
with planning a military enterprise "r
undertaking of hazard against q country
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koeniE was arrested "utSld" ms nihce
near the Hamburg Ameri'an bniliInr
shortly after u o'clock. I.eyenderk'r was
arrested IN his shop. In addition mum
, hcr Of other persons. including k"rnigs
, wife Who Is extremely comeIN' nave been
iny,'e 10 the offices of the Department
II Justice and there We're questioned
lnracticaliy all night.
With the arrest the special agents o'
a the department of Justice, under VIII
lam NJ Offley and Joseph A. Baker. and
the detectives under Capt Tuuucy OF
, III. bomb squad, aided by licuts liushr
and Rarnitz. raided the offices of both
men and they picked up a great mass or
material concerning the movements or
German secret agents, secret Codes
I. which were changed every week 10 pu,-