New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22
DIR. A. K. Graves, Dogged
by German Agents, He
Says, to Seal Secrets.
THREE ATTEMPT
UNDERGROUND TRAP
Two Quit, Then Mate Is Taken
on Charge of Impersonat.
ing an Officer.

German spies have been spying a,
"the most dangerous spy in the world,
So DR.. Armgasrd Karl Graves, onetir.
personal secret agent OF the Kai,s,
says, and TO prove il last night az
peared at the Old Slip station with or.
of his prosecutors, whom ne caused "a
be locked up on the charge Of havin,
impersonated a detective.
The prisoner, who says that he i,
Ellwood Van Wyck Kneeland, Of Al
Hoyt Street, Brooklyn. tried to ares,
DR.. Graves on a subway train las,
night, and told the doctor that he wa,
police detective. But the man vhs
made the Wilhelmstrasse famous wa,
not to be taken in by any such blatant
trickery. Kneeland arrested Grave,
and then Graves turned right round
and arrested Kneeland. The form.,
secret agent performed his Job better
than the alleged detective did.
For many years DR.. Graves was i,
the employ of the German spy system
AfAr he was arrested in Edinburga
two years ago and sent to jail he 70.
pented of his ways. and coming 10 the
United States took up the task of
writing articles telling how he and
William Hohenzollern had arranged
European politics to their own liking.
Since then, the doctor explained las,
night, he has been logged by spies Ct
the Wilhemstrasse, who have tried
their best to choke off the few secrets
Of the German government which ne
has not already divulged.
Far below the surface of the earth.
in the gloomy corridors of Mr.. Shonts's
tunnel, three desperate men pese.
Graves as his train was drawing into
the Brooklyn Bridge station. Two 81
them, DR.. Graves says, stood in from,
of him and pointed at him. That was
impolite enough, but no sooner had
they done so than a third, who was
none other than Kneelsnd, stepped for.
ward.
you are under arrest" quoth he
grasping the secret agent-suthor by the
arm. 81 am a detective" Somebody
ought TO have told Kneelsnd that b.
was trifiing with the most dangerous
man in Europe But no one did, and
after DR.. Graves had requested 10 Sc.
Kneeland's shield and had been denied
he allowed the three to lead him up the
stairs to the street.
Patrolman Frank Cabbell, Of IN.
Bridge A Precinct, stood clos. to the
subway exit.
This man arrested me-" Graves told
him, pointing to Kneeland, who had
been deserted by his two companions
in abduction. "He refuses to show me
his shield"
When questioned by Cabbel Knee.
land admitted that he was not a poics
detective, but asserted that he was an
employee of the Dougherty Detective
Agency and had seen Dr. Graves steal
a book from a woman in the subway
every WELL" the former secret sgen.
replied. "if you can't arrest me will,
with this officers permission, srres.
you" And he did.
At the police station Kneeland did
not press his charge and suffered him
self TO be locked up for impersonsting
a policeman.
George S. Dougherty. chief Of the
Dougherty Detective Agency, denied
last night that the man was in the en-
ploy of his firm.
II know Kneeland very WELL h
said "but | cannot understand how h
could assert that he is in our employ
He did work for US for little while
but his services were discontinued
When arraigned in the mems nigh
court Kneeland was found guilty BY
Magistrate Appleton and held without
bail for sentence on Tuesday Or
Graves told the newspaper men tha
lie was being followed because ,er
tain interests in the city suspected him
of supplying THE World" with impor
tant documents relating to the work
ings of the German Secret Service II
this country. He would not ss'
whether the suspicious were correc
or not