New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
TWO MORE FACE
U. S. INDICTMENTS
IN FAY SHIP PLOT
Government to Bring EX-
ira Charges Against Ger
man and Alleged Aids.
VAST FUND TRACED
TO DIPLOMATIC AGENT
Cases Of Buenz and Four Em-
ployes. Accused of Warship
Coaling Scheme, Up To-day.

The indictment Of two Germans as
accomplices of Robert Fay in a plot to
blow up ships carrying munitions and
foodstuffs to the Allies and the indict-
ment of Fay and his six other alleged
accomplices on five or six extra counts
will be the next move of the govern
ment In It's efforts to crush Teutonic
propagandists in this country.
This was determined on late yester-
day afternoon after United States Dis
trict Attorney II. Snowden Marshall
held a conference with Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys Knox and Wood. Mr..
Wood, in an interview preceding the
conference, declared that the govern
ment had evidence tending to show that
vast sums Of money used by the Teu-
tonic agents in this country were dis
tributtd BY a high German diplomatic
agent
From some unknown quarter Fay
has obtained a new lawyer and a new
attitude toward the government. Yes
terday he tried to play with the gov
ernment officials, but his efforts re-
suited in Mr.. Marshall telling him that
the government would not listen to any
more of his overtures.
Fay was willing to plead guilty on
Sunday and Monday. Then he was ap-
parently friendless. After talking with
Henry W. Unger, his new counsel, one
Of the towns high priced lawyers,
Fay underwent a change Of heart
Confesses He Lied.
when | was here yesterday was
under a misapprehension," he said IN
the Federal Building yesterday. Il
thought | would be permitted to plead
guilty TO one count IN the indictment,
thus getting off with a maximum SEN
tence of two years"
"No one asked you 10 come here" said
Mr.. Marshall. you may so back to the
Tombs."
In his last talk with the government
representatives, it became known yes
terday, Fay repudiated all that part OF
his several confessions which impli-
Gated his associates or the German gov
ernment.
81 am not member Of the German
secret service" said Fay, "and ] made
a false statement when ! said | was.
The story | previously told-that | was
shown a letter in the Wilhelmstrasse
(the Headquarters of the German secret
service) containing the names OF NUM-
tions plants and ships TO be blown up
was not true. | came over here. on my
own hook in search of adventure"
Fay said that the men now under in
dictment with him did not know Of his
plans to blow up ships and destroy mu-
nitions plants.
Fay tried TO make il appear that he
was the only plotter, and that he had
used his alleged accomplices without
their knowing the nature OF HE under
taking.
Fay, with his putative co-conspirators,
with the new indictments that the gov
eminent intends to find against them,
will face maximum penalties OF up
ward of twenty years each.
New Suspects Well Known.
The two other alleged accomplices Of
Fay. not yet indicted, but against whom
the government has sufficient evidence
10 ask for a true bill, have figured
prominently in the disclosures. Their
names have frequently been mentioned.
The new indictments against Fay and
his associates will be found under Chap
ter IL or the OnlLeu SldleS tIlHiHdi
Code. This section makes it felony
TO attempt to commit crime on board
a vessel owned in whole or in part By
the United States or its citizens. In
vestigation has shown that many Of the
ships marked for destruction by Fay
and his alleged accomplices were owned
In part by citizens of this country.
When the cases Of Fay. his brother
in-law, Walter Scholz; "Dr." Herbert
Kienzle, Max Breitung and Engelbert
Bronkhorst were called yesterday de-
murrers were entered on behalf of the
first two. The demurrers recited that the
acts charged in the indictment did not
constitute crime against the laws of
the United States. It may be three
weeks before Fay and the others in
dicted with him are placed on trial.
The cases Of Karl Buenz, managing
director of the Hamburg-American Line
and four employees of the line, charged
with violating the customs laws, in
scheming TO coal and provision German
commerce destroyers in the North At
lantic and South Atlantic, will be called
to-day before Judge Howe in the Fed
eral Court. An adjournment of week
is very probable. though the govern
ment Is ready 70 go on with its case.
1t will be a protracted trial, the gov.