Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-27
.. AGENTS. JOIN
HUNT FOR P I !. | ! |. ! Err
Five Alleged Conspirators Are in
Jail. i
WILSON INTERESTED in CASE.
President Ordered Nations Attest So.
cret Service Officers to Assist !.
~ New York Police In In
vestiaatlon. ~ rs

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ablest secret service officers have ar
rived here and Joined the New York
police and other federal Investigators
In the hunt for the man higher>>1p'
in the bomb plot revealed by Robert
Fay, who claims to be lieutenant in
the German army. It is said that
the officers who joined the investiga-
tion were sent here by the personal
direction of President Wilson. and
that all developments in the case are
Immediately sent to Washington to
keep the president fully informed.
Get Imsortant Revelations.
"A fifth member of the German or.
ganizatton which plotted the blowing
up OF munition factories and ships
carrying war supplies to the allies
is Paul Seib, who made important
revelations to the Neehawken On. -
police and government secret serv-
Ice agents. Seib Is In custody. but
technically he is not under arrest
He is held as a material witness
against Robert Fay. the German army
officer. and Walter Scholz. ringleaders
in the plot. 81 .g,s5
Declarations of Fay and Scholz that
they did not intend to damage arms
and ammunition plants in this coun-
try. but planned only to blow up ships
at sea were refuted by Seib. Accord
ing to the authorities Seib confessed
that agents of the nationwide plot
planned to destroy the giant plant Of
the American Agricultural company
at Roosevelt. N. j., last Thursday
night. This plant, owned by sub.
sidiary Of the Standard Oil company.
manufactures chemicals used in max.
ing Of high.grade explosives. sS
planned to Blow up Plant. r
Careful plans were laid 20 blow up
the plant Thursday night. Seib said.
but the guards at the plant became
: suspicious and their vigilance was 80
keen that the. plotters determined to
wait for a more propitious moment.
Though five men are now under ar.
rest, the federal detectives believe
that the ringleadeles in the alleged con
spiracy are still at large. The pris-
oners, in addition to Fay and Seib.
are Fay's brother-in.law. Walter l..
Scholz, Paul Daeche and Herbert
Kienzle. N 8$55I d
A warrant has been issued for Max
Breitung, secretary and treasurer OF
the Oil Well Device corporation OF
II Wall street. who is said to be a
cousin Of Edward N.%Preitung. 1t was
Edward N Breitung, the millionaire
1 banker, who bought the Hamburg.
American liner Dacia and sent her
to Europe under the American flag.
where the ship and its cargo OF cot
ton was contiscated by the French
government. q 49, 81
Max Breitung is charged with co.,
spiracy, and is believed to know some
thing about a $4,000 fund which was
raised by German-Americans to be
used in, preventing the shipment of
war supplies to the allies.
The willingness of Fay and Scholz
toL confess everything started the au-
thorities on a vigorous hunt for the
man higher up. The search Is not
confined to New York, but extends to
z DO6lOu, IA1lduSApAl1st beaAt1AuOI Q, Jill
cago. Pittsburgh and other large cit
les 5s:s5 5s d. iz,.
US. Takes the Prisoners. 4.
Four OF the men charged with the
conspiracy were locked up under fed
eral custody. These included Fay.
and Walter L. Scholz, his brother-in-
law, who, after being released in q
police court at Weehawken, were re-
arrested on federal warrants and TAX
en- before United States Commissioner
Houghton in this city. 5;
Both Fay and scholz said they had
no funds with which to employ coun-
SELL Commissioner Houghton post
poned their hearing until November 4.
held each under $4,000 bond, and
said that meantime he would provide
them with counsel.