Evening star., 1915-02-27
ACCUSES CAPT. BOY-ED
Of INVOLVING HUSBAND
Mrs. r. P. Stegler Tells President
German Attache Was Leader
in Passport Plot.

President Wilson today received a
letter from Mrs. Richard P. Stegler.
wife of the German reservist arrested
IN New York on charge Of fraudu-
lently obtaining an American pass
port, declaring that Stegler had been
led into the project by Capt. Boy Ed.
German naval attache here. Mrs.
Stegler asked that her husband be
set free. Her letter was referred to
the Department Of Justice. which is in
charge Of the investigation into the
case.
Wife Is Promised Support.
Mrs. Stegler wrote the President that
her hr and had been promised $3.50 a
month for her support by Capt. Boy-Ed
while abroad and that she would be
given $3.50 a month for life If he was
Killed. She declared she had no money
now and did not know how she could
support herself unless her husband
were released.
When the secret service men came
to see my husband" wrote Mrs. Stegler,
-.e told them the truth, because he
wanted everything to be known. He
could have burned the passports and
forgery, but he came right out and
told everything"
Subject of Conference.
Results of the investigation in New
York of alleged passport frauds. with
which tine name of Capt. Boy-Ed has
been connected, have been the subject
of informal conferences between Off
cials of the Departments of State and
Justice. 1t was said today, however,
that so far nothing had developed to
make necessary any action by the State
Department.
A high official of the government
pointed out that attaches of embassies
and legations are immune from civil
or criminal prosecution and that in
any case of misconduct OF violation of
course would be to bring the matter
to the attention of the attaches gov
ernment SO that he might be recalled.
Warning Sent to Mrs. Stegler.
NEW YORK, February 27.-Charles
H. Griff1ths, attorney for Richard p.
Stegler. the German naval reservist ar
rested here Wednesday on the charge
of fraudulently obtaining an American
passport. has announced that he will
place In the hands of the federal au-
thoritfes an anonymous typewriter
letter received by Mrs. Stegler which
would be compared with letters alleged
to have been written to Stegler by
Capt K. Boy-Ed. naval attache of the
German embassy at Washington. Steg-
Ter, according to M-. Griffiths, has told
the federal authorities that Capt Boy
Ed wanted him to go to England as
a spy.
The letter which Capt Boy-Ed de-
MED having written or knowing any
thing about read as follows:
Reading today's New York Ameri-
can. allow me to tell you that it was
your fault that your husband has been
arrested and will have to go to Jail
for many years and will be always a
looked-at scoundrel. Accept the ad-
vice to keep your mouth shut and do
not open 1t before you at first consult
lawyer. Besides you put your coun-
try in a bad position because your case
will only increase the Ill feeling OF
the Germans against the Americans
and you know that war with the
Germans would be the greatest dis
aster for the Americans"
Mr.. Griff1ths said that both Mrs.
Stegler and stegler himself. to whom
he showed the letter in the Tombs
prison, had declared that certain char
acteristics OF the typewriting and other
psculiarities resembled the letters Steg-
Ter had received from Capt. Boy-Ed
now in the possession of the United
States district attorney.
oOy-Go Oeu1eS AuCQorSQ1p.
This thing is too ridiculous to an
swer," Capt. Boyd said, when asked
If he wrote the letter. "An the letters
that have gone out Of this office have
been addressed by my stenographer
and I suppose there must be thousands
Of typewriters like the one she uses. I
have been accused of SO many things
that I would not be surprised il they
tried to dx the Rosenthal murder on
me or the responsibility for the next
subway accident"
denial that he had had anything to do
with Stegler other than to try to help
him get q position.