The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
SPY ARRESTED IN
new YORK ADMITS
DYNAM|T|NG PLOT
Robert Fay, German Army OFF,
Ger, on Secret Mission to
America, Planned to
Blow Up Ships.
TWO AIDES ARE I'M CUSTODY
Had Mechanism for Destroying
or Delaying Munition Laden
Vessels-Caught Test
ing Out Bombs.
TWO AIDES ARE I'M CUSTODY

New York. Oct. 26.-Robert Fay, :
lieutenant OF the Sixteenth Saxony in
fantry, admitted today that he cam
here last April, through an orange
ment with the German secret service =
for the purpose of blowing up or de
laying steamers sailing from this coun
try with arms and ammunition for the
allies. Fay declared, however, tha
while he had been here he had actes
independently of the German embass!
or of other German agents here. HI
added that he had told Captain Vol
Papen, military attache, and Capt. K
Poy-Ed, naval attache of the German
embassy, of his plans, but said tina
both men told him not to interferp
with steamers sailing from American
ports or American ammunition plants
Held for Conspiracy.
Fay and his b%rotherinlaw, Walter T.
Scholz, We're arraigned at Weehawkef
earlier in the day on charges of con
spiracy and We're held without bail 70
examination today. Fay and .scholi
Were arrested by New Yor and New
Jersey detectives near Grantwood, N
j., late yesterday, while the two mel
We're experimenting with explosives.
Paul Daeche, Of Jersey City, VIII
was arrested OF his home early today
also was arraigned with Fay ant
Scholz. He was charged with conspir-
acy and held without bail. Detective.
said, however, that Raech had giver
them much valuable information ant
witness.
Had an Invention.
Fay said that While serving in the
field with the German army he in
vented a device for blowing up ships.
Police announced that Fay had made
a complete confession of his activities
and later the prisoner gave out a
statement to the In that
he said:
MY only object, when I came to this
country. was to interfere with the en-
ormous shipments Of artillery am
munition to the allies. knowing thai
any ordinary damage that may be done
to a factory may be repaired within a
few hours, I decided it was useless tc
brother with ammunition plants. IN
tinaations that l have beer connected
| with various explosions in such plants
in the United States is wrong.
Il hold the diploma of an efficiency
Engineer from an American correspond
ence school and am Interested in a
plant that is manufacturing small gun
! machinery.
Had Seen french Fire.
Il was with my regiment in the
Champagne district and saw the ter
rible havoc and loss caused by the
French artillery fire.
During my spare time l had in
1 SlllCoH IL dGNlNS W GApf0l'iG JiilHeS .IS
doing away with electrical wiring. In
this way / was able to overcome the
effect of dampness or water on the
wires. | applied to the colonel of my
regiment and he decided to give me a
chance. He put me in touch with the
secret service office and one of the
agents arranged for my passage to the
United States. / came here on the
steamer Rotterdam, arriving, / believe
on April % last. ! a no trouble
getting into the country"
Had Plenty of Funds.
Fay said that he and Scholz had
directed q large Number of experiments
with his mine device along the Hudson
river, but declared that Daeche was in
no way implicated. The man said
that although Fay did not appear to be
q German anne Robert Fay was his
correct name m he was listed under
that name In his regiment. Fay said
he was well supplied with money when
he arrived here and therefore able TO
act on his own responsibility.