The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-28
US. AGENTS JOIN
POLICE IN HUNT
FIVE OF THE ALLEGED coNsPlR.
AToRs ARE IN JAIL.
WILSON INTERESTED IN CASE
President Ordered Nations AbIes;
Secret Service Officers to Assist
New York Police in In
Vestigation.

New York, Oct. 27.-America &
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 up
In the bomb plot revealed by Robert
Fay, who claims to be a lieutenant in
the German army. 1t lie said that
the officers who Joined the investiga.
ton 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 Important Revelations.
A fifth member of the German or
ganization 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 Weehawken IN. j.
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.
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 uR 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 MAJ
ing OF high-grade explosives.
Planned to Blow 10 plant.
Careful plans were laid % blow I'D
the plant Thursday night, Seib said.
but the guards at the plant became
suspicious and their vigilance was so
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 ringleaders 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
A warrant has been issued for Max
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
banker, who bought the Hamburg.
American liner Dacia and sent her
to Europe under the American tag.
where the ship and its cargo Of cot.
ton was contscated by the French
government.
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
10 confess everything started the au. 4,
.hortttes on a vigorous hunt for the !
man higher up. The search is not
to New York, but extends to
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Chi
,ago, Pittsburgh and other large cit,
es
U. S. Takes the Prisoners. /
-Four of the men charged with the
were locked up under fed
eral custody These included Fay
md Walter l.. Scholz, his brother.iu-
aw, who, after being released in a
police court at Weehawken. were re-
arrested on federal warrants and tax.
III before United States Commissioner
1Oughton in this city.
Both Fay and Scholz said they had ,
10 funds with which to employ coun.
EEL. Commissioner HoUghtou post
,oned their hearing until November 4.
leld each under $4,000 bond. and
'aid that meantime he would provide !
hem with counsel.
Great Gain in Steel,