Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-28
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BY GERMANY RI
Bernstorf Says Fay Had no
Connection With The
Government /
CAN BRING TIE PROOF
Evidence Lacking to Show Attempt
Was Made to Destroy Ammunition
Ship of Allies

Washington, Oct. 2S.-Count Won
Bernstorff, the German Ambassador
has autographed the State Depart
.ment that Robert Fay, arrested by
Federal authorities at New York for
conspiracy to place bombs on depart
ing ships, had no connection win 'he
|s1.erman Secret Service or the German
Government.
With this assurance the State De-
partment is disposed to leave it to the
courts to deal with the alleged conspir
acy to attach explosives to vessels
CARRYING munitions of war for the
Allies.
New York, Oct 2s.-Federal grand
iufv consideration Of the cases OF the
five men charged with plotting to de-
stroy munition ships of Allies will
hepin next month. This was an
nounced by United States Attorney
n. Snowden Marshall, after con-
ference with William J. Flynn. chief
of the Secret Service, and detectives
who arrested the men.
After, revising all the alleged evid-
= ence held by the Government against
the men - Robert Fay, Walter l..
Scholz, Paul Daeche. DR.. Herbert
Kienble and Max Breitung and giving
sDecial attention to the confession OF
|, Fay. Mr.. Marshall said the Govern
\ .mert was not convinced that all those
! implicated had been arrested.
"Have any more warrants been is
7 sued?" Mr.. Marshall was asked.
"No more warrants have been ls-
sued and no more arrests are con-
templated for the present. he replied
"yet there may be further arrests
LATER. We do not believe that those
most responsible for the conspiracy
have yet been found, cannot give
any ntimation as to the character OF
n further move, if there is to be any.
The cases of the mon already arrest
cd will:go before the November grand
jury.
owe have. much material gathered
as evidence, which still has to be di-
gested. One of the acts of the con-
:,piracy was the actual fixing of
bomb to a ship for experimental pur-
poses. Our inquiry has not disclosed
that any bomb was placed on a ship
with, intent. to blow up the, ship, Nor
does our information indicate that
Fay, who says. he,was q lieutenant in
the German army, was acting in a
way other than on his own response
hity,'
While the United States attorneys
force was working on the preparation
of the case for the grand jury the. de-
tectives were: busy in Weehawken and
rIoboken, N.}J.' gathering explosiv-
es and acids alleged to have been used
by Fay and Scholz, his brother in law,
in experimenting with bombs, which.
according to Fay's confession, were
to be placed on the rudders or pro-
pellers of ships, so timed that they
would explode after the vessels left
New York, The material gathered at
Fay's room in Weehawken and at a
boathouse on the Hudson, where Fay
experimental. consisted of 400 pounds
Of chlorate of potash, 300 pounds OF
dynamite and several suit cases OF
percussion caps. The explosives were
deposited with the Fire Department
for safekeeping.
Breitung. cousin of E. N. Breitung,
\ q mining man and shipowner, was the
only one of the five alleged conspira-
tors who obtained liberty on bond. He
appeared before United States Com
missioner today and furnished 5000
bond for his hearing on November 4.