The sun., 1916-11-12
GRAVES SEIZED ON
EXTORTION CHARGE
Continued from First Page.

assistants A. tho end of the examina-
tion Nr p,ela ski suore ont a warrant.
All mo psners in Graves's possession
we're taken from him.
The letter which Graves is alleged TO
have said vouid nrove IN rrassing''
10 Countcss von BernstorY was ouched,
Federal Investigators asserted, in ZEN
earinv terms.' and signed with initials
only 4, was asserted nv the officials
thai the communication was from a
woman cousin of Count Won Bernstorr,
vto has be.u taking care OF his and the
Coun,ess's business affairs in Germany.
Craves's fra, appearance m public
after his arrest was at the office of
United States Commissioned Taylor,
where. surrounded by Federal agents
aud no,ice dc, ec,iyes he was brought
sor arraly,nept 10 was f,ultlessly
at,irsd swung n ,ipht walking stick and
viewed tho nroeeedinrs with a faint
smils until the question =, bail was
brought IN
n. ra,uas,., ,,,, s,o,,d no no unable
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=, sn.rd IN. nigh, in a ho,ei under
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Dt.likcd IN spend Nisht In Cell.
a.,
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spending the night IN a cell
II was ordered, however. tfat ne De
locked up. uUiess bail shouii De Iur-
nisne.' n p'vtessiona, D"
""shcu 'ne iequ'reu sum.
III reply W ques''ons' praNes "la"o nv
following statement to newspaper men
i nave nothihg important 10 say may
never MAKE "a compete statement ! am
an American in every sense OF the word.
I n aya Ar,aripun ilaae ha We declared
ny n....o" "S,nn 49, A.,
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an" "he '"o"'nH n
was once connected WV .he p'''''
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e"""e "asnI"
purpose uisPos'"s u A.. H. ,,a
nau Nv " -, 20 two
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enaise pt o. com,uni.
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u. IN 49, -, ,,t, ,,,r. d,scuss tho
n"' 7 nod I viii
s ~, !, ,,as ;us, aunloyinp
sss' mome' rn.,hnSs wbicS tho German
En,,sssv has m.sd In This country for
,ha n,s; ,wo years and four months"
n..o.,,.. D,.cu.... Gaze.
CLIFFORD Grant. chief Of detectives, in
a statement tonight said:
"There was nothing really official. 90
far as know. about the letters this man
had There were three letters from the
same person. Each wound up with the
words. NV dear They were written in
the form of a diary, apparently with a
view to keeping a record until opportunity
should presen, itself for despatching the
contents to the United States. OF course
there were some things in them which
the British censor might not have pa ssed
at seems h the letters were en-
trusted TO some one board the oscar
ii. who after receiving them saw an
opportunity to use them. Graves adj
mltted that he wanted to make none
out OF the letters. He said he paid $1,000
for them and wanted to make a 5000
profit.
Officials OF the Department Of Justice
tonight communicated with agents In
New York. Graves said he lived there,
at IS West Sixty-ninth street. An effort
will be made to secure certain evidence
desired and material witnesses,
IL was said AT the embassy that
raves claimed he had in his possession