The sun., 1916-12-24
MICROBE PLOTTING
LAID TO GERMANS
French Correspondent Tells Of
Plans to Poison Rumanian
Cattle.
ANTHRAX AND CHAMBERS
Bottles Of Deadly Germs Said
to Have Been Found Buried
in Bucharest.
ANTHRAX AND CHAMBERS
Special Correspondence 10 Tun s,S.

PARIS. Dec. 10.-Henry Barby, lie
mania. has written the most detailed A.
count received here of the discovery OF
deadly microbes sent by Germany to
Bucharest TO spread disease among cat
lie, II not among the population. lie
. writes.
u. q. oorbesco. perfect of police at
Bucharest. had learned Of the existence
Of certain mysterious packages at the
German Legation. He went there on
October s. accompanied by MIR. Andrews,
the secretary Of the United States Legal
ton. which Is charged with the protec-
ton Of German subjects In Rumania.
They found the Waterman. Marcus. and
servant. Mattel. left in charge of the
house after the star had left. Both
men on being questioned admitted the
existence OF the cases and at NJ. Cor
b-sco's request went into the garden and
began to dig by the wall on the side of
Cessna street. between the eighth and
ninth trees.
They very soon reached tho cases,
buried about half a yard deep. They
contained nifty glass tubes labelled Bick-
ford cord and fifty tin boxes. These
boxes were inscribed "Douarch l.. Kval-
krie Spring Patronnen. s~prengstoff a. 8.
Carbonid Hamburg Schlebusch.'
every Secret"
The project OF police having asked II
any other cases were hidden. Marcus
went TO the end OF the court and dug up
. small wooden box covered with paper
end bearing the seal. OF the Brashov
Consulate. with the following inscription
IN French by courier. very secret, to
his Excellency. the military at,ache OF
Bulgaria at Bucharest. Col. Sa~mardjieff.
for N. kostoH."
Kostoff was known to the Rumanian
police as a Bulgarian spy. but was COW
sred BY being appointed attache TO the
Bulgarian Legation. Under the first en-
velope was a second. on which was writ
ten in red pencil VERY secret. To His
Excellency. Col. Won Hammerstein mill
Az attache Of Germany
Below was a sheet OF paper with the
following directions in German: Here
with four bottles for horses and four for
cattle. To be employed as agreed. Each
bottle Is sufficient for 200 head. II pos
tibie have II rbrorbed directly or else
- Il in the fodder. Please report re-
suit. and II other instructions are
needed. KS tKostof's) presence would
b desirable for a day"
Anthrax and Chambers.
The explosives. as analysed by the
army's experts. showed that they were
very powerful. The bottle OF m.crobe
culture contained. according to the first
examinations. half microbes of CHAMBERS
and half microbes OF anthrax.
The two men were examined At the
United States Legation. at Mr.. An
drcws's desire. They said the explosives
uad been brought from the German Con-
ulate to the legation. where they were
kept some days In the cellar. The day
before mobilization Mr.. Rheinbaben or
dered Marcus to buy them. which he did
with the help " Mattel and NJ. Kruger.
chancellor OF the legation.
As for the microbe bottles. Marcus
aid he did not know what they con-
aimed. He buried them on the order OF
ne assistant military attache. who
faced them with his own hands in the
soIe dug by the Waterman. the latter
having been called at the moment to
help in packing up. Marcus and Mattel
We're then kept under arrest.