Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Won DER GOLTz DETAILS
EXTENT OF OPERATIONS
English Government Makes Public
Sworn Statement OF Ger.
man Agent.
RERNsroRTF's NAME APPEARS
Scheme for Invasion OF Canada by
Rcservists, Aided by Teuton War
ships I'm Pacific, Proposed ON Adj
vice Of Ambassador.

vice OF Ambassador.
LONDON. April Gothic government
last night made public lengthy
statement by Hcrst Won der Goltz.
secret agent of the German govern
mcnt. and now in the United states
under arrest. giving details OF his op-
erations in this country.
The statement gives the names and
dates in connection with his operation.
The government prefaces il with the
manner of his arrest in England.
The preface says that when Won der
Eoltz was shown check signed By
Captain Won Papen which had been
seized at Falmouth he admitted his in
dorSement, and asked to I've allowed 10
make 4 voluntary confession. lie
thcrcupon spent the night Of January
ri in compiling "A statement, to which
he swore to.
The memorandum remarks:
Won der GoltZ;s statement finds de-
+, tailed corroboration in the Won Papen
checks which lie could not have known
were in the possession OF the British
authorities"
The statement Of Won der Goltz as
given out is. in part. as follows:
"On August 81. 1914, left the Mcxi-
can army on leave and arrived At I'll
! i'aso. whore Consul Kuck directed me
10 report TO Won papcn. After visiting
Washington and Asbury Park, arrived
In New York in mid-August, stopping
a, the holland House.
u visited Vice-Consul Kraske who
suggested that l avoid being seen about
the consulate, and he would notify me
when to meet Won Papcn. 4 few days
later met Won papen was asked
my opinion of a scheme suggested by
"a certain Schumacher for radiug
towns on the coast of the Great Lakes
with motor-boat armed with machine
guns. The proposal later was rej-cd.
owing to the embassy receiving unFa
vorable information about Schumacher.
Il was then requested TO assist in a
scheme for the invasion of Canada by
u force recruited from rcservists of the
United States, aided by the German
wnrships then in the Pacific
SCHEME Is PROPOSED on
ADVICE: OF BERN SIOItFF
This scheme WAS proposed by Won
Papcn and Boy Ed on the advice of
Rcrnstorff.
Next Won Papen asked me to confer
with two Irishmen who proposcu the
dynamiting OF railway functions, grain
elevators and the canals connecting the
Grent Lakes. 1t was hoped TO terrify
Canada to prevent the Dominion from
aiding the mother country
Il had maps and details of the plan.
BEFORE going to baltimore to consult
l-uederitz concerning the scheme, II
employed one man, Charles Tucker,
ahas Inschcimer, as an assistant. r
1 Il
1.uedcritz. who obtained passport in the
name OF Taylor He also introduced
me TO the captain OF German shin
at that time in the harbor. proposing
that make use of part OF his crew
aud one officer.
Returning TO New York | selected
three men to assist ME. and acquainted
them with part OF tho details of the
scheme. received check from Won
l'apcn, which was cashed for me by
Mr.. Stafford, member Of "A German
club.
"RegardinG the material. arms aud
dynamite needed, Won Papen Informed
me that Captain Tauschcr, OF krupp's
Agency, had agreed to furnish them
saw Tauscher. lie Savn me n letter
OF Introduction to tho Du pont Powder
Co. recommending b. II. Taylor & Co.
and supplied me with an order to the
man in charge OF dynamite barycs w.
ing on the New Jersey side of The
statue OF Liberty.
"Fauscher told me he would send
pistols by messenger to Hoboken to
be delivered there to one OF ?nv agents
ut n certain restaurant as he was
liable to punishment il he delivered
them In New York without IL permit.
HIRES MOTOR-BOAT IN ORDER
TO GET THE DYNAMITE,
In order TO get the dynamite II was
necessary To hire motor-boat at n
place near Ono Hundred and Forty
Sixth Street. Harlem. and put the dyna
mite aboard in suitable cases. After
getting the explosive l went by taxi
cab with two suit cases to the German
club, and saw Won rapcn then took
the dynamite to my rooms, where Also
Kept Il portion of the arms packed i'm a
small portmanteau, The remainder
were in the Keeping of two agents, ono
"eihg Mr.. FritZen. the discharged pur-
ser or Russian steamer the other n
Mr. suisse. commercial agent who
formerly lived in England
THE only other agen, empIoved
was G, Covani. who attended me per.
IVY ocihe Entrusted
with any of those things
Two or three days later l received
from Won Papen from his rooms al the
cfub. in the presence OF FrItzen and
CoVani. supply of generators and
| wire, which took TO my rooms in n
taXicab. A few days later we left the
Grand Central Station for Buffalo, Fritz
zen. Busse and Tucker taking care OF
the munitions, Covani going with me.
"A few days later I hired rooms ut
IL Delaware Avenue. I had tho dyna
mite brought there, and spent some
days gathering information about the
precautions taken by Canada Then I
myself and my agents went TO Niagara
Falls. y. y. September is.
while still in Buffalo [ received O