New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03
SCHILLER A DUPE,
BUCCANEERS'SAY
Two of His Crew Tell of
Working Pirate to Get
Spending Money.

Scuttled by his own pirates. Ernest
Schiller. captor Of the Matoppo and
scourge OF the seas, will awake this
morning disillusioned desperado.
With ths arrest last night of Otto
Mlleder a. the home of Otto Goritz.
Metropolitan basso, and George Haller
in a Hoboken boarding house, the
zealous patriots dream Of sweeping the
seas with a Hoboken-American ships
company ignobly collapsed.
1t was Otto Mlleder, a young ma
chinist, who branded Schiller as
really good thing" It is not known
that the great German singer knew OF
his presence in his home at 23O West
Seventy-ninth Street. Tut the Goritz
maid knew of it and tried TO throw
the detectives off the track when they
yanked their quarry. pale and fright
cned. from n closet in the Gorltz apart
ment.
Captain Tunney. who had spent the
afternoon in Hoboken interviewing
Haller. got line on the sunday after
noon haunts Of Milleder and sent De-
tectives Barth and Sterrett TO md
him.
Try Telephone Ruse.
Barth had an idea that his man
would probably 20 to the Goritz home
when the Goritz family Went out TO
dine. Accompanied by Sterrett he went
up to the big apartment house, but
saw no one enter that looked like
Milleder.
"I'm going to try this thing out on
the phone" said Barth, who speaks
excellent German. lie entered booth
in "A store near by and got the Gorltz
apartment on the tenth floor.
The maid, who said her name was
Elsie All. answered the call. Barth
gave fictitious name, and asked II
Milleder was there.
81 don't know" replied the maid.
There is a gentleman here, but | don't
know his name. III have him talk
with you"
When the male voice responded to
Barth the detective said. in German:
rs that you, Otto"
Milleder by his voice betrayed ner-
yousness and snapped TO Barth: Il
don't know you. You are not German
of my type. Goodby.'
Hes going 70 make getaway" said
Barth 10 Sterrett, "and we've got TO
get into that apartment before he gets
@I.'s ten stories high" observed S,er-
rett. "He won't jump out Of the win
dow"
"Yes. Worked Schiller"
Roth men made a hasty survey OF the
big apartment house and found tnat
there was only one way for their quar-
~ TO escape, and that exit was guarded
by Sterrett. Barth went up 70 the
tenth floor
Elsie came 70 the door and Barth
asked for Milleder.
There is no man by that name
here" she replied. There was man
here. but he has gone
Barth saw something move in the
living room and, brushing by the maid,
rushed directly 20 a closet. Crouched
or the floor behind some clothing OF the
robust German basso he found the
trembling Milleder.
Schiller's erstwhile fellow pirate
agreed 70 90 anywhere Barth chose, and
the detective thought Police Headquar-
ters would be an appropriate place.
The Journey downtown served TO re-
store Milleder's composure and ne
talked willingly when Captain Tunney
put him on the grill.
Yes. was working with Schiller he
said II was working with him ana
working him for all | could get.
got about $50 out Of him to buy dyna..
mite. but spent the money on myself
Nilleder said he was born in Bruins
wick Germany, was a marine machinlst,
and lived az l29 Washington Street, Ho-
boken. where Haller was arrested IN
the afternoon.
Hears of Dynamite Plot.
81 met Schiller in Hoboken. He came
over there in search of good machin-
ist and as | am a machinist / ran
across him. thought he had real
lob to offer but when | asked him
where the work was he told me about
his scheme 20 procure dynamite and
blow up ships lying at Piers %, 80 and
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