The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-13
GRAVES HITS BACK
AT EMBASSY STAFF
"Spy" Accuses Diplomats Of Using
U-53 Tip to Play Stocks.

NEW YORK. Nov. 13.-Dr. Karl Arm
gard Graves, international Spy" ex-
pressed himself today as confident OF
freedom from charges Of attempting to
blackmail Countess Won Bernstorff, the
German ambassadors wife.
Letters upon which the Matchmaking
charge were made In Washington Sat
urday were explained by Graves as con-
tanning Information regarding the J-53 6
exploits, upon which, he says. German
cleanup"
are thousands of dollars richer by rea-
son Of advance Information on the Ger
man submarines venture, He declared
that the letters, apparently a woman.
missive to the countess, were In reality
code which the embassy would not want
revealed.
Will Tell All.
Further, he said that Ne will relate
their contents fully II he is tried, and
to the United States.
Graves came back here for over Sun
day. following hisrelease at Washington
upon 5000 bail.
He found Department of Justice secret
agents awaiting his return to guard him
from what he called 1.-The greatest per-
sonal danger" of his whole career,
DR.. Graves made counter charges
against his accusers today.
"My rooms were entered through a
window" he said. THE place was ran
sacked and papers taken. Among them
were two half sheets of de-coded letters.
Fortunately. had not left the originals
in my apartments, and so my only loss
is time. II will take me two days 10
cipher code was also taken. but that
"Tbe iattera In NV possession have
been delivered to the Department of
Justice. When they are made public |
assure you they will create sensation.
They will show illegal stock transac-
talk of the diplomatic aspects now. !
have given my word to the Department
OF Justice.
Not Love Letters.
1.-THE so-called love letters are not
love letters at all. They are only clev-
erly constructed and conspicuous means
of conveyance of information. They are
In a woman's handwriting. The writer
is we'll known to me.
THE statement of Prince Won HAITI
feldt that he had shown me 1900 is false,
and Is not borne out by the Government
witnesses The letters do not contain
anything that would compromise lady
or lend themselves to the matchmaking
OF woman.
They are simply and solely of diplo-
matte interest and partly compromising
to Count Won Beinstorff alone. for they
divulge stock gambling transactions on
both sides of the water. The charge of
the theft of these letters Is utterly fool
ish. q
THE agents who conveyed these let
tiers over here, contrary TO the postal
laws and regulations, incurred first
and last an expense of $2.4S0. for which
they were not reimbursed. The price
asked for those letters simply covered
this amount and the time involved.
Price High, But Justified.
The price OF these letters is some
what higher than the usual postage;
but they are unusual letters, conveyed
in an unusual manner and at an I'M
usual time. I have used the same meth
DDS which have been and are used by
the other side. There has been falsi-
flying and manufacturing of United
States passports. procuring OF state
documents and photographing OF GER
tain letters, besides other things.
The letters were conveyed by spe-
cial agents of the German govern
ment There are a hundred ways of
getting them through. The British CEN
sorship simply does not exist where any
one Is willing to go to the expense and
trouble of avoiding II.
For reasons best known to them
selves. these agents are dissatisfied
with the result They gave the letters
70 me. That IL how came into posses
sion of them"