The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-15
Names of Practically All Ger
man Agents Found on His
Check Stubs
PAID VAN HORN FOR
BRIDGE OUTRAGE
Letters Found Teeming With
Insults to the President and
Even Threatening Vengeance
OF Germany

London. Jan. IA series Of
SENSATIONAL disclosures Is con-
tanned III "A aoser furnished the
American embassy toS.ly by the
British authorities. consisting of
bank books. check stubs. and let
ters taken from Captain Frank
Won faEcn. the recalled military
attat he to the German embassy
~ ia Washington, when he arrived
AZ Falmouth on the liner Moor
dam on january =. Captain Won
papcns baggage was scrutiniz-
ingiy searched by the authorities
and some of his private letters
and evidences of Una isfsai transaC-
tons were kept Captain von
Papen at once communicated with
the American embassy here. ask
ins for IA protest to Washington
Tie authorities explained that the
safe conduct granted Captain Won
Pasen covered only his person.
'fhc lnssier furnished the Amert-
can embassy disclosed among other
things, the following facts;
THAT Captain Won Papen, through
the trim of G.. Ansinck x Co. of New
York. by checks drawn es, the Riggs
National Bank. of Washington, paid
Werner Horn, alias Van Horne. who
attempted to blow UP the Canadian
sum of 500 a few days previous TO
the commission of the outrage.
That through the same agency he
paid Anton kuepferle. the German
spy, who committed suicide In prison
here the sun-nf $500 just prinr-Io
Kuepferle's emlarking for his mission
Fed seattle Consulate >>ss>
That Captain Won Papen kept the
German consulate in Sea tie regularly
fns with sums of money frpY,l
the beginning of February, 1914. until
a fortnight prior 10 the outrage &C.
curing on May 30, when the last
payment of $500 was made.
The documentary evidence revealing
these facts constitutes an array
totalling half "a bushel basket fun and
III importance even the
famous Archibald correspondence.
The letters bank books and check
stubs show conclusively that when
ever an outrage has been committed
in the United States prior to that time
extensive payments were made hv
Won Papen through Amsinck g. Co.
and Others. to that particular local
ity.
They also show significantly, as in
the Porn case, that on the day prior
to the payment of sTo0 Won Papens
special bank q count was augmented
by s2000 FROM the German embassy.
They show, too, number OF pay
mcnts direct from Ambassador Won
Bernstorff 10 Won Papen to what was
enigmsticallv termed war intelli.
gence work.
More Than 500 Entries.
There are more than 500 entries.
giving the most danag-
ing details. as for instance. check
stub for $l00 was marked paid AM
slnck and Company" and bensath
another was written 'for Kuepferie
while the 300 payment was marked
for Horn
In the most unreasonable fashion
the evidence taken from Captain Won
Papen has furnished the authorities
with the most complete documentary
catalogue OF the activities Of German
tails from names, dates or amounts
are missing.
All these have been furnished tbs
American embassy. Photographic
copies and originals also will be fur
nished Washington as soon az they
are finished.
In addition to the financial docus
ments the letters. which are I'm.
pounded, furnish volume in them
selves teemdng with insui OF the
American President and containing
even threats of the iron liberalization
on the part of Germany to wreak
vengeance upon the United States.
Even the diplomatic DR.. Albert suE-
gests that German should take .
sitter attitude towards the United
states. while DIR. Meyer terms Pres
tlesst Wilson'S neutrality. "fictitfous
and speaks of the quiet enjoyment
which the Austrian note aroused. In
is no exaggeration TO say that the of
fic srs OF the British government never
made more important haul than
when the Noordam was stopped 1t
Falmouth on January z.
Captain VOL papen was equipped.
with a safe conduct, but this only APP
piled to the safety of his body.
Won Papen was evi lently. unaware
of this limitation. but there i no
doubt that Captain Boyd. who sailed
n week later was apprised by vim
less. as. when, he was frisked at the
same port where Archibald and Cap
tain Won Papen yielded snch 4 har-
vest. the result was barren. Whetn4rs
the offlcials expected Captain van
papen 10 carry anything Of impsrt<
ance In unknown, but there II mo-
do,tbt that never in their mort sass.
guine hours did they imagine that M
was equipped with such vOlpminoyte
and ineriminatipE letters ana das!~
ns TSsir extsnt ( can u ! - 1|l