The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-15
Official And Diplomatic Cir
cles Aroused Over Disclos-
ures in Seized Papers Of
Recalled German Attache
Show He Paid Dyna-
mite Plotters-" Don't Be
lieve IT, Only Comment
of Won Bernstorf.


Washington, Jan. 4-Despatches
| from London telling of the seizure of
papers from Captain Franz Won
Papen, recalled German military at
tache to the United States, when he
reached Falmouth, eng, enroute to
Germany, and relating that they
showed that he made frequent pay
aents to persons charged with re-
sponsibility for blowing up munition
plants and bridges in the United
States, aroused the deepest interest in
official and diplomatic circles here to-
day. The development came as
sequel to the withdrawal of Captain
Won Papen and his colleague, Captain
Boy-cd, the German naval attache, at
the request of the Washin gton govern
nent.
ST don't believe it, was the only
comment Count Won ~Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, would make con-
corning the dispatches. In German
diplomatic quarters the impression was
displayed that it was thought Won
Papen had been connected with the
published documents by British
agents. It was argued as Incredible
that Won Papen, with the knowledge
that his ship would be taken into a
British port to be searched, would
have carried any such correspondence
in his possession, even if he possessed
it.
At the German embassy it was said
that the ambassador had, paid con-
siderable money to Won Papen as sal
airy and for the expense Of such work
as he was expected to conduct as mill
tary attache. Embassy officials had
no knowledge of his private bank ac-
count or of how he disbursed the
money.
The papers furnish evidence of
Capt. Won Papen's activities in the
United States which led ito his recall
and on their face connect him with
dynamite, and other outrages COM
mitted in the United States. They in
dictate that the former military at
tache paid 500 to Werner Horn, who
was arrested charged with blowing up
the Canadian Pacific bridge at ST.
Croix, Me- and that he made pay
ments to other men connected with
German activities In America. The
documents show. moreover. that Capt |
Won Papen's bank accounts were re-
p1enisheds with funds from the Ger
man Embassy at Washington, charged |
to war intelligence work"
Bank books and books of check |
stubs areg Included in the material |
seized. - |
Capt. won Papen asked the Ameri- |
can Embassy to protest to Washing
but the British authorities took the |
stand that the safe conduct granted |
to the attache applied only to his |
person and not to any documents he |
might be carrying.
What Documents show.
The dossier furnished to the Anheri- |
can Embassy disc1oses among other
things the following facts:
That Capt. Won Papen through the |
Of Inn eli e n of
York by checks drawn on the Riggs
National Bank of Washington paid
Horn, alias Van Horne, who
blew up the Canadian Pacific bridge
at st. Croix, Me-, the sum of $500 a
few days previous to the commission
of the outrage;
That through the same agency he
paid Anton Kuepfer1e, the German
spy who committed suicide in Brixton
prison here, the sum OF 500 just
prior to Kuepfer1e's enbarking for
mis- mission;
That Capt. Won Papen kept the Ger
man Consulate in Seattle regularly
with large sums from the
beginning of February, 1914, until a
fortnight prior to the outrage occur
ing on May 80, when the last pay
nent of $500 was made.
The documentary evidence reveal
ng these facts constitutes array
otalling half a, busheIs basketfu1 and
outrivalling in Importance even the
amous Archibald correspondence.
The letters, bankbooks and check /
tubs show copclusive1y that when 3
,ver an outrage was committed in :
he United States prior to that time :
payments were made by .
1on Papen through Amsinck & Co. !
nd others in that particular locality. .
Got Money From Embassy 7
They also show significantly, as in g
he Horn case, that on the day prior ]
o the payment of $500 Won Papen's /
pecia1 bank account was augmented X
" $4,000 from the German Embassy.
They show, too, a number OF pay
nents direct from Ambassador Won
3ernstorff to Won Papen for what
vas enigmatically termed 'war in
diligence work.. These payments
aried from $500 upward.
There are more than 500 entries,
onvenient1y giving the most damag-
ng details, as, for instance, a check
tub for 500 was marked paid
lrnsinck & CO.. and beneath another
7as written For Kuepfer1e,' while
he $500 payment was marked For
Iorn.'