Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-31
Officer of German
 Navy Arrested
BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ON 4
 CONSPIRACY WARRANT
CAPT. HANS TAUSCHER
Husband of Johanna eadsId, the Opera Singer, is Alleged to Have Planned Invasion of Canada in 1914, to De- stroy weIiand Canal.

New York. March so.-Captain Han. Iauscner. an officer in the Germany navy. husband of Johanna Gadsbi line opera singer, and said to be the head oi the Tauscher Arms company of this sentative of the Krupps. was arrested here today by federal authorities on warrant charging conspiracy
 Planned to Invade Canada.
 The warrant was sworn to "on in- formation and belief by wiIIia1 HT Onley, a special agent of the depart ment of justice. The cemplainant Tn the case also named Alfred A. Fritzen. who Is not yet under arrest. It is cnarged that Tauscher and Fritzen on August Is. 1914, set on foot a r1fIi- tary enterprise to be carried on from the United States against the Do
 ninion of Canada for the purpose of destroying the Welland canal The defendants named are said to haI-a had four associates.
 It Is also alleged that the defend ants obtained a large quantity of dy- naE1ite and other explosives and that on or about September 14. 1914. all the defendants, except Tauscher left New York carrying the dynamite fin shit cases and proceeded by rail to Mag ara Falls Sources of information on which the complaint are based are hNFN SGGEtN AOE Ine stated req son that to disclose them would be contrary to public policy.
 Tauscher was arrested at his of- fice In this city and taken before ITnit ed States Commissioner Haughton. He entered a plea of not guilty and was held under a bond of sz5.O for ex- animation on April IS.
 Result of Examination of Won der Gcltz.
 The arrest of Tauscher and the name or Fritzen in the complaint are said to have been the direct result of Inc examination by federal authorities here of Horst Von der Goltz. alias Bridgman Taylor, who arrived Tues day from Liverpool on the steamshIp Elnl2nd Tl1 accompanied by Scotland
 Yard detective. The Information furnished by Won der Goltz, it is said. completed a chain of evidence which federal authorities have been welding against six men for a year and half. Other arrests are expected soon.
 Plotted Destruction Of WeIIand Canal
 From representatives of the de- partment of justice 1t was learned to- day that the plot in which Tauscher Is alleged to have been implicated was the first of several believed to have
 been originated in the United States having the destruction of the weIland canal as their purpose. In outlining the evidence against Tauscher and his | alleged conferedates. federal agents said today that soon after the war broke out a party of six men pur- chased from an explosives company in
 this city a quantity of dynamite. Shipped Dynamite in Trunk. They took the dynamite at night fin trunk from a ship anchored near Gravesend bay. it is charged the launch proceeded to a dock fin the
 Hudson river in Harlem. where the dynamite was unloaded and taken in a cab to a boarding house in Manhat- tan. There. it is asserted. the ex- plosives was fitted with Illuminating | caps and electrical devices for explod- ing them, after which 1t was packed
 in six suit cases which the alleged | conspirators took with them over the l New York Central railroad to Buffalo | and from there to Niagara Falls. | At this point the Journey was inter | rupted for some reason which the fed | eral officers decline to disclose at the
 present time and the party is said to | have returred f0 t-is city with the dangerous "baggage."
 Details of Alleged Plot Known.
 Federal officers declared details of | the alleged plot have been known | ever since its failure. the missing de- | tails being supplied by Won der Goltz 1 A plan to destrty the welland canal | which resulted in the arrest and in- | dictment of Paul Koenig. the officers | said, had no direct connection with | the case now under investigation. Information regarding Fritzen was withheld It was said. however. that
 all six of the alleged conspirators are | In the United States
 | The identity of the vessel from
 which the dynamite is said to have
 been taken was not disclosed. but it | was declared she was not the Ger
 man steamer Madgeburg. which for a long time after the war started was at
 anchor in Gravesend bay with a cargo | of dynamite aboard
 Penalty Three Years and S3yooo Fine. The charge against Tauschen and Fritzen is based on the provisions of
 section 13 of the United States chim-
 inal code which prescribes a penalty of | not more than three years imprison- | ment and a fine of S3.000 for ''begin- | ming. setting on foot or preparing | within the confines of the United
 States a military expedition directed
 against a foreign power. with which which the United States Is at peace" | Tauscher is understood to have as- | serted today that he was not in the I United States on the date the con | spiracy is alleged to have been formed
 and that he did not return until nine l or ten days later"