The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01
ARREST Two MORE
AS TAUSCHER'S AIDS
Secret Service Sure That
Others Accused In German
Plots Will Be Taken.
SEARCH FOR DYNAMITE


the husband Of Nine. Gadski and to
represent the Krupps in this country.
We said yesterday to DO the beginning
q = series Of arrests that soon will
b made n q result OF operations
planned under the direction OF Capt.
Frans o papsn. the recalled German
military attaehs, 70 destroy railroads.
bridges and w~tsrways in Canada. The
aim Of these military enterprises. 1t
We said. Wa TO hinder the. t%sanspor-
tat1on facilities employed BY England
In sanding supplies and soldiers to the
baatis limo In Belgium and France.
The Department Of Justice has been
working secretly for several weeks ON
various lines suggested by tho stub
Of Capt. Won Papen's check book, taken
lspm him At Falmouth. and has been
lGUueopdng evidence Of activities said
% have been committed under the at
tacAss direction. Tho United States
olscials have had the help Of statements
made by Baron Horst o der Gotta. the
young German in prison In, England.
H. IOx 10 uLo AIGINAi brSAO w. NV s"s
VIGILANCE Of a Scotland Yard
They have been aided also by other
witnesses whom they have corralled in
New York and In other parts OF the
country. For instance. II was learned
yesterday that the Department has had
for some days At least two OF the five
men who are accused OF having started
from this city in September, 1914. after
having boon supplied by Capt. Tauscher
With explosives, to blow up the Welland
Caasl, These men arc believed 10 have
gtveu Information that dovetaiied into
DE story told by Won der 0oltz to the
0gund Jury a few days ago. prior to the
asyest Of Capt Tauscher. -.
Eirst Arrest . Month Ago.
According to Government officials, the
mt arrest was made nearly a month
70. 1t may be that the man really
~ not been arrested. but simply Is
bolng held Is 4 witness. He is said TO
b g man named Busse. Capt. Won
Pnoon'e records show that he paid
uoney on two different occasions to r.
J. Bvsss.
The second man Ii named Tucker. or
that is the name he has been using.
He was picked w in FL Paso and was
escorted willingly to this city and now
n resting comfortably on Ellis Island.
Tho two other men, outside OF Won
der GoltE, making the five In tho alleged
military enterprise are said TO be an
Italian and a man named Alfred n.
Fritxen, whose name Is mentioned 1
The complaint. The five men. 1t Is said.
spent some time in Niagara Falls
equipped with explosives and other
things needed for their expedition. fhey
called frequently upon Won Papen for
money and got 1t. Then. because they,
espied an agent OF the Department vi
Justice who was In Niagara Falls on
another mission, they became fearful
and quit, according TO allegations a..
The question OF what teoa'ne 81 tins
dynamite tina was not used is said to
have been Investigated.
1t IL known. according to the Federal
officials, that other missions of destruc-
ton were planned by Capt. Won Papen
and that the explosives were not per
mitted to remain idle for a long time,
For instance. the dynamite which Wer-
nar van Horne used when he attempted
to blow up the International bridge OH
tho Canadian Pacific Railroad In Maine
u said TO have been q part of the six
suit cases Of explosives which the 0uin'
tot carried to Niagara Falls.
No charge Us made that Capt. Tau
scher had anything TO do with the
enterprise ON which Van Horne was
commissioned II 10 asserted. however
that All inv est!gation is bAing made into
other activities directed h! Capt. Vol
Papen in the frst six months OF the
war. The military attache " said tt
have had subject to his orders man!
other reseryists almost equal in i'm
portance TO Capt. Tauscher.
Before kocnig Tool Charge.
These activities we're all prior 10 thu
time that Paul koenig, chief of police
of the Observation-Disclosures Line. wa
called upon to become a sort OF bust
meas manager for the German Score
Service in this country and to gi<e in
structlons to men cent upon vartou
missions either in this country or II
Canada.
The exposure OF the FIRST method O
work Was due largely to Capt. Vol
Papen's stub check book and to Vol
der Goits. The latter was IN close com
munication with Capt. yon Fapen To-
about two months after the war started
He Is said TO have had frequent inter
Views with Cart. T'auscher and to hav'
made the request upon the Captain 10
tho dynamite and other explosives sup
piled for the Welland Canal eNpedi
ton.
Won der Goltz-and by the way this il
not supposed to be his right name--als'
10 said "a have told the Government
authorities that acting under Capt. vo,
Papen's orders he sought TO get Ger
man reservists lined up for a well de
fined raid on Canadian points. lie AIS
intimates that he carried instruction
for tho military attache to other per
sons.
The young German is much aroused
over the assertion that he has been
traitor 4 his country. To that he re
piled yesterday
II am not a traitor to Germany. bu
was sacrificed to the stupidity an,
carelessnass OF Capt. Won Papen,'
1t IL said hat Won der Goltz ma
also give Information concerning tn
doings OF Germsns In Mexico.
The Grand Jury Is making "A thor
pugh investigation nf the whole affaii
Roger b. Wood. United States Assistan
District Attorney In charge Of the erin
insl branch. had several witnesses be
fore the Grand Jury and will continu
the Investigation OF Monday.
Asserts Tauscher IL Innocent.
Felix II. Levy, attorney for Cap
TAuscher. had "A long interview with NJ
Wood yesterday. He then issued
statement. in part as follows:
This case "A been given "A scnsa
fional importance which It does not ds
serve. Mr.. Tauscher is IA gentleman Of VI
questioned personal and business standin,
He has been engaged In business in IN
city for nearly twenty years past A. III
representative Of various foreign inun
tIon factories, including the Krup
Mavser and Ehrhardt fuctnrIeS