New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-19

10 telephone. lifting the receiver, and
shouting, Get the Embassy"
When it was time to go, Won lgel re-
fused 10 accompany the Secret Service
men until told that If he refused 10 go
"a gentleman they would handcuh
him and bundle him into patrol
wagon. Then he went quietly. without
even having TO be held by the coat
sleeve.
During this half hour Won Spall made
several attempts 10 leave. but each time
he was stopped. When The Secret Ser
vice men left and told Won Spall they
did not want him, he rushed from the
Office hatless.
Invaded German Soil"
Won Igcl vas no sooner arraigned
before Judge Howe than he said:
They have no right 10 arrest me.
You have no right TO hold me. They
invaded German soil. | was under the
protection of the German Embassy
Judge Howe, when he learned the
prisoner was without counsel. told him
he would be wiser 10 say nothing until
he had consulted with a lawyer. The
case was adjourned until o'clock.
At the adjourned time Abel !. Smith
and J. VI. Parkcs, representatives, OF
Stanchfeld & Levy. the legal firm which
has been retained by all the big men
accused in the German bomb plots, were
on hand 10 plead for the alleged head
OF the German Secret Service.
Assistant District Attorney Wood
asked that bail be fixed at $4,000. Won
Igels counsel asked that $4,000 be the
amount.
This man" said Mr.. Wood, lis we'll
able 70 give $4,000. lie is charged with
being one Of number engaged IN a
plot to blow up the Welland Canal a
very serious offence. Hans Tauscher.
arrested in the same case. is under
900 bail. although he has not been
arraigned for pleading yet
"He is one OF the regular secretaries
of the German Embassy, and won't run
away" said Mr.. Smith, who then sug-
gested $4,000. This sum Judge Howe
thought fair, and agreed TO il.
Think He Was Paymaster.
While Won Igel was held prisoner he
laughed with his captors, and after try
ing to smash one camera photogra-
pher levelled at him, reconsidered ms
hasty action and consented 10 pose for
the newspaper photographers.
Won Igel. as head Of the German Sc
cret Service here. had command OF
large sums, according TO one high Fed
eral official. While won Papen was here
and while Won lgel was ostensibly his
secretary, il is thought he acted as
pavmaster for the then director Of un-
neutral activities against Great Britain
and her allies. One report, which could
not be verified. was that Won lgel was
custodian Of an 100000 fund.
"it is hardly likely that man OF
thirty or so. like Won Igel, would be
intrusted with this large sum IN one
lump" said a Federal official. I'VE do
know that he could draw on accounts
here"
The backing and filling OF Washing
ton Yesterday caused a great deal OF
comment. II was learned on excellent
authority that the authorities here, be
fore indicting Won lgel, consulted WITH
Washington, and were told to go ahead
and indict. They did not regard Won
Igel as an attache OF the German I'm
bassy, and therefore he was subject TO
the laws OF the country.
Washington Asks Release.
Following the protest of the German
Embassy, the State Department asked
for Won Ige's release, IT - believed
here. TO avoid adding complication 10
the U-boat issue.
As Judge Howe set Tuesday as the
date for Won Igel's pleading, the only
way the State Departments request
could he complied with before that
time would be for Won lgeps surety to
surrender him, as he Is not nov prls-
oner, This. it is said, will probably be
done to-day.
Attached TO the indictment against
Won Igel is Photographic copy OF an
order on the Du Pont people for 5OO
mounds of dynamite. Il was signed by
Ga~.ain Won Tauscher and was written
on his letterhead as the Krupp-Ameri-
can agent.