Evening journal., 1916-04-03
SOON WILL ARREST
Schiller Helpers
n. Y. Dist. Attorney Prom
iSeS Important Developments
in Lone Bandit" Case
TRYING TO VERIFY
HIS WEIRD TALES

NEW YORK. April 3.-Important
arrests are expected today in con-
nection with the case OF Clarence
heginald Hudson. ayo known as
Ernest Schiller. the German stow
away, who. single-handed. captured
the British steamship Matoppo al sea
and cowed her crew OF Sc men. When
Hudson was arraigned yesterday on a
charge OF suspicion of consuming"
10 dynamite the Cunard Line steam
snip Pannonla, the District Attor-
neys office requested that his ex-
animation be deferred until today. ex-
plalning that important DEVELOPMENTS
were expected almost immediately.
ihe tWenty-three-year son OF an
English father and a German mother
VINO admitted that his name is Hold
son, and not Ernest Schiller. or any
OF the three others that he has al
times assumed. relieved the Federal
and local police officials OF consider
able worry by relating on Saturday
that he had prepared TO sink the Pan
nonia. For the authorities. although
they had Hodson in their custody
prior to this were up in the air as
to what they should do with him.
And. though Hodson's latest admis-
sion contributes to remove this cause
OF embarrassment. il will be used only
as an excuse for holding him until his
legal standing has been determined
Attorney General Gregory. i'm Wash.
ington, said Hodsons status will be
made clear when sufficient detail has
been presented 10 him
Bucked at Last Moment.
Capt Tunney, Of the Detective
Bureaus Plot and Bomb Squad. en-
tertains no opinion that Hodson is
or was aligned with any big Germans
In either commercial or Government
service. The young man says he wa.
moved 10 his buccaneering effort by
self induced patriotism, and what
makes his tale in this feature SOUND
reasonable is that two of his three
prospective co-workers on the Pan.
nonia plan were not of the type &c
which such work has. according tC
recent events in this line, been en-
trusted.
These two young men, as yet un.
named by Hodson, we're overwhelmed
at the last moment by fear they coulC
not carry the thing through.
, The Pannonia was on her way her,
from London when Hodson and hi.
three associates began, at their meet
ings in room on West Twelfth Street
to consider the project OF slppinl
aboard the Cunarder just before sh
4 left here on a return trip. She de
y parted from London on February q
:. and got into port here on March 70.
p BY this later date, Hodson tol
. Capt Tunney he had purchased
motorboat which was to be run owe
from Hoboken, where the plotters ha
headquarters, 10 the ship. She lef
here for London on March 49,
Decided TO Steal Gold.
The four men met In the Twelftl
Street room at II o'clock on the nigh
OF the nth. That was TO be the hna
meeting before going aboard and a
il was TO be settled whether the fou
men were to try boarding her from
the pier, bringing dynamite with them
or were 10 bring the explosive from
Hoboken in the mOtorboat and boar'
her from the water side.
Decision had been made on on
point. That was, to steal the liner
= money. Conditions were 20 determii
whether. after the quartet had takei
charge Of the vessel, crew and pas
sengers and had set the crew and pas
sengers Off in the small boats. the YES
q sci was 10 be blown up or permitte
to sink by opening the sea cocks
When HOdson got to the meetin
4 place that night II quickly becam
apparent to him that two OF his boil
4 fellows had lost faith in him and
:, themselves. They told him the jo
: was too big for them. Strict adhel
ence TO the code OF piracy would ther
p and then have called for the passin
n out OF two black spots. But HOdson
i support was not strong enough. tn
4 third OF his prospective assistant
who believed that four men coul
D. shoulder the task gracefully. tol
n. Hodson that two would not be su
X fcient and II was because of this an
,o not through lack Of valor that
T. withdrew.
Z; Afraid TO Attack Alone.
5 II was obvious to even the darir
Hodson that sinele-handed he cou
IN not steal the Pannonia. however ligh
L, " he esteemed the powers of resis
n ance Of British seamen. Probab
N could he have foreseen how easily Il
d. Matoppo capture was TO be effecte
4. he would have tried to take the PA
nonia unaided.
n His persistence Of purpose, so clea
N ly shown by his temporary seizure
T. the freighter last Wednesday, becom'
6. all the more surprising when one hi
sudied the young man. Capt. Tunn'
4. was amazed when he looked at Ho
s- son Saturday morning on the arriv
'' Of the pirate from Lewes. He e
6. pected to see a husky giant OF mena
ing mien. He saw youth not mo
~ than FIVE feet ten inches in height al
I'd weighing not over 100 pounds. II
% brown mustache. though well deve
oh oped. does not conceal in the mou
on an apparent indication OF indecisi,
which his achievement seems to bel
., The names Clarence and Regina
were we'll selected. one might say vi
to did not know what he had done.
ate Soon after he was brought in
rk' Capt. Tunney's room he betrayed I
,ch' thirst for notoriety. BY courtesy
'el1 Police Commissioner Woods some r
porters were permitted to question [
. odd prisoner who welcomed ouestio
from the newspaper men with hi,
VI. enthusiasm.
y He Looks for High Lights.