Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
GADSKYS HUSBAND
UNDER ARREST IN
CONSPIRACY CASE
Capt. Tauscher Is Accused of
Being in Plot to Blow Up
the Welland Canal.

New York, March 30.-Captain Hans
Tauscher, husband of Johanna Gadski
the opera singer, and said to be an Of
to-day by special agents Of the depart
! ment of justice on warrant charging
him with being concerned in the alleged
conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal
| IN Canada.
Tauscher. the federal authorities said,
is head of the Tauscher Arm company in
this city and representative of the krupp
gun works In this country. His arrest
was brought about, it was said through
disclosures made by Horst Won Der
Goltz, alias Brdgman Taylor. who was
brought to this country day or two
ago to be examined as to what he knew
concerning alleged German plots.
Tauschcr was arraigned before a United
States commissioner. denied the charge
and was held in 5000 bail His examina-
ton was set for April 10
The arrest of Tauscher and the naming
Of Fritzen in the complaint are said to
have been the direct result of the ex-
animation by federal authorities here by
Horst Won Der Goltz alias Bridsman
Taylor. who arrived Tuesday from Liver
panied by Scotland Yard detective The
information provided by Won Der Goltz,
it is said. completed chain of evidence
federal authorities have been welding
against six men for a year and a half
Other arrests are expected soon.
From representatives of the department
of justice here it was learned to-day that
the plot in which Tauscher is ALLEGED TO
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several believed to have been originate
in the United States and having the
destruction of the Weland canal as their
purpose. In outlining the evidence against
Tauscher and his alleged confederates,
federal agents said to-day that soon after
the war broke out party of six men
purchased from an explosives company
in this city quantity of dynamite.
The dynamite was taken by them at
night in a trunk from a ship anchored
near Gravesend bay, it is charged. the
launch proceeding to dock on the
Hudson river in Harlem, whore the dyna-
mite was unloaded and taken in a cab
to a boarding house in Manhattan. There
it is asserted, the explosive was fitted
with Illuminating caps and electrical de.
vices for exploding them. after which it
alleged conspirators took with them over
the New York Central railroad 40 Buffalo
and from there to Niagara Falls
At this point the journey was in
terrupted for some reason which the
federal officers decline to disclose at
present and tn" party is said to have
returned to this city with the dangerous
baggage"
y later plan to destroy the Welland
canal which resulted in the arrest and
indictment Of Paul Koeng. the officers
said. had no direct connection with the |
ease now under investigation.
The charge against Tauscher and !
Frtzen is based on the provisions Of sec |
ton l3 of the United States criminal code |
which prescribes IA penalty of not more |
than three years Imprisonment and a |
tine of 5000 for "beginning setting on |
foot or preparing within the confines |
Of the United States, military eX- |
petition directed against a foreign power |
with which the United States is at peace |