The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
TO HOLD LONE
PIRATE" FOR
CUNARD PLOT
Captor Of Matoppo Admits
Conspiring to Blow Up
the PannOnia.
TELLS IN DETAIL
ABOUT HIS EXPLOIT


Erusst schiller. the o German pirate
Win, cap,ured the British shin Natopno
1919 "a ia Il, ,'
S"eN " "'e"''
was locked e = III New YORK Police Head
quarters last night. He will be ar.
,,lrned this morning in Jefferson Ma r,se,
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court ehdrEeu VIII" having IN concert
q, put dynamite on board the Cunard
steamship Pannonia "a she lay at Pier
"a. North River, on March 3. The time
=, tin a,,emn, ia ma med a. =, o.c,oc, q,
-.
hishi. Such an attempt IL a violation of
section 1895 of the Penal Law OF this
State.
When Schiller N arraigned this morn
Ing he will he held for examination later.
The police can hold him In this way for
gcr,y-eight hours while they decide TO
whom he belongs. The New York Fed
ersl authorities do not want Schiller.
They say they have enough cases Of
German plottcrs to deal with and think
that II Schiller's offence is a matter OF
FEDERAL Jurisdiction he should be sent
back TO Delaware.
The Federal authorities and the New
York police conferred yesterday but did
not decide what course TO take. There
II q statute which makes taking posses
SION OF any snip or any part Of "A shin
An onence punishable BY a fine of 5000
ana not more than ten years imprison-
ment. Ih's might he held against Schil-
Ter on the ground that he unauestion-
soly to"k possession OF the Matoppo for
the tune beng and destroyed the wire
Tess ABOARD her.
rais Lose Nerse.
Cant. Tunney at Police H.adoua r,srs
would not SAY las, night whetber schiis
Ter had given the names ~ tho ,n.r ~,
ne asserts. w. re associated Win hin, ,r
the ate mt To blow I'm rho panno,i,
The plot fel, through b,cau.e two 90 ,hs
four men became frightened Tie thirj
cropped out then. This. desni,,. tho fac,
that one of the four had acnu,ro5 a 80
10, boat and the other. Schiller saws
had got some Of the dynamite uecess.r ~
The pirate says the intention was 10
e'nugcle aboard the Pannonia and after
she had got TO sea to hold up her officers,
take what money was in the safe. put
the passengers and crew In small boats
and then either blow up the shin ar
open the seacocks. OF course the con.
spfators expected to make land in a
loaf themselves. The money tley in.
~t1,yaganda. Schiller says
A--", Ieai name as now given 5y
80" 49,, !" .."'t.ef reginald iioisoii,
A.. a.. ~" nnsHshmap 'ohS resi-
Iis ~ u VI .'erInan hiotner'
p 49, "en - itooiiSon, T..
SNh,,ien ,uoii .'enry ara Ernest
,,,n, 20 "u, appears
,,dsnu ,"s =: ~" u n"'hes OF -
ssism los, ap' !" was IN
81. no. ,he -" '"'N'u - reeN-
wartime ,b., H., w.s rp'.r Heh, gu. "
German and m,,b, L.. w.
som. highly u-nreu,r.r uc " ''
The plo, 10 dynanIj,, tho p,,,o,,.
having ~failed-sb,. s,il.d A., M.rnH :,
v.hou, .c,iao,, ,ho. '
determined TO do somelhinr on his nnr
ho,h.
Names and details OF Ills doinps IN
TINS country are withheld by tn. notice
until the can make further arrests. /;
io>. bile. n confirm some of his stories
Seniller's attitude has puzzled the au.
thorites somewhat because lately he
fas shown a disposition 10 admit com
r0c,'y in any Illegal thing that is sug-
cssied. II he is asked about this plot
" mat he seems to be anxious TO as
se't that he was I'm on it,"
Tells story In Detail.
Schiller reached New York v.st.rda,
uo.uing and for the first time ,.,a,.d
IN detail the story of his sl~rIehand.J
capture Of the Matoppo with a COW n,
ffy-six men and a hold fun Of war sun.
PLIES for Vladivostok.
An immigration lnspector. Charles
l;ess. and Detective Sergeant Valentine
lad brought Schiller from fewes. De,
"i'hou, trouble. They led the pirate, a
man % 5 feet 2 inches and $50 hounds
with sGuare shoulders, a light colo.e ed
mustacle. a scragcy heard and naship.
eyes, into Police Headquarters. He wns
seated in a chair and invited 10 relat.
his exploits.
Il was born in Pe,roswd and lived
there until ] was II years Old. Nv
iigh; name il Clarence Hudson" said
The pirate after a prompting question ar
Two My father was an Englishmau
LIVING IN Russia. NV mother was a
German. Emma Koch. When I was II
ny father and mother separated. |
went 10 Germany to live with ny
mother. hate the English. con.
side myself a German.
When the war began I went TO Eng.
land As a spy. | got work as a mechanic
il. n submarine factory near Land
J stole plans OF submarines and sen,
them 70 Germany. Then | was su..
pegted and imprisoned. There was NO
l,Opf Sn a., Ia, q, ,,d o,lo.o q.