The Washington herald., 1916-11-13

TO BARE PLOT
DR.. Graves, Alleged Black
mailer, Hints at Stock
Juggling.
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6Bx the international News seryIee.D
New York, Nov. l2-Dr Kari Arm
gard Graves, arrested at Washington on
charges of attempted blackman, made
counter charges against his accusers to-
day.
My rooms were entered last night.
through a window" declared DR.. Graves
at his home. 6 West Sixty-ninth street,
today. The place was ransacked, and
papers taken. Among them were two
half-sheets Of de-coded letters. Fortu-
nately, I had not left the originals in
my apartments. and so my only loss 10 TO
me. II will take me two days to duplicate
the work. A copy Of the cipher code also
was taken, but that did not matter.
The letters IN my possession have been
delivered to the Department of Justice.
When they are made public. 1 assure YOU.
they will create a sensation. They vii
show illegal stock transactions both here
and in Europe. I cannot talk of the
diplomatic aspects now. l have given my
work to the Department OF Justice
Denies BIackmaiI Charge.
DR.. Graves denied emphaticaIIy that
there is any legal basis for a charge OF
blackmail. He declared positively that
the letters contain nothing rejecting in
any way upon the Countess Won Bern
storn, wife Of the German ambassador.
Those addressed to her, he said, were
from a woman well known in court cir
cles in Berlin. They were not in code,
but, according TO Mr.. Graves, were so
worded as to convey secret information
OF a political nature TO the ambassador
DR.. Graves. at Cnce indignant and
cheerful, paced restlessly back and forth,
- - -
talked.
At times he laughed. Once in a while
he frowned. His manner. however. was
one Of prevailing good humor
Yes" he said. those letters will make
a terrific sensation when they come out
Somebody must have been very much
interested in what might be In my rooms.
Last night soon after my arrest in Wash
ington, two men, representing themselves
to be police detectives. appeared here
Mrs. Garrick, the housekeeper. told
them was away. They flashed badges
of some sort, and insisted on searchinE
my apartments. Mrs. McGarrick de-
manded that they show a search war
rant, and they went away Some time
later the entrance was made by my
window.
hped Federal Protection.
IT expected something OF the sort and
asked Tor Federal protection. A youTlt
mapf from the Department OF Justice was
Naitihg at ny door as returned from
Washington at $40 O'Clock this morning
/ showed him what had been done"
While DR.. Graves was speaking the De-
partment OF Justice agent returned. Dr.
Graves gave him one Of the letters in
the case, to be forwarded to Washington,
and receipt was signed for It.
The --tters." DR.. Graves
resume re letters at all
They arc OILY clevefly constructed and
linconspicuous means OF conveyance Of in
formation. They are in a woman's hand
writing. The writer is well known 10 ne.
The statement Of Prince Won Halfeldt
that he had shown me So 600 is false. and
is not borne out by the government wit
neSses. The Countess Won Be-nstorT was
at no time mentioned by the price or my
self In the transaction. The letters do
not certain anything which could COM
promise q lady or tend themselves to
| the blacllmailing Of a woman. They arr
simply and solely Of diplomatic interest.
and partly compromising to the Count
Won BernstorfT alone, for they diyulge
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