Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-01-19
Won FAPEN PAPERS SEIZED.
Copies Transmitted by Great Britain
to the United States.

lacHe at washington, when he reach
ed Falmouth on his way to Germany,
nave been turned over to the Ameri-
can embassy for transmission to the
State Department. They show that
Capt. yon Papen made frequent pay
ments to persons charged with the
responsibility for blowing up NUM-
ttons works and bridges in the Uni
ted States.
Gave Money to Dynamiter.
One entry shows that Capt. Won
Papen gave $500 to Werner Horn,
who was arrested In connection with
blowing up a Canadian Pacific rail-
way bridge at st. Croix, Maine. The
day before this check was issued the
German embassy paid $4,000 into
Capt. von Papen's account.
Among the letters taken from
Capt. Won Papen there is little Of in
terest with the exception of a letter
from the German consul at New Or
leans condoling with him on his re-
call from Washington and criticising
severely the attitude of the American
government.
Payments by Won BelnstorH.
Capt. Won Papen's check stubs,
bank books and letters from his
bank, the Riggs National Bank, of
Washington, D. c., show about 800
items, many Of which had to do with
routine expenditures. Others, how
ever, revealed payments to various
persons Who have figured prominent
ly in the activities of German agents
in America.
Several large payments were made
to Capt. Won Papen by Count Won
Bernstorf. Most OF these were for
salaries or bonuses. A number of en-
tries showed payments made by the
ambassador to the military attache
for "war intelligence Office" One
Of the payments on this account,
made in October Of 1914, was for
$4,000.
In January, 1915, Capt. Won Papen
gave check payable to Ameick &C
Co., New York, but with the name Of
e. Kuepferle in brackets on the stub.
This is believed to have reference to
the man named Kuepferle, who, af-
ter being arrested in England on a
charge Of espionage, committed sui
eide, leaving written confession in
his cell.
Explosion Followed Payment.
Another check stub shows that
about two weeks before the explosion
in Seattle on May 80, 1915, Cant.
Won Papen sent $500 to the German
consulate at Seattle. In February of
1915 he sent $1,000 to the German
consulate III that city,
AS an example of the size of the
captains financial operations his
bank book shows that in January of
1915 he received approximately &c.
400, ard paid out $1,000.
Consul Explains.
ATLANTA Constitution.)
Dr.. Wilhelm Mueller, former Ger
man consul at Seattle, and now con-
sui in Atlanta, stated that he had
received money from time to time
from the German embassy at Wash
ington, "and possibly from Won Pa
pen," but declared that such money
was used for enabling German sub
jects to go from Seattle to New York
con the chance that they might re-
turn to Germany" The consurs
statement was made when he was
shown London dispatches saying
that papers taken from Capt. Franz
Won Papen, recalled German military
attache Of the German embassy at
Washington, showed Won Papen had
sent $500 to the German consulate
at Seattle about two weeks before an
explosion at Seattle on May 80 last.
ANY intimation that l was con-
nected with any explosion at Seattle
is absolutely uniounded," he declar-
ed, accompanying the statement with
gestures.
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u. S. Not Prepared.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 13.-"Let those
men in Congress who are now COLI
demning President Wilson and de-
manding that we interfere in Mexico
realize the fact that the United
States Is wholly unprepared for war
with Mexico" said Governor Fergu-
son in a statement to-day. "In the
present state of our army and navy it