Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-11-15
nation. When he was searched


unique weapon was found on him. It
looked like a silver penknife in a
leather case, but closer examination
| revealed the fact that it was a pis-
tol charged with 32-caliber bullet.
at 6.i3 O'Clock he was taken to the
Office Of United States Commissioner
Anson S. Taylor, where the formal
charges were preferred. Graves wss
held for preliminary hearing nett
week, his bail being fixed at s2.OO).
Bond was furnished by a professional
bond broker.
Makes Counter Charges.
New York, Nov. l2.-Dr. Ka.l
Armgard Graves. arrested in Wasl-
ington on a charge Of attemDtel
blackmail, made counter-chargts
against his accusers to-day.
''My rooms were entered last niplt
through window" declared D..
Graves at his home, 65 West 69n
street. to-day. THE place was raj
sacked, and papers taken. Among
them were two half-sheets of DE-
coded letters. Fortunately, | had
not left the originals in my apar-
mcnts, and SO my only loss is TIM.
1t Will take me two days to duplicac
the work. A copy Of the cipher cote
also was taken, but that did not ma
ter.
"rhe letters in my possession haze
been delivered to the department If
Justice. When they are made pu,-
lie. assure you, they will create a
sensation. They will show illegal
stock transactions. both here and n
Europe. | cannot talk OF the dipl-
matte aspects now. have given ny
word to the department Of justice"
DR.. Graves denied emphaticauy
that there is any legal basis for a
charge OF blackmail. lie declared
positively that the letters contain
nothing rejecting in any way upon
the Countess Won Bernstorff, wife Of
the German ambassador. Those al
dressed to her. he said, were from
woman we'll known in court circles i'm
Berlin. They were not in code, but,
according to DR.. Graves, were so
worded rs to convey secret informal
ton Of political nature to the am
baSsador.
Eyes" he said, those letters will
make terrific sensation when they
come out.
"Somobody must have been very
much interested in what might be i'm
my rooms. Last night, soon after ny
arrest in Washington, two men, mp-
resenting themselves to be police de-
tectives, appeared here. Mrs. Nc
'''."'"N, the houaeKcepcr. to,d G,u
WU> away Tncy dashed badge, OF
tunc SOFT and insisted on scarc4iug
my Apartments. Mrs. McGErricI de-
mard"a mat Jhcy show search war
rant and they then went away. Some
time later the entrance was made by
my window.
81 expected something Of the sort
and asked for Federal protection. A
young man from the department Of
justice was waiting at my door as |
returned from Washington at $40
o'clock this morning. I showed him
what had been done"
While DR.. Graves was speaking
the department Of justice agent re-
turned. Dr.. Graves gave him one of
the letters in the case, to be forward
ed to Washington and a receipt was
signed for it.
THE so-called love letters" DR..
Graves resumed. ARE not love letters
at all. They are only cleverly con-
structed and inconspicuous means Of
conveyance Of information. They are
in woman's handwriting. The wri-
ter is we'll known to me.
'"Tho statement Of Prince Won
llartZfeldt. that he had shown me
$4,000, is false, and is not borne out
by the government witnesses The
Countess Won Bernstorff was at no
time mentioned by the prince or my
self in the transaction. The letters
don't contain anything which could
compromise a lady or lend them
selves to the blackmailing Of a wo-
man. They are simply and solely Of
diplomatic interest and partly COM
promising to the Count Won Bern
storff alone, for they divulge stock
gambling transactions on both sides
Of the water. This is something the
count may be able to explain. but
canno;.'