Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-06
Two Alleged Conspirators
Arrested In New
York City.
HINDU DOCTOR AND
GERMAN IMPLICATED
Police Claim to Have Obtained Con-
fession Of Conspiracy to Set Up
Military Expedition in United States
to Invade India Thru China-Ex-
petition Said to Have Been Under
Direction Of Won Igel

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Chakiaberty, a Hindu physician, and
Dr.. Ernest Sckunner. aged "a. described
as German. were arrested today on
charges of conspiring to set up a mill
tary expedition against a foreign coun-
try on friendly relations with the Unit
ed States. The police say the men
haveGonfessed to plotting under direc-
ton of Karl Won Jgel to invade India by
way Of China.
completely in an alleged plot to destroy
the Welland canal, is with Count Won
Bernstorff, former ambassador 70 the
United States, en- route to Europe.
Dr. Chakaberty and Sckunner, who
have been suspected for some time, re-
ceived $4,000, and the Hindu, posing
as a Persian merchant, obtained a
passport which enabled him to get to
Berlin. In this connection q charge or
fraudulently obtaining a passport has
been made against the physician.
DR.. Chakiaberty, it is said. revealed
his plans to officials in Berlin, and then
returned to New York, where he and
Won Igel prepared pamphlets printed
in various Indian languages.
Chinese Agent Makes No Report.
After the literature was prepared,
according to the police. DR.. Chakiaber-
ty and Sckunner employed as their
agent an influential Chinese whom
they sent to his own country with the
hope that he might arrange plan FOR
A.. ~ tho Tinted
States to China
The police said the two men declared
they had heard nothing from their Chi
nese representative.
In the laboratory of the men, Sckun-
ner was endeavoring, according to the
police, to compound preparation to
be used to disguise contraband OF
war y 81 > r. sis.s.S-
Thousands Of aluminium boxes. about
the size of pill box, and many docu-
ments were seized.
Another Alleged PIotter Arrested.
Hoboken, N. j., March 6.-Another
man was taken into custody here Today
by the police on suspicion of being i'm
plicated in a plot to blow up munitions
factories with Fritz kolb. arrested yes
terday. The identity Of the second
man was guarded by the police.
The police also said they had come
into possession of information which
might help them in solving the Black
Tom, n. J., explosion and the destruc-
ton of the Kingsand, n. j.. plant OF
the Canadian Car and Foundry Com
pany, in which large munition sup
plies for the entente allies were blown
up. ..
-Four other men We're questioned by
the authorities last night. Chief of Po-
lice Hayes. of this city, said they were
friends Of Kolb, but that he was con-
vinced they knew nothing Of the al
legged plot.
1--WE are following leads which may
result in additional arrests at any
time" Chief Hayes declared eve are
cooperating with the New York police
and the neutrality squad of the collec-
tor of the port of New York. All OF
us have been working on this for sew.
eral weeks"
Bombs Made Of Steel Pipe.
Kolb was found in small hotel, op-
posite the piers Of the Hamburg
American line. His room, it was as
serted, bore the appearance Of hav-
ing been used as a laboratory.
Besides the two bombs, the police
said they found brass and copper tub
ing resembling that used in ships.
The two bombs were made Of steed
pipe, cut in seven incn iengius, with
threads worked at either end. Steel
caps had been screwed on the pipe
,f+.. IL hod heen loaded with a DOW
der, evidently pitric acid, which is now
in the hands of the bureau of COM
bustiles in New York for analysis.
Wound around the steel pipe was a
copper tube perforated at intervals at
every half inch. The fuse was to be
inserted in this and the holes in the