Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
Men Named in Sacramento Case

The list Of those indicted in the Sacra-
mento case includes Robert Capelle. local
| agent OF the North German Steamship
Of she San
consulate: Frederick Jebson. San Fran
cisco shipping man. now supposed to be
abroad; A. II: Won Setback. former vice
consul Of the San Francisco German con-
sulate: F. Won Papen. former military
attache Of the German embassy in Wash
ington; ]. L. Bley. customs broker: c. D.
! Bunker OF c. D. Bunker & Co.. shipping
! agents; r. H. Swayne and John G. Hoyt:
Of the shipping Arm of swayne & Hoyt ;
| P. E. Thayer, shipping agent: T. A. An
| derson, captain Of the steamship Sacra-
mento: George Flood and James Flood.
steamship company agents: Ham Chan
dra, a Hindu, alleged leader Of the Indian
| revolution In this country: Louis Hengst-
| Ter. former admiralty lawyer Of the Ger
man government here and former member
| Of the faculty Of the University Of Cali
fornia; Walter Sauerback, lieutenant in
| the German navy, now interned at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, and Hans Tauscher, hus-
! band Of Nine. Gadski. the operate star.
The indictments charge the defendants
| with assisting in the cargoing Of Ger
| man warships in the Pacific ocean with
arms ammunition, coal and supplies, to
have been used in the proposed revolu-
ton in India. 1t was alleged these ac-
tivities extended from August /, 1914,
| to January /, 1915.
| Those indicted also included members
Of crews Of various vessels connected
| with the alleged conspiracy.
San Francisco Firms.
Sacramento case five San Francisco
| shipping firms are mentioned in the in
dictments. They are c. D. Bunker &
Co. Swayne & Hoyt, the Northern and
southern Steamship Company, the
the Maverick Steamship Company
Philip Thayer, one of those indicted. is
| at the head of the Northern and South
| ern Steamship Company.
ut is true that Hindus here desire to
see India free from British rule" said
Ram Chandra. one Of the indicted Hin
dus. tonight But that they have been
| responsible for unrest in India is alb
solutely out Of the question.
| IT want to make it clear that we are
neither pro-German nor pro-ally; we are
simply pro-Indian."
Bearing on Easement Arrest.
NEW YORK, July Papers seized
in the Offices of Wolf Won Igel, secretary
| to Capt. Franz Won Papen. gave the gov
eminent proof of German plots to foment
upr1sings in India and ireland, it was
learned here tonight. The information,
| it was said. also had an important bear
ing upon the arrest of Sir Roger Case
| ment.
1
ing the Information involving Sir
Roger Easement Nothing could be
learned Of this phase Of the conspiracy
except that the evidence was important.
The Won Igel papers brought about
the arrest and indictment of DIR. Ernest
Sekunna. Prussian chemist, and two
Hindu students at Columbia University,
Chandra Chakraberty and II. L. Cupta,
on a charge Of setting on foot in this
country military enterprise against
| a friendly nation.
! Confronted with a letter seized in his
house in this city bearing the address
| of the foreign Office in Berlin, Cha.kra-
berty stated he had attended confer
enco with high German officials in the
lWilhelmstrasse. Both Hindus admitted
they had received large payments OF
money from German agents. Sekunna
and tho Hindu9 are under heavy bail
lawaiting trial.
The indictment charged the three men
| with dispatching Chinese to China to
purchase war munitions. which were
i to be sent secretly to revolutionists in
! India.
| Won Igers papers revealed Also 1t was
| said, that, while Capt. Won Papen was
| In Japan in 1915 he paid large sums of
money to Cupta to foment trouble in
India, and that Chakraberty had been
| supplied with funds during his visit to
After the arrest in this city the seized
papers were sent to San Francisco fed
:eral authorities for use In prosecuting
the majority 0f the plotters, who were
said to have had their headquarters ON
Itha Pacific coast.