The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-04
GERMAN PLOTS In
AMERICA May BE
REVEALED BY THE
BOLOPASHA CASE
Won Bernstorff Turned
Over Total Of ST., $685.
500 To Alleged Spy
MADE CIRCLE OF
MANY BIG BANKS
Evidence Is Given French
Ambassador To Be Sent
TO His Government
MADE CIRCLE OF
MANY BIG BANKS
tBy Associated Press.l }

NeW YORK. Oct 4s--Evldence tndi-
eating that German funds held by
New York banks for the Deutsches
Bank of Berlin, and which were en-
pIoyed to pay Bolo Pasha, German
spy, and peace propagandist, were
placed at the disposal of Count Won
Bernstorff by wireless messages from
the German foreign office, was obtain
ed today by Merton E. Lewis, state
attorney general.
This evidence conelusively proves,
according to the attorney general
that Count Won Bernstorff had a di-
rect hand in directing the activities
Of BoIo Pasha, who is now under ar
rest In Paris. II was obtained, he
said, from Hugo Schmidt, agent here
ct the Deutsches bank, whom he ex-
anained today.
New York, Oct. 4.-The investiga-
tion of Paul Bolo Pashas secret ac-
tivities and bank accounts here by
Nj. e. Lewis, state attorney general,
is expected to go far toward reveal
ing the entire structure of German
plotting in the United States.
Proof that German money was
supplied in this country by Count
Won Bernstorff, former German am
bassador, to Boio Pasha, was to be
given today to Jules ]. Jusserand,
the French ambassador, to be for
warCied by him to his government.
Bolo Pasha Is under arrest in Paris
as a spy, his detention following the
disclosures contained in Mr.. Lewis
preliminary report to Ambassador
Jusserand on Bolo Pasha's activities
here. Included in the documentary
proof, according TO Mr.. Lewis. are
photographic reprodueusns OF
checks. letters. cabiegTans and other
evidences of the disposition of the
German money furnished Bolo Pasha
in this country by Ex-ambassador
Bernstorff.
The Investigation by Attorney
General Lewis began eleven days
ago. The amount of money which
Bernstorff, through his financial
agent, Hugo Schmidt. turned over
70 Bolo Pasha, totaled $1.6SS, 500, the
money coming into possession of
Bolo Pasha after it had passed
through a carefully pre-arranged
system of transfers from one bank
to another to hide its origin.
Made Circle of Banks.
The banking institutions which
formed what the attorney general
terms the circle around which the
money travelled on it's way to Bolo
Pasha." are the Deutsche Bank. the
National Park bank, the Guaranty
Trust company, j. p. Morgan and
company, and the Royal Bank or
A statement given out by Mr..
Lewis brings into the affair. besides
Count Won Bernstorff, the eX-German
ambassador to- the United states,
Hugo Schmidt, German banker and
agent in New York. up to the break
with Germany. Of the Deutsche Bank
of Berlin; Adolph Payenstedt, for
mer head of the New York banking
house OF @. Amsinck and company
who was questioned yesterday by
Mr. Lewis. and a number Of other
persons whose names are withheld.
The evidence shows, according TO
MIR. Lewis, that it was through
schmidt. as the agent of the
Deutsche Bank of Berlin, that Bern
storff advanced money to Bolo Pasha,
Pavenstedt appearing as the go-be-
Bolo Pasha arrived in New York
on Feb. %. 1915. and left on March
n following. He saw Bernstorff
secretly in Washington. it is said.
AS soon as the money reachsn the
ROYAL Bank of Canada at the New
York branch, it was deposited TO the
credit of Bolo Pasha, and the latter
began to check it out. The first check
for $40, 900, was deposited with ].
p. Morgan and company to the credit
az senator Charles Humbert, owner
of L. journal OF Paris. The sum Of
s524.OO0 was transferred to Paris TO
Nine Bolo i'm Paris. About ST.
O00. 900 was transferred to Paris and
placed to- Bolo Pasha's credit in
French bank.
The attorney general also empha-
sized in his statement that the de-
velopments in no way reflect on any
Of the banks named. the Deutsche
BANK excepted. Adolph Pavenstedt,
~ added. was the only member of
the banking firm Of @. Amsinck and
company, as that bank was then orr
qanized, who knew the Bernstorff-
Bolo- Schmidt secret