New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-12
Heramba L. Gupto, of Co.
lumbia, Confesses Part
in German Intrigue
Was Sent to Japan
British Agents Baked His
Attempts to Purchase
Munitions


ing as the military attache Of the Ger
man Embassy here, gave between S4o'-
600 and $4,000 to Heramba l.. Gupto,
Bengalese student at Columbia Uni
versity. TO be used in the purchase OF
arms for East Indian revolutionists.
Gupto. il was admitted last night
made this confession to William NJ
Obey superintendent OF the Depart
ment of Justice Investigators; John Z
Knox. Assistant United States A.
torney, and Deputy Police Commis'
sioner Guy Scull.
Gupto, The Tribune was informed
made a clean breast of the part ne
played in Gcrmany's plot to stir up
trouble for Great Britain IN India.
Gupto Sent TO Japan
lie met Won Papcn in the Office main
tanned by the German at go Wall street
early in 1918. Whether he met him
through Chandra Chakraberty. who
was arrested a week ago on the same
charge and who admits receiving $50
600 from Wolf Won lgel. Captain Won
Papen's successor, was not disclosed
But few weeks after meeting Won
Papen Gupto started for Japan.
Gupto confessed that Won Papen to d
him to buy as many rifles and rounds
of ammunition as he could lay hands
on in Japan and send them TO India.
Just how the munitions were to be
smuggled past the vigilant eyes of the
British government was not revealed.
Gupto, like Chakraberty, did not re-
ceive the sum in one lump. He re-
ceived it in several payments, and for
that reason was unable 10 fix the exact
amount in his confession to the author
tiles.
Gupto, on reaching Japan-he did not
know it then-was trailed by British
secret service agents. hfter~ remain
ing in Japan for three months the
japanese authorities, at the request of
the British. asked him to leave the
country. This he did. returning here
on one of the Pacific Mail steamships,
and on arriving in San Francisco com
municated with other Hindus of anti
British tendencies and then returned
to New York.
Was Watched Here
Since his return here he has been
the subject of Investigation from time
to time. and il was with surprise that
the Federal authorities learned Satur-
day night that he was taken into Gus
tody.
The police of Captain Tunney's squad
also took another Hindu and an Ameri-
can woman, but these were allowed TO
go an hour or two before dawn yester-
day morning. The police gave them a
clean bill of health.
Gupto will be arraigned to-day on
a United States warrant charging him
with violating Section 10 of the Fed
eral statutes, in that he set on foot a
m litary enterprise against George V,
King of Great Britain aid Ireland and
Emperor Of India.
Chakraberty and his German com
panion, DR.. Ernest Mathis Sekunna,
were held on similar charge. Ru-
mors last night declared both Chakra
berty and Sekunna were telling all they
know 10 the authorities.
Color TO the reports were given by
the presence at Police Headquarters
all day yesterday Of DR.. Sekunna. who
is out on bail, and the treatment ac-
corded Chakraberty last night The
Hindu, who was surrendered by "A
bonding company Saturday night, after
spending a night on a hard board at
Police Headquarters complained OF the
poor sleeping accommodations and was
taken last night to Bellevue Hospital.
where he found a berth in the prison
ward.
Ii was not announced whether or not
tine arrest of Gupto or the stories told
yesterday to the authorities by Chakra-
berry and Sekunna would lead to other
arrests.
That the Hindus opposed to British
rule IN India were ready to open head
quarters in this city when the police
arrested Chakraberty and Sekunna
was admitted by one in close touch
with the situation.