Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-21
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Investigation Into Affairs of Bolo Pasha Throws Light Upon Other Transactions of the German Officials.
(By Review Leased wire.)

NEW YORK, Oct 20 - Perely Morse, expert accountant, retained by Morton k. Lewis. state attorney gen eral, to investigate the financial trans actions in this country of Paul Bolo Pasha, German propagandist and spy, made public today testimony given by Adolph Pavenstedt, former head of the banking house of G. Amsinck and com pany to the effect that he loaned $2O,- 900 to the late Herman Ridder, publish CT of the New Yorker Staats Zeitung. Pavenstedt has admitted Bolo's nego- tiations with Coun. von Bernstorff, then German ambassador to the Unit ed States, were conducted through him. Amslnck and company handled German funds for Bolo.
 Riders Involved.
 Pavenstedts testimony showed S15,- 900 of the payment came from Dr. Bernhard Dernburg. former German colonial minister. and director of Ger man propaganda in this country but that neither MT. Ridder nor any mem Der of his family ever knew of Dern- brug's connection with the transaction.
 MT. Ridder came to him about the time the European war began, Paven- stedt said and asked a loan of s20.000. Without MT. Riders knowledge Paw enstedt went to Dernburg and told him the situation. He said he told Dern- burg the Riders have always follow ed very good course for the German interests here.
 "Then l asked hi milf he would put up the money" Pavenstedt testified. Dernburg replied that because he wanted him (Payenstedt) interested" he would give s15,0O0 if Pavenstedt would give s5,000.
 Advances Money.
 q talked to my partners about it and the firm of Amsinck and company first advanced the s5,000 with the $l5,- 900 of Denburg's but I afterward per sonally took the money from my ac- count because the partners objected to my having it on the books because 1t did not belong, they said, to the busi- ness, continued Pavenstedt's testi- mony.
 Nobody ever knew Dr. Dernburg was the man who supplied most of it. The Riders never knew it. They do not know it today"
 Other Checks Shown.
 MT. Morse, with the consent, he said of the attorney general, displayed two other checks bearing Pavenstedt's sig nature in addition to the one made payable to the Staats eZitung. Each was for fifty dollars. One was to the Deusches Jornal, dated January 12, 1916. One of the inducements it bore was w R. Hearst" The other was to the American Truth Society dated January S1. 1917. The first en- dorsement was that of Jeremiah O'Leary president
 Pavenstedt testified he had no recol- lection of these checks and inquiry into them was dropped.
 The following statement concerning the Ridden transaction was made to- nlBnt Dy B. H. Rldder:
 Ridder Bakes Statement.
 "The fact that part of the money ad vanced to MT. Herman Ridder by MT. Pavenstedt in 1914 came fiom Dr. Dernburg was never known to NIT. Her man Ridder, as far as we know. MT. Riders sons knew nothing of the transaction excepting that when Mir. Riders financial difficulties became acute noes of c. Amsinck were pre- sented for payment together with oth- CT notes.
 These notes were placed in the hands of a note-holder's committee"
 Did Not Know.
 The notes were all liquidated by the Staats eZitung on or before March 1, 1916. None of Mir. Herman Riders sons, nor any one connected with them on the Staats knew Pavenstedt had not advanced his own money ro Mr. Ridder. Mir. Pavenstedt. being a man