The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-09
ZIMMERMAN
BACK DF THE
REBELS PLOT
MORE SENSATIONAL
DISCLOSURES MADE
In the Federal Prosecution of
German aid Hindu at
NewSYork

NEW YORK, Starch S.-Evidence
designed TO shotS that DR.. Chandre
/ Chakraberty, kindu physician. and
Ernest Sekunna.ea German chemist,
received more than SEQ, 900 from Wolf
! Won Igel, a meTber OF the staff OF
Count Won Berns Srff, former German
ambassador in thE; United States, upon
! the order of DR.. Alfred Zimmerman.
German foreign ;,Iinister, with which
10 foment rebe:lon in India, was re.
ported tonight to- have been presented
| TO a special fedetSl grand jury here.
The informaticn was contained in
ipapers confisca&d in the govern
ments raid on ':fon Igel's office IN
! Wall Str, It. whtJe seeking evidence
in the plo. aeoins$ he Wel]and Canal
| The papers wereN icially used by the
government for. ne first time today,
tit was stated. 1hfir utilization having
heretofore been ;S5eyented BY the wig
orous protests OF Count Won BeTE-
storff.
Have tht- Documents. -.
Although the lslpers had been tax
en- from the jurfydiction of the local
federal courts IL Washington, Count
Won Berustorff t~iled to take advan-
ltage of the att6Eney-generaps offer
10 return any rapers Identified by
! him as official Gscuments. AS re-
suit the papers pre now. all at the
disposal Of the government.
l. The Zimmerman order was obtain
ed by DR.. Chakrs9erty in the summer
of 1915 when hH went to Berlin for
the special purpS.e OF interesting the
! German foreign office in his Indian
rebellion, ACCORDING to the govern
ment agents. It Is not believed that
The ZimmermarN memorandum is
an autograph le:ter but 1T Is under
stood 10 have kten written in his
office at his dictStion after DR.. Chra-
| berty's scheme 1ad been fully con-
sidered and appr:ved.
Both to tthe Tombs.
Although DR.. lhakraberty and Sc:
| knnna spent st.ne OF the money
which they obtsfned from Won lgel
in $4,000 and $1,000 payments, the
authorities are Haking an inyestSa-
! lion into a large sum said to have
! been invested in. Dr.. Chakraberty's
name. He has S15.0OQ in savings
banks, $4,000 8nvested in negoti.-
! able securities aHA title TO two hous-,
rs in uptown Manhattan. the gov
ernment claims. s Will found in his
effects bequeaths, the money and pro-
perty to a brotFtr In India IN case
of his death.
Tombs to spend z-ne night when theic
bail bonds OF $4,000 each were sud
denly cancelled Ssday by their bond
Ing company ArS.official OF the com
pany declared If bad acted through
+ patriotic motives and announced that
in the future lpnds would not be
issued to persotS arrested for viola
ton of neutralitx laws. The prisoners
! counsel said he, expected to obtain
the necessary Eonds tomorrow.
John c. KnoxS first assistant Unit
cd States attorney in charge OF the
case, announcedshat as the result of
an order received from. AttorneS
General Gregory: information regard.
ing neutrality Violations and plot ar.
rests other thaS the names OF the
prisoners and Ihe charges against
them will be WITHHELD hereafter.
| Federal agcnts%it was learned tonight,
have visited 8; t&o hundred acre tract
Of isolated WOODLAND. near West Point
| purchased by sctSlnna. The tract com:
! inands West Poist and the surrounding
| country. 49,
Sckunna said S1e bought tho land,
which arises 1900 feet above the Hudson,
for n bungalow.