The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-08
Veteran Of Franco Prussian
War and German General
Staff Agent Taken Y yesterday
SPIES NOW BEING
RAPIDLY GATHERED IN
Government Finds Entirely
Y Separate Organization at
Work From That Employed
By Won lgel

New York, April Lieutenant Ar
thur z. Bielkowski. said to De the
direct representative In this country
OF the German general staff. and three
other Germans were arrested today.
The arrest Of Bielkcwski is regarded
by federal agents as by far the mos
important vet made. The prisoner
- . veteran OF the Franco Prussiah
war. He Il seventy-nine years olu-
II IN charged that he has been OPP
Grating In this country with youns-
81. but one of the cleverest spies.
Federal authorities are now seehihs
this spy. -. 49,,
arents,- OF the department OF Justice
ne refused 10 talk. 1t is said ina.
he has been keeping German mill
.tarv authorities informed minuteiy OF
devclopmcnts In this country.
Ncw Sea Ut Spies.
The arrest revealed the existence OF
an extensive organization Oh Spies
working for the German government,
federal agents declare. untit touay
the operations OF this new SCI Oh sp..s
were mystery to federal agents
Thev said that these men were or
eanixed after the names OF all the
S;ermans in this country involved IN
n,ntfinr were revealed In the papers
81 Wolf Won Igel. The new set OF
suies were practically inactive unlh
severance of diplomatic reiauons pc
tween Germany and the united States'
Then they began operations on a tIe-
mendous scale. cleaning every pa.n
az information OF military or haNa'
importance. ,s
Inst after Bieikowski was seized
yohn wilkins. a German, was arrest
cd II could not be learned wnetner
he was directly connected Win the
GENERATIONS of Bieikowski he mas
been in this country thirty-one years.
# has been supposed he lived onIy
on a pension for service asaahs.
France in the Franco-frussIan ", va a,
h,,t n Is understood he was regularly
in the nav of the German government
for the entire period.
We're Loaded for War.
SECOND in Importance to hts ar
rest and the revelation OF hest VI
spies was the arrest of two Germans
at rooming house here. Aeuns oii
inforanatiop-reac police heaaQuat
tcrr. detectives made raid ana Iouha
sight rines and shotguns, eight re-
yoiyers. a quantity of ammunition
maps OF the United States. compasses
ana unassembled parts OF bicycles
Five bullying suitcases also were
seized. In searching the rooms the
detectives came across q tea canisse'.
beneath the tea were compasses anu
gauges. The two men arrested de-
scribed themselves as Charles Hens
cheI. of Jersey City. and Louis MA
Chef, OF New York.
detectives charge that while they
were making the asarch the two men
attempted to bride them by offering
s20o for their liberty
Paul Koenig chief OF the secret ser
vice Of the HAMBURG american me.
who was arrested Friday sttil IL in
the Tombs Huge Schmidt, repre-
sentative In this country of the
Deutches Bank Of Berlin. in tech
nicallv under arrest but has not been
detained. Important papers fell into
the hands Of the federal authorities
when they arrested Frederick schiein-
del. II il estimated by them That
these papers tend TO show that Carl
Heinon. In whose ONCE schieindei WAS
arrested, succeeded DIR. Heinrich n.
Albert. as paymaster In this country
OF agents OF the German government.