Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-19
DR.. COOK AMONG THOSE
PICKED TO AssAss|NATE
Trial Of Leaders Of Plot to Fomcnt
Revolution in India Begins
in Chicago.
HINDU PRIEST IS WITNESS
Wholesale Murder and kidnapping OF
Numerous Persons Part OF Pro.
gram Outlincd-Ieadqua Of
Conspiracy Was in Berlin.
fBy Associated Pressl


CHICAGO. October 1S.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook. the Arctic explorer, and n
crew Of nineteen sailors were among
those marked for assassination by the
leaders directing the alleged plot to
foment revolution in India to EN- :
barrass Great Britain during the war,
according to testimony given by Su-
kupar Chatterji, n Hindu priest, in
Judge Landis's court ut to-days ses-
sion OF the trial Of Gustav Fl. Jacob
son, wealthy Chicago real estate deal
CT. and his three codefendants charged
with the conspiracy.
Wholesale murder and the kidnap-
ing OF numerous persons was part of
THE program outlined, the witness tes-
titled.
This part of the plot. Chatterji said.
was revealed to him in Manila by
George Paul Boehm. one of the de-
PENDANTS.
"Boehm said that he had planned
to kill Captain Cook and his crew, who
were to make an expedition in the
vicinity OF the Himalaya Mountains"
said the witness. "Bcehm was to as
sumo the name Of Captain Cook, and
the other men in our party were TO
assume tho names Of the other sailors
who were to be killed. I protested. 1t
was Boehm's plan TO go through In
dia under the Euise of nm explorer and
fon:ent revolt among the natives
against Great Britain"
The witness came to this country
in 1912 TO study Journalism, but later
was induced to tako part in the al
legged plot by Gupta, ono OF tho de-
PENDANTS. He told OF meetings held in
San Francisco in 1915 at which plans
for the alleged plot were discussed
and OF going to Manila with the al
legged consDirators. The witness was
later arrested with others and brought
back to this country for trial.
On cross examination, ChatterU ad-
mitted he had been imprisoned for six
months in solitary confinement in India
before he confessed and was brought
here.
Thomas T. Tunney. acting captain of
the New York police department. testi-
fled to an alleged confession made TO
MN py Heramba Lal Gupta in New
York March 10. 1917. and his tcsti-
mony was corroboratcd by George Z.
Barnette. New York detective SER
geant.
He told me that Captain Won Papen,
tho military attache or tho German
embassy in tho United States. paid him
between $4,000 and $4,000 in a suite
OF offices In lower broadway" said
Tunney. "He said he received the
money in six or seven payments, and
II was TO he used in making n trip to
the Orient. He said later no went to
China and Japan and purchased fire.
arms and ammunition for use in the
revolution in India Gupta told me
that Won papcn said he would buy
additional firearms and ammunition in
the United States, and ship II to the
Orient by way OF the South Seas
Gupta told me he returned to this
country in June, 1916. after having
been followed by detectives all over
China and Japan. He Said that while
IN Japan he was given projections on
enc occasion in the home Of q nigh
public official
He told me the headquarters Of the
conspiracy was In Berlin"