The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
PROJECTILE co.
ORGANIZER HELD
AS FOES AGENT
Carl Heynen, Former Treas
urer of Local Concern,
Detained BY u. S.

Officers Of the Department of JUS
tice seized three German agents yes
terday under instructions from Wash
ipgton and interned them on Ellis
Island The arrests were in further
ance of the. plan to plug all leaks
of military secrets to Germany.
Another important development in
the governments roundup was the
disclosure that part of the mail in
tercepted by the federal officers in
the last few days was addressed to
Alexander Won N11fber Idle Pereked, for
mer Austro Hungarian Consul Cen
eral here Although most of the mail
seized appears to be of commercial
character, government agents suspect
some of this covers code messages.
Records of Those Seized.
The men interned are:
Carl Heynen former German steam
ship agent in Mexico City, and said
at one time to have been in charge Of
the entire German propaganda in
fMexico Later he was treasurer Of
the Bridgeport Projectile Co. He was
a close associate of Capt. Franz Won
Papen, Capt. Hans Tauscher; DR..
Heinrich F. ALBERT and Hugo Schmidt,
all of whom figured largely in expos
ures of German plots in 1915.
f. A. Borgemeister, former conf
Dental secretary to DR.. Albert, f1nan-
cial. organizer of the German NUM-
tions plots. Borgeuneister is described
! 10y federal officials as tthe boss pay
master of the system.
Prof. Jonathan A. w. Zenneck,
wireless expert, formerly in charge of
J! the German radio station ait Sayville,
L. I. He was arrested in Boonton,. N.
| INV tcrf
Heynen anldl Borgeneister were ar
rested in the Hamburg american
building, No. 10 Broadway, in the
room which DR.. ALBERT used to &C.
cupy. When DR.. ALBERT went back to
Germany with Ambassador Won Bern
storff, after the declaration of war
against Germany, he left Heynen in
charge, with Borgemeistar to assist
him. Heynen has been living at the
German club Mo. liz Central Park
South, and Borgemeister has been
living on Staten Island.
Order from Washington
1.-THE. orders to lock up these mer
as enemy aliens came to Assistant
United States District Attorney Knox
from Washington several days ago
whether the Attorney General ha6
any reason for interning them othel
than their past record could not bt
learned. Heynen has been out of the
city, and the government did not wan
to take one without the other
:. DR.. Albert asked permission t.
leave Heynen behind .'to close up tn,
affairs of his Office NominaIly, DR.
Albert, who is a Privy Councillor
was Commercial adviser to the Ger
man Embassy. The request me
with opposition from some of the fed.
eral officials here, and one, who hold
a high position, made vigorous pro
test to Washington against pernittin,
the office in No. AS Broadway to re
main in operation.
The protest was overruled. Borge
meistef stayed as Heynen's SECRETARY
Attire President Wilson issued tn,
proclamation forbidding Germans t,
live or work in certain barred zone
without permits, H-ynen applied t.
Mr.. Knox personally for permit, OF
the ground that the German club i
within half-mile of the Twelfth Reg
iment armory and that his office il
/ No As Broadway is within the zone o
the Army building in Whitehall street
Heynen's application was referred
to Washington and was held up pend
ing an investigation of his record
Borgemeister, the Federal official
said, did not apply for a zone permit
The New York World, which twt
years ago published letters to shov
that the Bridgeport Projectile Co. wa
organized by German capital, has thi
to say of Heynen's arrest.
"Heynen first came to the attention
Of the United States government dur
ing the occupation of Vera Cruz b.
the United States naval forces. H
| was then agent for the Hamburg