New Britain herald., 1918-01-24

Tunney, Inc told me that a man named Ebeling was the man who had been actually employed in plac- ing the bombs on board outgoing steamships, and the latter had 'cussed' the captain of the subma- rine which sank the Lustania be- cause he had spoiled the cigars which he had placed on board. Bon iface explained that the fire bombs were referred to as cigars by the alleged plotters.''
 T also had a talk with Eugene ReiSterter," continued Inspector Tunney. He said he knew that he had been summoned to my office in connection with the fire bomb plot, and he said he had sent me an anonymous letter after the arrest of Captain Wolpert and the others, telt- ing me tha l had the right man. That letter never reached me. ReiS- ter said that he was present at many conferences, which were attended by Dr. Scheele, Captain Wolpert Cap tain Stern berg. and Uhde.
 'FReister further stated that Cap tain Wolpert was complaining be- cause he saw results, and he in- sisted that more activity be shown. Reister told me that he received $18O from Schimmel, which he gave to Uhde for the use of Klein. and S1OO from Captain Wolpert, which was turned over to Schimmel.
 Later on I had talk with Uhde, in which he said that he was pres- ent in the rear of the Labor Ly- ceum in Brooklyn, on one occasion, when Reister was testing one of the fire bombs. One failed to operate. Uhde said, and he picked up the tube for a souvenir. He told me he had placed this in a. locker in n Turn Verein near the Labor Lyceum. He gave the key to me, and later one of the detectives went over to Brook lyn and found the tube in the place designated. So far as the defen dant Zeffert is concerned, all I can say is that he admitted carrying N box of tubes to twenty-third street and back to SchimmePs office. All he got out of his connection with the alleged plotters, he said, was $45. or thereabout
 sI gave him some paper from my book, and he wrote a note in Ger. man to Carl Schmidt which read: | am arrested. Hurry up and get away Also Becker. l went over to Hoboken and asked for Becker, who was an electrician on the Frederick der Crosse, and I told him von Kleist wanted to see him. When we came ! over to New York he was placed un- 1 der arrest"
 l Detective Sergeant Zempft of the bomb sqVad testified that on the day | von Kleist was arrested he had ] donned shabby attire and entered the room in which the prisoner was being detained.
 1T pretended to be at work on an electric fixture" said Sergeant Zempft, "and von kleist asked me if l I was detective. When I said No,
 he asked me if I could take a mes sage from him to a friend. He then | asked me if I was German, and when | I said Yes he spoke to me in Ger 1 man."
 Detective Thomas E. Jenkins, who 1 arrested Joseph Zeffert in October, ! 1917, testified that the latter had said to his mother in his presence: This
 is what I get for working for those l Dutchmen. They will have to get me , out"
 ] Adolph SchOmberg was taken into 1 custody by agents of the Departm ent or JuSLlCG In the nndnC10l dlSLrlCt l yesterday on orders from Washington
 and interned at Ellis Island. He was
 not even taken to the office of the 1 United States attorney and questioned d
 as enemy aliens usually are. Little | could be learned about Schomberg 1 It was said that he represented a firm that does a large business in the i Philippines, and it is thought that his
 activities in the United States oriental
 possessions may have had something
 to do with his internment. He is said
 to be a German reservist.
 l George Baumann, who has been em-
 ployed as a butcher on various ocear [ steamers was sent to Ellis Island
 pending an investigation of his ac-
 tivities since the United States entered
 the war. Baumann's arrest followed ( 1 disturbance he created in the office O1
 9 marine labor union. to which he had gone, he said, in search of em. 1 ployment.
 The Department of Justice agent:
 announced yesterday that the investi
 gation of the case of Baron Gustavt
 von Hasperg, now detained on Eli!
 Island, is still under way. Hasperg
 is said to have made a number O
 visits to cantonments and other mili tarN reservations.
 Max Breitung, nephew of Edward
 N. Bretung, who was arrested 1T
 Chicago Tuesday, probably will arrive in New York tom morrow or Saturday