New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
p.cker Tracing Huge Fund
That Came From Ger
man Spy Paymaster
Reisinger's Part Told
aM.;r' Reporters Used to OBJ
tain Reports on Food
and Munitions

A,,,.d L. Becker, Deputy State At
...r.v General, is making determined
s.rt to learn what DR.. Edward A.
onmelv. former publisher of "The
rv.ring Mail" did with 100000 of the
1861 ZOO fund given him for the pur-
.b.se and operating expense of the
,svspapcr by DR.. Heinrich Albert, the
csrman spy and propaganda pay
master.
accountants have traced the money
Tram DR.. Albert to Rumely, but up to
~. ,resent have been unable to learn
,hat It was used for or how it was
,,.nt. According to the figures pre-
..rted by Mr.. Becker, S1,356,70o was
.,.rt on "The Mail" Another fund of
.eos 900 was paid by DR.. Rumely to
Iou;s Hamerling for neutrality ad-
,.,ti,ing in the foreign-lapguage press
~ the country shortly before America
.,tered the war No trace Of the re-
naming 100000 has been found.
Mr. Becker said he knew from state
r.nts made to him by Dr.. Rumely that
a, anne time after the purchase of
aTho Evening Mail" with German gov
.,nment money Rumely sent out thirty
y, forty reporters to inspect munltlon
ri.n,s and make long reports to him
~ food production. Whether any of
these reuorts reached Germany has not
heen established The indicted pub
Usher told Mr.. Becker he ordered this
work done for the purpose of writing
articles on economic conditions in the
United States
Becker Tells of Evidence
According to Mr.. Becker. he now has
evidence that S. Walter Kaufman, the
attorney indicted with Rumely for per-
iury. never attended to the legal at
iairs of the late Herman Sielcken ex-
cent in the transaction which MIR. kauf-
man asserts resulted in the purchase of
aThe Mail" Mr.. Becker further said
October, 1917 would not have trans
ferred large sums of money to lend to
DR.. Rumely with the rate of exchange
so high when he already had more than
$4,000 900 available in this country for
The contention of the state prosecu-
TOR is that the money paid to Kaufman
by DR.. Albert did not come from Her
man Sielcken at all, but was part of
the money raised in this country by
Count Won BernstorH from the sale of
German war loan bonds.
Mr. Becker also revealed yesterday
that DR.. Rumely admitted to him dur
ing an examination that he had con-
tributed to a weekly Irish newspaper
known as "The American" !"
Rumey explained his interest in this
publication by the fact that Anthony
Brogan, the editor and publisher, had
been classmate of his at Notre Dame
University He said that some time
ago, before he became interested in
THE MAIL" he loaned Brogan $1,000,
for which he received stock in the
paper as security.
$1,000 More Advanced
Later, after the purchase of "The
Nail" in 1915, he said he advanced
$1,000 more to Brogan, and took in re-
turn about 5000 conies of the paper.
When pressed by Mr.. Becker as to
where this $1,000 came from DR.. Rune
Y admitted it was given to him by DR..
ruehr, who succeeded DR.. Albert as
Inc herman paymaster.
interesting light was thrown on the
iaVlsh way Dr.. Rumely spent money to
o11aln OBJ news while he controlled "The
Mall He offered Henry Stoddard, the
new president of the concern, $4,000