New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
Hyman Lubarsky, as ''Har-
old Barr" Had Access
to Blueprints
Was Employed by
Charles Cory & Sons
Jailed When He Fails to
Give $4,000 Bail in
Federal Court

Charged with stealing and disclosing
important blueprints of ship tele-
graph, wireless and other marine sig
nails intended for the United States
navy, Lyman Lubarsky, an employee of
Charles Cory & Sons, Inc, of 29O Hud-
son Street, was arrested yesterday by
agents of the Naval Intelligence Blu
reau.
1t was toward nightfall when Lubar-
sky, who was known at the Cory plant
under the name of Harold Barr. was
taken to the Federal Building by Her
pert II. Ramsey, chief yeoman in the
United States Naval Reserve He was
taken at once before United States
Commlssloner Hitchcock, who had been
notified of the arrest, and waited to ar
ralgn the prisoner, long after his usual
closing hour.
Russian, Of slight build, took his s0' ar-
rest and arraignment with apparent
eoolness. He asked for a hearing,
which was fixed for Wednesday. When
commissioner Hitchcock placed bail at
$4,000 Lubarsky said he could offer as
security some property he owned in
brooklyn. AS it was too late in the day
to take the legal steps necessary for
the giving of bail, Lubarsky was com
united to the Tombs. He had not had
time to engage counsel.
Seized Under Spy Act
Lubarsky was arrested under Section
OF the espionage act, the complaint
stating that he had taken, on January
70, "blueprints of parts manufactured
by Charles Cory & Sons, Inc, and did
wllfully transmit and communicate
n
TITLED to receive them"
Lubarsky was examined by James S.
johnson, Assistant United States Attor-
ney, before the complaint was filed. The
prisoner said he had been EMPLOYED at
the Cory plant short time, in minor
position, which, however, gave him &C
cess to the blueprnts and other plans
|hlch would be of inestimable value to
German spies in this country.
AS far as the investigation of the
Naval Intelligence Bureau has gone,
the disappearance of two of the most
important blueprints has been traced.
How many more have been taken and
turned over to outsiders the authorities
dld not disclose last night.
Il cannot make public too many of
the details before our investigation is
complete" said Mr. johnson. "This
looks as if it might be highly i'm
portant case. involving other persons,
outside the Cory plant, who received
the iblueprints.
"Our search now is for these other
persons. and it is possible that other.
arrests will be made shortly. The Cory
plant is one of the largest here max
and has been under surveillance of
government officers for some time"
Seek Men Higher Up
All of @1,o 1a,.;.1.
case shrouded it in mystery yester-
day, leading to the belief that the ar
rest of Lubarsky was of only minor
importance, and that the heads of an
alleged conspiracy to seize United
States war secrets would be bagged
by the Intelligence men, 1t is be-
lieved that the alleged thefts may be
traced to alien enemies high in the
That the Cory plant had been
brought to the attention of the Naval
Secret Service for investigation
month or more ago was disclosed last
night by Superintendent Offlev Of the
Bureau of Investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice. Captain Ofley said
that at the time he had been asked by
the naval authorities to furnish them a
ployed in the Cory works. He gave
the desired list, but did not remember
whether Barr or Lubarsky was in
cluded.
Ernest Lekay. an Austrian, was
taken to Ellis Island last night after
a desperate struggle with two agents
of the Department of Justice, who
came to arrest him at his home on the
East Side. Lekay, according to the
Federal authorities, had been talking
loudly against war and the part of this
government in it.
When the agents entered his home
Lekay Immediately gave battle. AS one
of the detectives seized him, the Aus
trian sank his teeth into the opera
tive's hand, causing him to yell with
pain and release his hold. Temporarily
at liberty, Lekay leaped toward table
on WHICH reposed long butchers
knife. His hand was closing on the
haft of the ugly weapon. when the sec
ond detective make a thanking move
ment and bore him to the ground.