New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Arrests Show
Stolen Plans
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OfArmy Guns
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lin brought the woman here, reaching
New York at l o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
This girl, who was only dupe, told
US that Lindquist had often said he
was going to take the blueprints and
plans to Mexico, where he would sell
them to German agents." said Busby
"Lindquist told her that if he could
not get. enough money for them in
Mexico he would try to get to Norway
and then into Germany with them.
Says Girl Was Afraid
"The girl was afraid he would be ar
rested for having the plans in his pos
session. and wanted to leave him. He
told her recently, III don't come back
some 50 night Pack up at once and go to
ing quick break for the Mexican hor-
der, we cannot tell.'
The two men, according to Busby
admitted the theft of the plans of the
Browning ter-cooled heavy gun
taken from the New England West
lnghouse Company plant at Springfield
Mass, and of stock, containing ali
the. working parts of, the gun. They
declared, however, that others of the
plans had been given them.
The story of the prisoners is one oe
obtaining employment in large nuni-
tions plant, getting ,blueprints copied,
ard then fitting to the next big plant,
after stay of perhaps few weeks.
Plants all over tthe country, from De-
troit to Bridgeport, were visited.
Here is a partial list of the plants
where one or both of the prisoners
worked: In 1914. Detroit Printing and
Stationery Company; Packard Motor
Company, doing work for the British
government; Clayton & Lambert, De-
troit. manufacturing gun torches for
the Russian and fuses for tho British
government.
lindquist left Detroit and went to
work for the Westinghouse Company,
where the Browning gun plans we're
Rifle Company.
In 1877. ne went to work for the Cur
tiss Aeroplane Company, at Buffalo,
where he remained three weeks, then
came to this city and worked as
dreftsman with the New York Aero
Marine Plane and Motor Company.
1890 Broadway; Simplex Motor Com
pany, Of New Brunswick, N. j.: Cadil-
lac Motor Company, of Detroit. and the
Remington Arms Company, Bridgeport.
Returning to this city, Lindquist
worked with Slocum, Avran & Slo-
Cu!I1, VI OGo WeSt 1WenGy-nrSL SCrect,
making tools for the government.
Representatives Of the Remington
and Simplex plants called at Police
Headquarters, when notified of the ar
rests, and identified blueprints as
those stolen from their establishments
United States Attorney Henry Ward
Keer, Of Brooklyn, asked the mon about
plans which had disappeared from the
Wright-Martin Airplane plants at
Minoola and Long Island City. These
We're said to have been found, after
their disappearance, in the possession
OF two men on their way to France.
Chief Edmund Leigh and Superin-
tendent Curry of the Plant Protection
Bureau of Washington, after examin-
ing the men, have started a country
wide inquiry Of munitions plants to
determine the fault for the laxity
Which, allowed plans and .hlueprints to
oe taken away overnight and returned
In tho morning, after being traced.
The men We're taken to tho Federal
Building, where they were turned over
to Assistant United States Attorney
Garrett w. Cotter Lindquist told Mr..
Cotter he was an inventor. and The
plans were about an airplane engine
he had contrived. He declared that
his statement that he was going to
Mexico or Germany to sell the plans
was only to Prighten his girl compan-
ION and that, after all, the airplane
plans were his own property. The two
men probably will be arragned this
morning.