New-York tribune., 1918-10-25
Germans Held
Secret Deed to
U.S.WarPlant|
Hoadley Gives Bridgeno.
Information After u
Hours on Stand
Wolf Won Igel's
Hand in the Deal
Teutons Spent Betwe.,
8 and 9 Millions in Con.
necticut Adventure

pant OF the Bridgeport Projectile Com
pany was not revealed, accordns +.
Frank 7. Garvan, ir charge Of tba ".
York Bureau of the Alien Enemv pr..
erty Custodian, until after Geor1s \
hoadley had been under cross-er.n,
nation for twelve hours.
"1hen," said Mr.. Garvan. "be h,,.
down and revealed a secret dssd !,
trust. Later we brought Carl Hev,..
and f. A. Borgmeister from Fort r,.l.
thorpe and they confirmed what he =.
admitted"
1t is on the evidence thus Obtain.
that the capital stock of the A1a,.
port Projectile Company was se;zs:
and on which the government 10 sr
pectcd to take over the plant ,f Il,
company now held by the Liberty ori
nance Company, of which Homer 8
Cummings, acting chairman Of II.
Democratic National Committee !,
counsel and director.
Other developments in the case 70,
terday were:
The declaration by a warm person,
friend of Mr.. Cummings that about n,
time the Liberty Ordnance Compan,
was being formed to take over n,
plant of the Bridgeport Projectile Com
pany Mr.. Cummings, at the request o
A. Mitchell Palmer, was recrutiS,
lawyers for the service Of the Ais,
tnemy Property Custodian. 1t was oss
of THESE lawyers who had charge OF r.
Bridgeport Projectile Company cas-
under whose examination Hoaole,
broke down.
Cummings's Interest Year Old
The explanation by Archibald NJ .Nei
jr., secretary Of the Liberty Ordnanc
Company, and a former vice-prasider
OF the Bridgeport Projectile Companr
that Mr.. Cummings interest in ii,
Liberty Ordnance Company dates frur
It's formation year ago.
The discovery that for six month
various departments of the governmss.
mad been unable to find any trace q
German ownership left in the properr
of the Bridgeport Projectile Compsny
A statement by government Office
that pending the appointment Of
board of directors representing Nj
Palmer, no action looking toward th
recovery of the Bridgeport Proiectil
Company's plant is likely.
Mr.. Caravans explanation OF bo-
Hoadley came to reveal the secret dec
OF trust came in answer to state
ment by a member of his staff tina
the Bridgeport case had been places
IN the hands of an intimate friend o.
the acting chairman OF the Democrat.
National Committee, who was respon.
sible for his induction into the ser.
vice without salary.
"The man referred to- said Mr.. Gar
van, was responsible for Hoadley tel
ing the truth about the company. b.
had him under examination for twelve
solid hours. When he got weary be
would be fed little milk and cracger
Finally he cracked. The next day he
came back and completed his reveals
ton in another long session. All this
time he was under the impression that
Heynen, who had appealed to him fc'
help when he was interned, and who's
appeal he had ignored, had turned
states evidence"
Broke Down Six Weeks Ago
This breakdown came six weeks sgo
Until that time, according to the gov
ernment officials, nobody in the United
States, with the exception of Hoad-
ley, Heynen, Borgmeister, and possibly
Norvin S. Lindheim, of counsel for The
Imperial German Embassy, know of the
flaw in the title Hoadley had conveyed
TO the Liberty Ordnance Company for
S2,50O,000 of its preferred stock.
In all of his prior examinations
Hoadley had stood or q contract with
the German government representative
made before the United States wen.
into the war, by which, in settlement.
of alleged claims against it, the Ger
man government gave to him the STOCK
Of the Bridgeport Proje Company,
which carried with 1t the factories, ana
100000 in cash. This settlement was
apparently made in order to free the
Germans from obligations on the origl
nal contract.
This contract stood the test ps four
independent examinations, and was or
ITS face apparently complete proof
Hoadley's ownership and Of his oeihf
more clever in his business dealing
than the Germans had been. It was tn'
refusal of Mr.. Caravans Office 70 tak'
this view of the situation and his per
sistence in digging into the mate
that eventually led to the truth becon
ing known.
Tells of Secret Agreement
The truth as revealed by Hosde
and confirmed by Heynen and bois
meister showed that there was y
cret agreement. To this " off Won is'
and Hans Tauscher, who went to Z.
rope with Count Won BernstorH, ~e'
parties. Originally Tauscher, VINO sS.
krupp's agent in this country for mau'
years. was the trustee IN the agresms~'
which was drawn UP by Llndhen-,
When Tauscher left another doclfea'
signed in blank by Tauscher was draw
up purporting to name another trusH.
Some of the papers bearing on I1H
trusteeship were found IN the ehe't
of Carl Heynen. -
The records of the Garvan ihaun:l
show that first and last the GermSsaassll sas
spent between $4,000 ,0O0 and S9,0cV.g..
in the Bridgeport adventure. VI lan
amount S2,700, 600 went directly n"
the plant. More went into saia..ss
machinery and materials. The laue. /
since turned into shell. found IT'S Vi,
into United States arsenals, and II ~
already used against the Germans
ready for that purpose. :,
Mr. Hoadley Yesterday refused =,
discuss any phase Of the affairs o. VI
Bridgeport Projectile and Liberty w
nance Company. .s
81 viii talk about this matter w Nv
nobody" said he. There has been -
much talk as it IS"