The sun., 1918-05-02
SUSPECT SEIZED
AS MASTER SPY
Karl ROdiger. Lieut.-COmman.
der Y. Held Under S15.-
900 Bail.
DENIES HE Is GERMAN
Arraigned on the Technical
Charge Of PlOtting-Margaret
Sullivan Also Arrested.

Karl Rodser. otherwise known aA
Karl Schrojers and as Lieutenant Com
mander N. the man who Is believed
to have held the strings of the kaiser's
money bag in America and to have been
the most dangerous enemy alien at work
here. was arrested early yesterday.
After an examination which LASTED
throughout the day he was arraigned
before Samuel NJ. Hitchcock. United
States Commissioner. in the Federal
Building and held in $4,000 bail for
further investigation.
Only the statements sworn to by Super
intendent Charles r. De Woody Of the
bureau OF investigation OF the Depart
ment OF Justice In the complaint against
Rodiger were permitted to become pub
lie. by Mr.. De Woody and Ben A. Mat
thews Assistant United States Attorney
IN charge Of he criminal division.
Charged with Conspiracy.
The complaint states that the de-
fendant did wilful!y. knowingly, unlaw-
fully and feloriously Conspire. agree,
combine and confederate with divers
persons whose names are TO the de-
ponent unknown 20 commit an offence
against the United States. 10 wit, to
violate Section IS of the United States
Criminal Code in and by beginning. set
ting on foot and preparing the means
for a military expedition and enterprise
| 20 be carried on from the United States
| against the territory and dominion OF
| the Kingdom Of Great Britain, which
| was then and there foreign State with
| which the United States was az peace.
! simultaneously with the lodging OF a
| complaint against Rodiger Margaret
Sullivan. maid Of Mime. de Nictorica. an
! alleged associate Of Rod!ser. was taken
| into custody az the enemy alien bureau.
where she has been reporting since the
arrest OF Nine. de Nictogica Saturday
| last. Miss Sullivan was committed to
/ Waverly House in West Tenth street,
| where she Is held as a suspicious person
! Denies He IL German.
| Rod!ger speaks English with difficulty
! and answered the questions o! Commits
sioner Hitchcock through an Interpreter.
! When the complaint was read to him he
, said. at Is not true" lie told the agent
! OF the Department o. Justice who ar
! rested him that he is not a German,
1 :
! appears younger. lie is OF medium.
| stature with the wind 'anned complexion
| Of the seagoing man. His face would
| not betray him as a German he might
! pass as a Norwegian.
! Nine. de Nictorica was arrested as a
| dangerous enemy alien accused OF agi-
| tating to cause unrest among the Irish
! In America. She ~ said to have spent
! $4,000 since she came 10 America in
! January. 1917, She admits that she got
| this money through Rodiger. but de-
! clares it was money she had realized
from an estate in chile and had given
10 him TO invest lie paid it back to her
as she required Il. she says, according to
f., Federal officials. and she spent IL amid
| the extensive surroundings OF the Wal
| dorf-Astoria and the other big hotels in
| which she lived.
The arrest Of Rodieer reflects great
| credit on Harry Gentser and his wife.
Emma, two Investigators OF long eX-
perience in the service OF the Depart
men, Of Justice. Mr., De Woody says.
Nine de Victorica says she is a native
o. Argentina. the daughter OF a German
army Captain, who went to South
America to live. She claims Chilean
citizenship by virtue of her marriage to
lose de Victorica In Hamburg four
months before she came to the United
States lie disappeared soon after the
marriage. and the Federal officials insist
the marriage was a fraudulent one en-.
tered into to give the woman status as a
citizen Of Chile
Gentzer and his wife learned OF the
existence OF a Brooklyn boarding house
where mail addressed to Margaret Sui
livan would reach high unofficia, repre-
sentatives OF the German Government
In America.
Nine. de Victorlca was identified by
Center as the employer OF Margaret
Sullivan and invited to visit the office
OF the Department Of Justice. She is a
big woman. not handsome, but attrac-
tive. She is addicted to morphine. and
deprivation from the drug caused her ia
become go III she was sent to Bellevue