The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-01
GERMAN BANKER
sent WITH IS
TO PRISON CAMP
Men Prominent in Hun Prop
uganda in America Sent to
Fort.
rom the New York World.

From the New York World.
Under an armed military guard.
thirty.six Germans. considered by fed,
erai authorities to be among the most
dangerous enemy aliens In the Unit
ed States. were taken from this city
the other day to Fort Oglethorpe, Ca,
for internment for the duration Of the
war.
Hugo Schmidt, former head Of q
branch Of the Deutsche Bank OF Ber-
lin in New York City, was in the party.
He was arrested here by secret serv.
ice agents on orders Of the Depart
ment of Justice at Washington. Fred
erick Stallforth, German banker OF
5 Liberty street. was taken into Gus
tody about the same time.
The men were taken from Ellis Is.
land TO the Pennsylvania station.
where q special car was boarded. with
Lieut.. Grant Burns Of the Twenty
second Infantry IN charge. Most OF
the Germans In custody are widely
known. having gained q country wide
reputation from activities in German
propaganda since 1914 TWENTY-FIVE OF
them have resided In New York or
near by, while others came from plac-
Was bernstorffs Aid.
Schmidt, who IS a personal friend
OF Count Won Bernstorff, has been UNI.
der surveillance Of the federal authori-
ties almost constantly since 1915. 1t
was not until within a few weeks,
however, that enough evidence was
found to warrant his internment for
the duration Of the war to end his &C
tivities.
During the recent exposure Of the
Bolo Pasha plot to disrupt France,
Schmidt admitted paying Bolo $1,70O,.
900 IN February, 1915, by order Of
Ambassador Won Bernstorff. He told
Attorney General Gregory he did not
know how the money was going to be
used. As the head of the Deutsche
Bank here, Schmidt Is believed to have
handled millions OF dollars OF German
money, which was used to carry on
every conceivable kind Of propaganda,
not only against the Allies, but the
United States as well.
Schmidt was organizer OF the Bridge
port Projectile Company with Captain
Won Papen and Captain Boyd. He
was also connected with the plot head
ed by DR.. Heinrich F. Albert, which
for time was the means OF successful
smuggling mails into this country
from German by way Of Copenhagen.
1t was also shown that Schmidt was
a member Of the American Truth So
ciety. which was headed by jeremiah
a. OLeary. The program Of this or.
ganization was to influence depositors
to withdraw savings from banks SO
that no loans could be made to France
or England.
stallforth A Mexican Aeitator.
Stallforth has been active since 1914
in German propaganda, not only in
this country, but in Mexico. where he
conducted bank at Parral, which was
In charge Of DR.. Hugo Schroeder, an
active German agent in that country.
He was friend OF Franz Rintelen and
others who are serving sentences for
their activities here.
Fritz Kuhn and Baron George van
Seebeck, informed two months ago at
Ellis Island as dangerous enemy aliens
were among those sent South. At the
outbreak OF the war they were employ
ed in the Deutsche Bank in London
and escaped to this country, obtaining
employment in the Guaranty Trust
Company, this city. Kuhn is the son
OF a wealthy banker of Mannheim.
Germany, and Is related by marriage
TO a supreme court justice. Irving Leh
man. Won Seebeck is the son Of Gen.
eral Won Seebeck, commander at the
outbreak of the war of the Tenth Ger.
man Army corps.
In addition to thirty-six sent from
this city, the train was to pick up four
po1t
Washington and Richmond, making
total of fifty to be landed at Fort Og-
lethorpe.