New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
By Casinir Pilenas
&C. p. Wilkins)

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tcopyrisht 1918. Otis F. Wood; Copyright
Caaada 1918. Otis F. Wood All foreign
rights protected)
TIME German Ambassador, dis
missed by President Wilson,
took passage for a Scandina-
Wan port on February IA, 1917.
have told you how a box of diplo-
matte papers were smuggled aboard
the ship frozen in a cake of ice.
This was only a number Of "good"
things planned by the Germans
that reached their climax about the
same time. Many promising Ger
man agent, plot and conspiracy
"took the count" during the months
of February and March, while war
was hanging in the balance-not by
sudden discovery, but by the ripe
ness of growth.
A very important case was the
arrest by the Federal authorities on
February 10 of two Germans, one
claiming American citizenship,
charged with sending bogus news
paper men to England to obtain and
send to New York military informa.
tion, maps and photographs of Eng.
land and Ireland for forwarding to
Germany. 1t was more than limited
that this information was to assist
the German U-boat campaign of
frightfulness.
A number of Americans were
mixed up in the case. One of them
had already been arrested by the
authorities in England, and it was
charged that he had discriminating
evidence in his possession. BY re-
quest of the United States he was to
be brought back here for examina-
tion. He arrived in New York
March Is, but his testimony was
taken in secret A man named
Davis, an inmate Of Sing Sing, was
also brought to the city to testify.
His testimony was also taken in
secret. 1t was said that he knew of
explosives and plots to destroy.
After the testimony of these two
men was in, the two Germans
changed their minds and pleaded
guilty on March 21. They had been
locked up in the Tombs, in default
of $4,000 bail each, protesting their
innocence. They were sentenced to
terms in the Federal penitentiary.
A German Arrival
And His Work
Some months prior to these ar
rests / had received from Holland,
in my official capacity, word that
certain Captain Kleinschmidt, sus-
pect and Every interesting person."
had sailed for the United States. In
due course he passed through Ellis
Island and gave his address as the
Hotel Astor. Duly apprised, I lost
no time in getting him under obser-
walton.
In the hotel lobby my attention
was attracted to a man who was
also waiting" or "shadowing."
While Stimulating an absorbed and
meditative air, he was alert and
wary, observant, apprehensive and
covertly watching out on all sides.
Big, blond, clean-shaven, he was
unquestionably Prussian of mill
tary training and no amateur at
underground man9uvring With
cut exciting his suspicious I kept
him in view while waiting to OBJ
serve Kleinschmidt, and got notice
to one of my agents to follow him
and find out who he was and all
about him.
My interest in this person was
further excited by seeing him meet
Captain Kleinschmidt, who came
into the lobby. A quick sign was
exchanged between them. They
met most casually, as it were, and
separated Immediately, leaving the
hotel
Ny agent trailed the blond Prus-
sian from the Hotel Astor to the
office Of the "Deutsches Journal" in
Columbus Circle. He was there some
time. When he came out he was fol-
lowed across New York, over to Will
iamsburg, and thence to Sheepshead
Bay, where he was reported to be
living with a fair-haired German
woman. Cautious inquiries in the
neighborhood elected the informa-
tion that his name was A. A. San
der; that he beat the woman almost
every day. After beating she
would be very tractable and very
subservient.
Appeared in the
Boy-Ed Case
Our Investigations disclosed some
other interesting information about
this Sander. He had formerly been