Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-13
Frank Richards," Mysterious
Head Of German System in
America Eludes All Pursuers

ganized By Richards il Berlin ID
the sumner Of 1916.
French and British secret service
agents iii Sweden had learned that the
man had arrived in this country from
ii neutral country on November IL.
1915. and that he had been IN confer
ence with the Baroness Won Kretsch-
imam in Richard once ia Berlin
before the spy chief had started for
this country 10 carry out the bomb
plots here
Through secret channels the agent
OF The department Of justice learned
tina, the woman WAS IN communities
ton with the head Of the German
bomb piotters III this country, and Il
was not long before 1t was discovered
The Is Lieutenant Commander Karl
Il Rodiger. Of the German navy.
The magnitude or The spy and bomb
pilots mapped out by Richards while
The was III this country then began to
dawn on the secret agents 81 the
4 United States and the allies. Infor-
nation obtained BY agents indicated
that the Baroness Won Krefachman had
been selected by Richards I'd COM
duct that branch of the spy system
ia America which would encourage
Irish sympathizers here In aiding IN
1.-THE defeat OF Great Britain through an
Ianti- British campaign Al the same
Itime she vas To use those same Irish
lsympathizers I'd obtain information
about the departure of allied vessels
/ laden with munitions and foodstuffs
for France and England
Ii soon became known that Jere-
miah A 0'Leary and John 4. Ryan, q
I I3nfTai0 Il. III, lawyer. had introduced
d man named Henry Hurley to the.
Baroness Won Kretschman
Hurley's Movements Watched.
! Hurley's connection with the Irish
movement lii the United States had be-
come known ID the agents of the de-
tpartlnenf of justice some time before.
and watch Immediately was placed
on him and his friends Agents OF the
department Of Justice followed one OF
Hurley.s friends one day to the once
fof d German importing firm IN the 4 &
nancial district The man wAs ushered
into d private office and about an hour
later came out
AS he stopped 81 the sidewalk q
nigh powered aufomohiiA, later found
10 be the property III one of the mems
Ears of the Arm npllcsl up To the curb
aua the man gls inside rhe govern
nent agents hnrriedly Communicated
the automobile Of broker and, after
"a roundabout ride Of four hours dura
ton, the importers automobile pulled
un m front III an apartment house III
the Washington heights section
That night Il was found that Hur-
ley friend was frequent caller al
the apartment of man known in the
house rs Dillon The agents Of the
department Of justice also learned that
Dillon stoke with decided German
accent The agents reported to their
superiors Tint they we're certain they
had at last gof on the trail Of the head
Of the German bomb plotters IN this
country
Eventually the man was found To he
fiji communication with the Baroness
Won Kretsehrnan al the Riverside drive
apartment Arrangements were made
10 trap the man II was found that
he made frequent trips to the Office
of Rudolph Binder, German ex
porter. at No 96 Broad street. and DR..
Hugo schweitzer. head Of the Bayer
Chemical company. since sold as Ger
man-owned property
Called On Toy Importer.
He also called frequently on Albert
Paul Fricke. manager of Richter q
Co, American representatives OF
German toy manufacturing firm. with
ofTices at Nos 74 TO SO Washington
street. ii close watch on ali three
places revealed that Dillon received
mail from E'ricke. Binder and Or.
Schweitzer Binder and Or. Sehweitz
5er have died since
Ii then developed that the head Of
the German bomb plotters was Lieu
tenant Commander Karl Rodiger and
that Richards, before the naval ON
Ger left Germany to carry out his
bomb plots. had provided him with i
list Of post Offices. at which he could
receive code messages sent through
neural countries In Europe TO him
That discovery also revealed that
F'ricke and Binder had been selected
by Richards to believer money 10
Rodiger through scheme arranged
hy Richards
When the United States declared
war on Germany the Baroness Won
Kretschman had established herself IT
the Nassau Hotel Long Beach {. IS
0Leary Ryan Hurley, Jay Willard
Robinson law stenographer then all
legged to be In the employ OF O'Leary,
and Lieutenant Commander Rodiger
were frequent callers on her there
As 4 result Of conferences with her, Ii
was arranged to sendd Robinson to-
Rotterdam to .neet Richards (
Classed As ~tso- Between
Robinson was to act as the go-be
tween for the Baroness and Rodiger
iii the transmission Of code messages
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