New Britain herald., 1919-12-06

It IS clear from the evidence in ! the possession of the government that Dr. Muck, although a good deal of ! a braggart in his conversation, was ! Tn fact great coward, and that he was constantly in dread of being shot by some American fanatic, so that as l matter of fact it became a consid able relief to him when the govern ment did intern him.
 During the summer of 1917. when America was in the first four months of the war with Germany, the atten- ton of the Departme ent of Justice was attracted to the fact that Dr. Muck was spending his summer at an iso- lated house in Seal Harbor. Me. The house which he occupied was owned by a prominent Boston man who was very much interested in wireless tel egraphy, and complete outfit was found there, although it was not set up.
 Discover Wireless Plant Parts in
 Apartment.
 When the agents left their car at Seal Harbor and started to approach the house through the woods they met pr. Muck. He returned to the house with them, and it was inspect ed from garret to cellar. In an al- cove just off his den, which was a room commanding @ very wide view of the ocean, was found part of a wireless plant. The instruments had been removed, but the alcove was filled with wires. A secret trap door was discovered in the floor of the alcove adjoining. the den and through this wire led, to the ground.
 In Mrs. Muck's room a chest of drawers built by the wall contained a number of wires and dry cells, and wires were also found in the cellar package of letters on pr. Muck's desk was opened and among them was found a check from Lady Speyer for $1OO, which was to help defray ex- penses of getting a certain German woman back to the Fatherland.
 Says Sympathies Entirely With
 Germany.
 In this interview Muck was asked if his sympathies were entirely with Germany, and he replied that of course they were, since he was a German. Then he hastened to state that he was also a Swiss citizen. He was reminded that no German citi- zens were allowed in the vicinity of the .seacoast, and that Am mbassador
 
 United States entered the war, had the greatest possibly difficulty in Ger many in getting permission to visit the sea coast for one day in order to enjoy q bath in the ocean,. He was informed that the circumstances were very suspicious. The isolated house on the high cliff commanding a wide view of the ocean, the presence of a wireless apparatus. and the fact that there had been constant reports of communications along the Maine coast with German submarines at sea. Rated More Dangerous Than Bern- storff.
 Among the visitors to Dr. Muck s house were Dr. vOn Mach and pr. Munsterberg and a professor of one of Americas great universities who suspected of being of strong German sympa thies, having lived for many years in Germany. Other conference meetings of this group were had in house in Newport as we'll as in Maine. Another visitor of Muck s was the president of a great piano com- pany of New England.
 Following Muck's return to Boston he was s1adowed by department agents on his trips to New York and Washington. Agents of the depart ment interviewed a German American citizen in New York who knew Muck and who stated that he considered Ambassador Bernstorff to be a much less dangerous man in America than Dr. Muck. He jol1ed about Mucks s claim for Swiss citizenship and stated that it was laughed at by all his friends.
 Think Swiss Citizenship Claims Fake.
 When Dr. Muck returned to Bos- ton late in the fall of 1914 he told MT. Goodrich of Boston that while in Berlin at the outbreak of the war he had offered his services to the Ger man governm ent and was assigned to the intelligence departmen of the army, where he worked for several weeks. He then came to the United States and constantly referred to the fact that he ought to be back i'll Ger many doing his bit
 It appears that Muck had never referred to his alleged Swiss citizen ship up to this time. There was belief current as a result of the in- vestigation made by the agents of the Department of Justice that the Swiss citizenship papers issued to Dr. Muck were not genuine because ot the known strong pro-German tendencies of a certain Swiss official.
 (To be continued.)