The New York herald., 1921-12-22
Asks That Arrest Be Kept
Quiet, as 1t Might Injure
Him in I. S.
LITTLE CASH WHEN TAKEN
Man Said to Have Acted as
Spy on Reds Spent All Of
$4,000 He Got From U. s.


Copyright, 1921, by THE NEw YORK HERALD.
WARSAW. Dec. 21.-"I am innocent.
What has happened to me is evidently
the outcome of some ones ac. of VEN
geance. I hope to God this matter will
be cleared up shortly. I feel sure /
shall soon be released"
This statement was made by Wolfe
Lindenfeld, also known as William
Linde, to THE NEW YORK HERALD cor
respondent In the only interview A
local or foreign press representative
had with the prisoner. The meeting
took place in the presence OF several
prison officials by the special permis-
sion of the Polish Attorney General.
After addressing the correspondent In
English, Lindenfeld made his other
statements In Polish. which he speaks
to perfection. The prisoner appeared
in we'll cut. gray lounge suit and soft
collar He has a pale face, curly dark
hair. bent nose and pronounced Jewish
features
Cannot Give Dexails.
Upon being questioned he said:
at left Poland about twenty years ago
and have been active myself in the
American press. l can thoroughly ap-
preciate the interest the American news
papers are taking in my affair. How
ever 7 am very sorry not TO be aple 10
comply with your desire to give any de-
tails relative to my case. If ! cannot
1ata 7
understand and appreciate that by act
ing otherwise I would prejudice my
forthcoming conversations with my at
torney."
Lindenfeld. erroneously surmissing
that nothing is yet known in America
about his arrest. requested the corre-
spondent not to publish anything about
his arrest because he Is innocent ana
fears that giving publicity to his arrest
would compromise him in America. Tho
correspondent then told Lindenfeld that
his arrest was known and. upon his ex-
pressing doubt, informed him that Tho
Ne1p York Herald of Paris already
had published the facts IN connection
with his arrest in dispatch from
Washington dated last Saturday and
that the clipping was in the corre-
spondent's pocket.
At the close OF the conversation he
said again am dDSOlultis iHii'Ntht
7 am certain this matter will be cleared
I'D and that I shall be released"
A police official said Lindenfeld had
been shadowed by Polish police for sew
eral weeks. He was arrested both be-
cause of the charges of Sylvester Cos
grove and because the police here had
heard that he might escape. Lindenfeld
already has a Czecho- -Slovakian visa for
entering that country, therefore the po-
lice feared that his flight was imminent
Small Sum on Lindenfeld.
When he was arrested only $4,000
Polish marks were found in his posses
sion. This sum is not sufficient for more
than one weeks living in Warsaw The
police say 1t seems that Lindenfeld had
spent the whole sum Of $4,000 which he
got from the American Secret Service
He has been in Europe for about a year.
When questioned by the police after
his arrest he said he had followed per-
sons suspected Of completely in the Wall
street explosion. He said he had seen
one of them on a steamer during sea
voyage lie had Polish passport is
sued by the Polish Consulate in New
York
The police think that his passport was
| issued to him upon the request or the
American Secret Service in order to
| facilitate his European movements. IL
! is admitted here as possible that he
played a double game, purporting to pur-
sue the bombers. but really cooperating
with the Bolshevik.
However. despite his changing and
contradictory evidence. no proofs OF
his guilt exist as yet. The police believe
that the leaders of the Wall Street
bomb plot are in Europe. So far the
United States authorities have not ad-
dressed a request to the Polish Gov
ernment to extradite Lindenfeld. How
ever. the authorities here think that
such a request may come later
WARSAW. Dec. 81 (Associated Press).
Wolfe Lindenfeld to-day said he had
received no part OF the 100000 which
he alleges was paid for the bomb ex-
! plosion in Wall Street. and there Is
nothing here to show that Lindenfeld
was present when the money was paid
over to the alleged plotters.
The police say that several addi-
tional charges may be filed against
T.indenfeld II Il Is necessary TO keep