The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Deep of Chief of the German Secret
to Battle Uncle Sleuths,
and Munitions Plant Fire,
Putting the Main COnSpira-
tors Behind Bars

ing the Jonnerson instructions. He re
ceived very little financial help over here.
And his relations with Daesche and Kienzle
were farcical. They didn't trust Fay and
Fay didn't trust them. The result was ruin
for the lot of them.
Directly after Fay reported to Boy-Ed
and Won Papen he started out like boy
freed from school to have whale Of
time splashing around and making himself
conspicuous. First he went to Max Brei-
tung, nephew of Edward N. Breitung, and
managed to purchase quantity of chloride
of potassium for persons suggested by
Breitung Then he met Kienzle, who, ac-
cording to Fay, never wanted to know any
thing about Fay's plans Tin fact, insisted
upon being left in ignorance), but who,
according to Fay, indicated where dyna-
mite and INT might be purchased
Fay went to numerous Germans, talking
explosives. He left everywhere the impress
sion that he was going to blow up all the
munitions plants and carriers then in SER
vice. He took good care, of course, to
Government authorities, but all the same
he was pulling the wool over the eyes of
these discreet people. He was setting the
stage in accordance with the Jonnerson
plan. When something was blown off the
map or out of the water all these people
would instantly think of Fay. The chances
we're that Fay would not have been respon-
sible for it, but he had managed to draw
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That was the idea.
So far as we know, Fay made but one
bomb, and that was never used. He had
so much trouble getting the explosive that
he hadn't time to make more. He ordered
the INT sent to a garage in Weehaw-
ken. The man from whom he purchased it
agreed to make the delivery, but wanted
his money first. Fay declared that he
would pay when the stuff was delivered
and not before. Twice the explosive sales
man came to Fay and reported that the
explosive had been delivered and demanded
the money.
But Fay discovered on both occasions
that there had been no delivery and the
fight was on. Eventually barrel of some
thing or other was delivered and Fay
balked again. He declared that they would
ordered. They took the barrel away with
them, threatening Fay with dire things
Eventually the garage owner grew tired of
having these arch plotters around and
threw them all out of his place.
Fay had to start in all over again. This
time he met people who had the necessary
explosive, but who were very shaky about
selling it. Eventually they forced the price
up to three or four times the market value
of the explosive and made the delivery.
Scholz and Fay took samples into the
Grantwood Woods, near Weehawken, to
test it. And there we arrested them. 1t
had been merely a process of trailing
them until we caught them with the ex-
plosive. For weeks We had heard of the
antics of this Fay fellow. For while we
did nothing but keep our ears open and
take in whatever We heard about him.
Eventually, however, we came to think him
dangerous enough to follow.
Daeche, Scholz and Fay all went to Jail,
and later Fay escaped, only to be fetched
back in September, 1918, and returned to
prison.