The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-23

Barred IN LONDON
The disclosure came from Lon
doin. and United States Attorney
Lamar Hardy admitted that the
two governments exchanged clues
that led directly to the Berlin or
flee of the Reich war ministry.
Hardy, indicating that other
persons would be indicted. named
Capt Lieut.. lido Won BONN and
Capt Lieut.. Hermann M mel,
heads of the counter-eSplonage
system IN Germany, as the
'brains" of the spy plot.
Won BONN and Mcneil we're
named in the indictments. But
they, like IL others, are beyond
tie long reach of Uncle Sam be-
cause of the extradition treaty
with Germany, which protects
them as fugitives from a "polltl-
GIL offense."
Those under arrest here-red-
haired Johanna Holman, 26,
hairdreSser on the liner Europa;
Guenther Gustav Rumrich, 81.
Chicago-born deserter from the
United States Army; Private Erich
CHASER, %, naturalized German
American stationed at Mitchell
Field, and Otto Hermann Voss'
airplane mechanic at the Seversky
piant-pleaded not guilty before
Federal Judge Vincent L. Lelbell.
Over vigorous protest OF counsel,
Judge Leibell fixed the bail OF
s25 1000 each as very reasonable"
and agreed to set definite date
fer the trial on August /.
JURY NOT THROUGH
Hardy, in divulging the close
link between Britain and the
United States in breaking the spy
syndicate, revealed that the end
was not yet at hand. The ex'
traordinary grand jury will meet
again Monday, turning its atten
ton particularly toward the
means by which key witnesses
escaped the country.
The grand jury was interested
In the statute covering conspiracy
to obstruct justice in the flight Of
DR.. Ignatz T. Griebl, naturalizec
citizen, who skipped May 10 or
the eve of the grand jury's first
meeting, and Werner G. Guden
berg, Buffalo aircraft factory
worker. who sailed for Germany
May Is.
BONDED WITNESSES
Under bail as material wit
nesses as a result of Griebl's sud
den departure on the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Bremen are vii
helm Boehnke, ostenSible pantry
man who actually was Naz
fuehrer on the ship; Johann Klei
Der, second radio officer, and
Johann Hart and Wilhelm Otto
both pantrymen. Bail for the
first two was $4,000 each anc
for the latter two, $4,000 each.
Word from London was thai
the two governments were cooper
ating so closely in crushing thu
ring that witnesses would eros
the Atlantic to testify at thu
trial. Among them, it was said
will be Constable Angus Neilans
of Dundee, Scotland, who al
rested Mrs. Jordan after she hat
made IL crossings to Hamburg
Germany, within a few months
WARRANTS FOR IA
Judge Leibell, in fixing bail 70
the four suspects, also issue
bench warrants for the fugitiv
IA. The action was more than
gesture, for, if nothing else,
banished the accused from thes
shores forever. If ever-30 or 4
years from now-they come t
America, they can be arrested an
tried, for there is no statute c
limitations applicable.
The Department of justice
which broke the spy syndicate
was notified that the State D.
paYtment would keep hands of
Secretary Cordell Hull announce
that. without attempting to min
miZe or magnify the important
Of the investigation, the case We
not one for intervention by til
diplomatic agencies of all nation
in espionage inquiries.