Evening star., 1945-01-19
FbI Warns Citizens
To Watch for Three
More Nazi Sabofeurs
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In Nazi propaganda or espionage
activity in Latin America prior to
their repatriation.
Schneemann is former Nazi
party member and SIS man reputed
to have been Gestapo agent in
Colombia. A trained wireless tele-
grapher, he is said to have travelled
in Mexico and to be acquainted
with mining operations in Brazil.
He was brought from Colombia
to San Francisco in April, 1912, and
sent to Jersey City, N. j.. for re-
patriation aboard the SIS Serpa
Pinto in July of that year. He has
dark eyes and CRAVING brown hair
cut in Prussian style. One of his
large ears is clipped at the bot
tom and he sometimes wears a
moustache.
Speaks Poor English.
Schneemann, who lived for time
In the wilds of the Amazon Valley,
Is of athletic build, an excellent
swimmer, diver and bareback rider
He dresses well, prefers dark suits
and may be earning a living as a
gambler, since he is proficient at
cards. He has handclasp tattooed
on his right arm
He speaks poor English, but is
proficient in French, Portuguese,
Spanish and German.
Zuehlsdorff, a world traveller who
has spent most of his life in Latin
America, was brought to San
Francisco from Colombia in April.
1912, and was held at Grove Park
Inn, Asheville. N. c., and the
Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va, before he was put
aboard a ship for Germany in New
York City in July of that year
On his return to Berlin. he sang
on the radio and broadcast Nazi
propaganda in English. He appar-
etly lacked a pleasing radio per-
sonality, however, as he has a
habit, the FBI lookout said, of
cracking his false teeth loudly and
frequently.
The man sometimes wears very
black moustache, along with dark
glasses. He likes to perform sleight of
hand tricks, prefers f1ashy clothes
and is an excellent horseman.
Sent to Germany on GripshOlm.
Wins, said to have worked in
Germany with one of the two Nazi
agents who landed on the Maine
coast last November, is another
world traveller, having made frequent
stops in the United States before the
war while bound between Germany
and Latin America. He was brought
to the United States from Nicaragua
in May of 1912 and interned at Camp
Kennedy until he was sent to Ger
many last February aboard the
Gripsholm.
known to have been a member of
the Nazi party, he was considered
leader of the Germans in Nicaragua.
He is feet inches tall. weighs 127
pounds and has blond hair and gray
eyes. He has high forehead, cleft
chin, ruddy complexion and good
teeth. He Is very active, dresses like
conservative businessman, speaks
English with only a slight accent
and Is proficient in Spanish and
German.
The FBI once before put the pub
lie on the lookout for three German
spies expected to arrive here to
sabotage vital war installations On
July Is, 1912, the FBI distributed
several hundred thousand posters
with photographs and descriptions
Of Walter Kappe, Joseph Schmidt
and Rheinold Rudolf Barth after
ascertaining that the three had re-
cetved extensive training in sabotage
and were under orders from the
German high command to come to
ths United States.
Others Still Sought.
An FBI spokesman said today its
agents were still on the lookout for
the three, but as far as was known
they had never entered this country.
The trio, headed by Kappe, were
said to be associated with the eight
would-be saboteurs who landed by
submarine and were tried by a mill
tary commission. Kappe, the FBI
said, is lieutenant assigned to the
German Army's intelligence section.
A one-time resident of this country
who even applied for American citi-
zenship, Kappe was an instructor in
a sabotage school operated by the
German high command near Berlin,
the FBI said Information reaching
the FBI had it that Kappe was to
come to the United States to take
charge of a contemplated German
sabotage organization with head
quarters in Chicago.