OCEAN DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2603, 27 October 1915, Page 5

OCEAN DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY

HUN DESIGNS ON MUNITION

CARRIERS * ARREST OP TWO PLOTTERS, By Teleeraph—Prass Association—Ooryriitlit w, n, a , N ? W c Y " k ' October 25. Fwther details of the arrest of Hobert Fay and his brother-in-law, Walter wchohs, m connection witli plots against the American export of munitions, show that Fay, on his own confession, was a lieutenants in the German Army. He had arrived from Germany recently to experiment with a machine intended to be fastened to ships' rudders on leaving New York, to blow .up. their steering gear and compel them to return to the nearest port. Two other conspirators are under examination by tho polioe at Charleston Couth Carolina. ' The police who arrested Scholz and Fay found in their possession dynamite caps and trinitrotoluol. The men had equipped a motor-boat, containing detailed maps, showing the position of tlio uocks. Fay was wounded at the Manic.' He rented a warehouse at Hoboken, where the police found five mines fitted with appliances for attachment to ships. The clockwork of the bomb was operated' by the water. ' The men were arrested -.when they trere testing a bomb. The arrests followed one day's watching. Fay offered the police a bribe of t\w> hundred pounds to release him. The "New York World" says that Fay confessed that he cama to America to develop plans to blow up munition ships. Fay confessed that knowing that damage done to' war factories could be easily repaired he had oouceived the idea of attacking the munitions ships, and therefore had left Germany with his invention in order to ■ wreck the Allies' ships sailing out of New York. He had seen the terrible effects of the French artillery fire in tile Champagne district, and thought that he would be able to explode mines without wires. He arrived in America by a steamer from Rotterdam 011 April 23, and had spent the" time since then in perfecting his invention. Fay admitted that he had been working in conjunction with the German Secret Service ; which he admitted had been very active in the United States in encouraging attempts ou factories and ships.