Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-02 | Page 18 | Arrest Two as Spy's Helpers

r 1 4 ARREST TWO AS sirs SPY'S HELPERS New v York Men l Alleged to tov toI K v O 0 OiA I iA- iA Have Aided Member l of 1 r German Staff I i- i N New r w York Tork March 1 Accused I-Accused Accused of ot v 1 conspiring in 1916 with Capt Hans Mans Boehm of ot tho Gorman general sta staff I now a a. prisoner In England to obtain for him a fraudulent American pa pass passport passport pass pass- Sport S- S port under the names of or Thresher deceased Carl T. T Thomas and Max Wyner of oC this city city were arrested ar- ar rested today and hold held In bonds bond each by Federal Judge Learned Hand Hanel Tho The divorced wife of or Jelkes Thresher who Is held at Ellis Island ns II an enemy enem alien is declared to have havo been involved Invoked ed edin In tho the case Captain Boohm Boehm posed successfully successfully suc sue as the do doll dead man until he ho reached Falmouth January 19 19 1917 1017 when he was arrested Twelve other men In this district arc are suspected by the tho federal authorities ot or having been Involved In tho the plot among thorn them Eric Theurer a a. German alien allen who was arrested last fall In m Reading Pa and Is held at Ellis Is Island Is- Is land Captain Boehm It was said came to America In 1906 and lived for several se I years rs c In Portland Ore where he was manager of a club Ho came caino east cast i shortly after aCter tho the war began and the federal authorities say the they have evl- evl that ho he wan employed by the German government as a sabotage agent charged with fomenting strikes In plants Ho lIo Is la said gald to have maintained direct communication with the In 1916 it Is char charged ed Captain Boehm was Introduced to Mrs Thresher by Thomas and after atter obtaining from her data concernIng concernIng- her deceased former Cormer husband mado a n. trip to Threshers Thresher's birthplace In Quitman Ga for addi addi- additIonal additional data on the man he ho planned to Impersonate and later obtained a passport pass pass- passport port under his name