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Show BOMB PLOTTER IS CAPTURED IN SOUTIIAIRICA Man Suspected of Being Re sponsible for Explosions in Munitions Plants Caught BELIEVED TO HAVE STOLEN PASSPORT Sensational Story of Pur suit by Government and Narrow Escape of German Ger-man From New York By In ernaUonal News Se e NEW ORK Dec 11 A Br t sh cru ser has captured upon the h gh seas off the coast of Braz 1 a f ern an off cer who the government bel n s was respons bio for many of thn ore of mystcr ous fires and cxplos one n mun t ons la ts The sjy was taken off the Lampo & Holt 1 nor Va ban lie s now h 1 eved to be a pr soner of G eat Bnta n e ther upon the cru ser wh h cai t re J h m or u a Brit sh Central or outh Amer can detent on camp The whole sensat onal stor of the arrest and the suspect s act es n th s countrv came nto the poses on of the Un ted States lnder a forged or stolen passport the spy cscaied fron th B ountry on November 13 List of Disasters He ai two jumps ahead of spec al agents of the department of just e who bad made d scoveriea wh ch tbey said connected him with the follow ng dis asters November 110 1915 incend ary fire in the Bethlehem Steel company s plant, Bethlohem Pa The f re caused ti 000 000 damage aud loss of 800 four nch guns build ng for the allies. November 10 1915 ineendiary f re nance company two buildings de stroyed, together th patterns for the manufacture of 3 KIO 000 Lee Enf eld rifles for the Brit sh government, November 11 Roebung steel rope plant Trenton N J f re est mated loss tl 500 000 Notice of Capture On the morn ng of Wednesday De cember 8 d spatches from Buenos Aires contained th s sentence It s reported that a Br tish cru ser has Captured upon the h gh seas on board the steamer Vauban a German off cer who it s alleged w as n olved n certa n affairs in the Un ted States from which country he made h s escape The 6uspect is said to have been sent to th s country w th orders to cut off the all es flow of mun t ons at the source He came here months ago v a Spa n and South Amer a Agents on Trial Ijnited States aeuts crossed h s tra 1 weeks ago He was placed under sur e llance but managed to conceal h s act v t es Then came the ser es of ag gress ons of bomb and arson plotters Most dar ng of these acts was the fire in tl e Bethlehem steel works controlled by Charles M Schwab W th n three hours of the d sco ery of th s fire secret serv ce n en and departn ent of just co agents swam ed into the Pennsylvania town They canvassed the town The pres ence the day before of the long su pect ed man was establ shed Enplovees of the works recognized the man s de scr pt on Government agents were hastened in all d reet ons n an effort to t a 1 h m Some went to P ttsburg others to Washington and New 1 ork and st 11 others to western c t es Escapes on Vauban The trail was p eked up in Ph ladel ph a Here t was d scovered that the suspect had gone to the Ph ladelphia office of Thomas Cook & Sons tour st agents He p rchasel a t cket for B enos A res and was told that the Vauban would sail at 2 o clock on the afternoon of November 13 Then he went to Trenton where the Roeblmg works are located and afterward came on to New York The government agents d d not make the r nterestmg d scover ob n Ph la del ha unt 1 after the Vauban had sa led Then a t on was taken wh ch es Ited tl e man s arrest he he sa led the suspect showol the Lamport & Holt ofTc a s pon tl e lo (Per 1 B oo n) a ) as o I (Continued on Page Ten ) BOMB PLOTTER 15 lEl BY BRITISH (Oontlnnsd from Pag On) The nflirin . n I th loeal government gen mi 1 1 not ny to 1st whnt dhius e I The Vs hsn lest rlown hp eosnt I . e.. e nr f n I nre Bnh s Innelr a to. 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