Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-02-28 | Page 3 | British Agents Are Jailed at Honolulu

BRITISH AGENTS ARE JAILED AT HONOLULU Men Charged With Recruiting Recruit-ing Americans for Service in English Army. HONOLULU, Feb. 27. Charged with recruiting American soldiers for service In the British army, V. R. Seltgscn, alias W. R. Stein; C. D. Randall, alias Henderson, Hen-derson, alias England, and a recently dis- j charged sergeant of the Fourth United j States cavalry named Jefferson were arrested ar-rested here today by United States Marshal Mar-shal Joseph J. Smlddy. From documents found on the persons of the men arrested and In Randall a trunk, it was learned that IM recruits had been secured and that 154 of them had gone to the front. Two others were awaiting the arrival of the steam-r Niagara from Australia far British Columbia. Co-lumbia. Seligsen was charged with being the agent between the runners in the plot and the principals, and Randall and Jefferson Jef-ferson were arrested as runners. Other arrests will be made, it was announced, of people prominent In Honolulu Hie. The three men arrested were taken before be-fore United States Commissioner George Curry and held to answer. Jefferson, who is understood to have entered the con spiracy as the agan t of the fed era 1 authorities. Was released on his own recognizance. re-cognizance. The others were held in jail. Most of the recruits had seen servUe. The majority of them were discharged American soldiers who had purchase! their discharge with the help of the alleged al-leged conspirators. Seligsen was said to have furnished the soldiers with letters offering employment, employ-ment, as required by the army regulations, regula-tions, and to have furnished the funds for the purchase of discharges. Randall, it is said, told Commissioner Curry all he knew about the plot and it was on information furnished by Randall Ran-dall that the authorities based their pre-Jlctlon pre-Jlctlon of other Important arrests. Randall Ran-dall came here several months ago from Wellington. N. Z.. and Seligsen. or Stein, was a recent arrival who came here, he announced, to establish a branrh of a New York dressmaking company.