| Show RISERS RISER'S I AIDE IN Sh W ca Spy PLOT HERE I G ERMAN MAN COUNT I i AND DECKMAN i GiRl NAM NAMED n rR et Financial Representative of Kaiser Suspected of As Assist Assisting ng Pair Arrested in j Conspiracy at War Prison NTO the mesh of German in intrigue intrigue in- in 1 INTO centering around th the war prison barracks at Ft Douglas Doug las and involving the names of I B. B II 11 II Leesmann Og Ogden ell pastor and Miss 1 Augusta Minnie Deckman beautiful mt federal officials say I the most dangerous woman oman spy i 1 ithe the Vest rest was today thrown the name of ot Count Alvo Uvo von Alvensleben the tha I kaisers kaiser's personal financial representative senta tive tivo on the tc American continent I Local federal officials d declared I authoritatively that Miss liss Deckman has been involved in conspiracies with the j I notorious German official and ani an- an i flounced that It was in the hope of or effectually effectually ett ef- ef t severing the treasonable af aff affiliations between the pair that thai Yo Von op j f Alvensleben had been en interned several mouths months mOll the ago in the Ft Douglas war warI I I prison i Since the time Von Alvensleben was interned Miss lIss Deckman man it is charged charge I has centered her activities on other othe-l' lin lines s and in m collusion with other perI persons per per- I sons including Ernest A. A Leybold her hOl sweetheart and other Germans who for the most part are now in th war warI prison barracks Their operations ha have haye o been brought to the attention of It I government officials I Another startling development in the lie I most interesting spy case yet et brought I to light in Utah was the announcement announcement announce announce- ment by a high government official in Salt LaJ Lake Lace e today that he had visited I Pastor Leesmann a month ago at hI his hi Ogden homo home and warned him to cease his pro-German pro activities Reports that Miss Deckman has l I en under close surveillance fo for fOI the tho last si six months were confirmed by lW local federal Lcd fed eral officials today B By Leon Bone special investigator for the department of justice it was divulged that the woman had been under federal watch since she slie arrived in Salt Halt Lake from Seattle Wash rash s ago It was confirmed als 4 that the tho Rev ne Mr had beel by Mr 1 Bono Bone at at O Ogden eQ four weeks ago and had been warned by hy the tho federal representative to lo keep his mouth shut under tinder the injunction that If he did not notI ho he would woul be he subject to arrest and possible possible pos pea sible Intel for or sedition I Federal officials s said aid today that while other women are known to be bo boI beI I worl working ing in lii Salt Lako Ialo with un Ameri c can n alms aims in view view Miss Deckman clunan was I tho the brainiest an and mos most t woman that had come into the thc city I. I since Ince th the br breaking a of diplomatic relations relations relations rela rela- with Germ Germany n y It was learned learne to today ay that the woman I had associated with Von Alvensleben I I formerly a lieutenant in the German Gennan I army in m his notorious operations in inI Vancouver er B. B C. C just before the I Junker was interned I Miss Deckman is ili still in the county count jail where she sho was placed after her arrest by bJ a secret s service r operative at t Ft Douglas She is charged together with Pastor Leesman occupying another another another an an- other cell with giving Ing information to the enemy It Jt is known the pastor has confessed having attempted d to deliver dellver a note given him by Miss Deckman and In InI Intended intended In- In I tended for Ernest Leybold an interned But ut he hc has not admitted the tho I Continued on page 8 I I GERMAN COUNT Continued from page 1 formal charge preferred against him maintaining that his action was caused I merely b by sympathy for the woman and not b by treasonable motives The two will be given a hearing be beI before be- be I fore United States State Commissioner H. H I V. V Van Pelt at 2 o'clock the afternoon of February 27 Bail has been set at 2000 each for forthe forthe I the two prisoners lack of ot which i is Is keeping leeping the man and woman in jail It is intimated strongly by local feder federal federal fed fed- er eral l men that the chain of evidence Is being fast forged in the case and that at t the hearing many man startling things will wi be divulged Colonel George L. L Byram commander command command- er of the Ft Douglas war prison made madea a discovery today at the encampment of evidence showing he says th that t another an another another an- an other new tunnel had been started at atthe atthe atthe the barracks This it is said is the seventh tunnel on which work has has' been I done by Germans confined in the barracks barracks barracks bar bar- racks In the last few months |
