Show TORPEDO 1 MODELS FOUND Plot to Sell Government Secrets S Secrets Se Se- crets Discovered Near Neal New York TRAITOROUS THIEF CAUGHT Master Mechanic Has Letters War From War Departments lits ts of pf Other Oth r Nations I 1 w York March 5 6 The The recovery re ove overy I in a mysterious shanty In ih In J of oC missing mii Brass models J of the tile essential parts of or a torpedo whose construction 4 1 one of the tta most IT st jeal jeah- guarded o secrets o tim government govern mont moat arid and this Ure arrest of ot William Ester E er a t master mn m. m mechanic revealed caled t al a pot to sell ti to foreign government plans and models of oC many engines of oC war held as secret and exclusive property of the United States l' l Positive evidence was q obtained in the tIme night raid on the lonesome shack that I Eser ser had been negotiating with many governments and It is feared feare that ho may have al- al disposed of ot the stolen secrets of or powerful war weapons One of the documents found was a aletter aletter of letter from the tho navy nan department the German Geiman government This was in from Baser to voi an to a n proposition sell the secret and an furnish models for forthe forthe the thC manufacture of ot the torpedo and andI to sell plans and an l specifications of o i oth r weapons In reply to this offer the tho German I navy department stated that it had hall no especial Interest t In the time torpedo but would be bo willing to take up further further fur fur- ther thor the sale to It of the plans o ot of other weapons mentioned bj hr Isser Esser v Maimy Other Letters There were many letters other I governments government most of ot them hernia In foreign languages hidden n away awa In the shanty They were vere seized by b time the police and their translation tomorrow Is expected to reveal re the tho extent of or tho the plot The arre arrest of or Esser was vaa mado made on the tho complaint c or of E B. W XV Bliss TIUs-g Co the tho largest t manufacturer r I ot of 1 und and munitions ot or war outside o otho or of orthe the tho government In this country and antI which x r lt a n. number ot of patents patent and amid elusive right to tho l JU to tho Unito Inet e t ri t. t So 1 Brook n. n Here Es Esser who came tc to from Co- Co Cologne this flits country six sL years ago logne was employed for r two years Since he loft left the time employ of or the time concern concern con con- cern well guarded plans and models have been bee missed until tho the company was almost in despair a about out stopping the thc thefts and antl was using every to find the time leak |