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Show Hunt Author of Plot to Wreck Ships Those Most Responsible Are Not Yet Pound, Is the Opinion of U. S. Attorney New York, Oct, 27 Federal grand, Jury consideration of the cases of llvo men charged with conspiracy In plotting to destroy trans-Atlantic ships laden with munitions of war for allies will begin next month, it was announced today by United Stntes Attorney H. Snowden Marshall Marsh-all nftor a conferenco with William J. Flynn, chief of the secret scrvlco and detectives who arrested the men. After rovlowlng all tho alleged evidence evi-dence held by the, government ngalnst tho men, Robert Fay, Walter Wal-ter L. Scholz, Paul Daeche, Dr. Herbert Her-bert Klcnzlo and Max Brettung and giving opcclnl attention to tho confession con-fession of Fay, Mr. Marshall snld tho government was not convinced that all thoso Implicated had, been arrested. May Be Further Arrests "No moro warrants have been Issued Is-sued nnd no moro .arrests nro contemplated con-templated for tho present," Marshall' Marsh-all' said, "yet there- may bo further arrests later. Wb do not believe that thoso most responsible for tho conspiracy bavo yet been found. The cases of tho men already arrested will go before tho November grand Jury. "Wo bavo much material gathered as ovldenoo which still has to be digested. di-gested. Ono of tho nets of tho conspiracy con-spiracy wns tho actual fixing of n bomb to a ship for experimental n, 8 poses our inquiry has not T closed that any bomb was plnce.i I a Bhlp with intent to blow 1T 8 ship Nor does our Information 8 cato that Fay, who says he B ,' Hot-tenant in th0 German am, "Waa. 8 acting a way other than on Zl 8 responsibility." ms Another indictment was tho send- I lng of a telegram to the state e partment by Count Von Bernstorff' tho Gorman ambassador, deynlnc that Fay had any connection with I tho Gorman secret servlco or the I Gorman government. H Broltung, cousin of E. N. ijret. ung, a mining mnn and ship owner I was tho only ono of tho five alleged conspirators who obtained liberty on v' bond. Ho appeared beforo a United States commissioner today and fur-nlshed fur-nlshed $25,000 bond for his hearing on November 4. Bretlung, Klenzzle nnd DIecho nro charged In tho com-plaint com-plaint with having furthered the con-dplracy con-dplracy In aiding Fay to obtain explosives ex-plosives for bombs. |