OCR Text |
Show 9 s BLAME8 GERMAN ATTACHE Man Charged With Passport Fraud Saps Captain Boy-Ed Wanted Him to Act as Spy Now York, Fob. 28. Charles H. Rpintllm nltnrnov tnr Illctinril P. Griffiths, nttorney for Richard P. Stcgler, tho Gorman naval reservist, arrested hero Wednesday on tho chorgo of fraudulently obtaining nn Amerlcnn passport announced tonight thnt 1'0 would placo In tho hands of tho federal authorities tomorrow an anonymous typewritten lottor resolved resolv-ed by Mrs. Steglur, which would bo compared with letters nllegcd to bavo been written to Steglor by Captain K. Roy-Ed naval attacho of tho German Ger-man embassy nt Washington. Steglor, according to Mr. Griffiths has told tho fedoral authorities that Captain Hoy-Ed wanted him to go to England as a spy. Captain Hoy-Ed strongly reiterated his denial that ho had bad anything to do with Steglor othor than to try to help him get a position. |