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Show PLANS OF FORTS TAKEN TO BERLIN IK New York 0cL 15 WIth the in" (Kw n! dlctmont today of Max Lynar, ateo IrP' known as Count Max Loudon, on a 'J ill J charge of bigamy, Unitod States se- Itu Ha cret serv'ce aBnt8 began an investi- Mlcr ll cation of the recent alleced activities ioHlI of a man 'hounder Qe name of Ly- ilillir nar s sa'a t0 nave dno confidential flffltjl' work in this country last June and S J July on behalf of the German and flm jfl ; Austrian governments. Their inves- JlB ! i tlgation embraced a report that de- JD j ', tailed plans and specifications of cer- J W ill i kiln, fortifications around New York Im ! harbor had been sent to Berlin by jjB J t two secret messengers aboard a XV ffl ; steamer which sailed from this port K jj " for Rotterdam during July. IB L Search Steamer. IQVs If j This steamer was searched at iM ill 'FalmoUthi England, it was reported, ! M'iil for the messengers, whose presence Hfl aboard had beetablcd to the British tl admiralty, but they were not found jKQuI The ship then proceeded to Rotter- Btt dam. It was said, where she was again tf I searched by the British consul there. W j Tho messengers wero reported to have HVll eluded the British consul, landed in IHl( Rotterdam with the plans of the forts Hflji In their possession and proceeded H r thence to the German capital. Uil) i The name of one of the alleged mes- Mll1 sengers, the steamer upon which they IhUiI aro 8 t0 nave mado the trip, the fnj i date of its departure from New York and arrival at Rotterdam were in the VBijj possession of the secret service. The Bafll investigation was conducted with a j view to determining just what plans, , if any, were carried to Berlin by the iHHi alleged messengers, and through what Hffl ' agencies they were obtained. felfl Investigate Loudon's Life. Ty The secret service agents who have III l been investigating Loudon's past life, Up have talked with Norbert Fuller, at Jh one 'time Loudon's chauffeur.Fuller Ml j was dressed in livery so like the uni-II uni-II 1 ' -form of the National Guard that he 1 ""'as arrested last July at the instance HE) of a National Guardsman. It is said HI that Fuller set at rest a report that HI a' chauffeur dressed as a United Hi States soldier had obtained admission HX to forts near New York harbor and Y made secret plans of them, Ht Protests Chauffeur's Arrest. K When Fuller was arrested his em-Hi em-Hi ployer wrote a letter to the district Hi attorney protesting against the arrest. HI This letter, found today in the dis-HI dis-HI j trict attorney's files, was signed "Ro-HI "Ro-HI cber M. Zu Lynar." The signature suggested the name of Count Rochus Zu Lynar, a resident of Berlin and well known In diplomatic circles. Count Rochus Zu Lynar is said to be about 60 years old. The prisoner prison-er is 46. A copy of the application ifor tho marriage license issued to the prisoner pris-oner -which was used when he married mar-ried his present wife, shows, the secret se-cret service men assert, that the prisoner pris-oner was married under the namo of Albert Marcel. Count De Passy, a native of Staupitz, Germany. lie gave his age as 42. |