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Show oo GERMAN PLOT IS CLEVERLY NIPPED SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15. Lawrence Law-rence DeLacy, an employe of "The Leader," a weekly publication, and D. J. Harnedy, proprietor of a shoo store, wero arrested here late yesterday as leaders in an alleged plot to spirit Franz Bopp, former German consul general here, and Eckhard von Schack, vice consul, from the detention camp at Angol Island to a point in Mexico. Mex-ico. The men were trapped as tho result of a counter-plot directed by tho government. gov-ernment. Last Friday Patrick J. Far-rally, Far-rally, employed here in the Immigration Immigra-tion service, was ostensibly arrested on a complaint charging conspiracy in the planned escape of Bopp and Von Schack. This complaint was given out for publication aftor Farrally was taken tak-en into custody, but was never filed. United States District Attorney Preston, Pres-ton, in furtherance of the govern ment's schemo, brought Farrally before be-fore United States Commissioner Francis Krull in order that his bonds might be arranged. Farrally was told to obtain sureties, and havo them appear today to sign the bonds. When the case was called M. A. Greely and H. Warfleld appeared and announced their willingness to go on Farrally's "bond." When asked the name of the parties who interested themselves in Farrally's Farral-ly's case, the mn mentioned DeLacy and Harnedy. Tho governniem previously previ-ously received Information from Far-rally Far-rally that ho had received an incriminating incrim-inating lettor from Harnedy, on June 29, and on August 7 received $100 from DeLacy, presumably, the government authorities state, for his supposed efforts ef-forts to liberate Bopp and Von Schack. Greely and Warfleld were thon advised by Preston that the "arrest" of Far-rally Far-rally was schemed and effected by the government in order to bring the real leaders In tho Bopp plot to light. He also declared Farrally was not under arrest at any time; that he submitted to detention in the county jail here in order that the government's plans might be furthered; that tho complaint against him was a trap and that as a consequence no bonds were necessary. Subsequently the government authorities auth-orities discovered, so Preston. declares, that tho whole mattter of arranging Farrally's "bonds" was discussed and decided upon by Greely, Warfleld, DeLacy De-Lacy and Harnody in the office of Daniel Dan-iel O'Connell, a local attorney, who was'arrested by government agents a few days ago for plotting to obstruct the selective draft. O'Connell is to come before Commissioner Krull today for his preliminary hearing. DeLacy and Harnedy whose bonds wero set at ?10,000 each, will also come before the commissioner in order or-der that a date may be set for their hearing. Following the arrest of DeLacy and Harnedy, Farrally was released and returned re-turned to his home. He will be the principal witness against the men when they are put on trial. The arrested ar-rested men would make no statement. Preston characterized Farrally as "the gamest little Irishman I ever saw" and upon releasing him thanked him cordially for the part he took In the government's scheme to break up the alleged plot. |