PLOT TO WRECK MERCHANT VESSELS
THE FOUR ARRESTED MEN. LONDON, 23rd December. The four Germans arrested at New Orleans for preparing a bomb timed to explode at sea aboard a British or French merchantmen are all German re- J . se'rviets who were angry at being unable , !to return to Europe to fight. One of J '. them named Halle admitted that ho ex- j pected Germany to reward him handsomely. The infernal machines consisted ' of two boxes, one with fitted clockwork, j and each containing fifty pounds of > dynamite. It wae expected that the ex- ! plosion of one would explode the otlter. j Halle approached the Britibh Embassy, pretending that he had a new composi- j tion for bombarding, and hoped thus to obtain permission to send the cases to England aboard a British ship. TheEmbassy cold -shouldered him, and Halle ' then turned his attention to the French Embassy. The plot failed through Halle , taking a Toom with a detective as a , fellow-lodger, after which the police drag-net closed round the conspirators.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 153, 26 December 1914, Page 7
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171PLOT TO WRECK MERCHANT VESSELS Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 153, 26 December 1914, Page 7
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