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by Blum, Howard

spy network in America, 102–8, 210, 226–28, 243–44, 331, 389, 416–17

  U.S. loans and arms shipments to, 40, 111, 133–40, 183–84, 187–90, 257, 260, 262, 274, 384

  World War I, 31, 39, 40, 48, 50, 59, 75–76, 80, 86, 102–5, 133–40, 143–44, 171, 219, 227, 257, 260, 268, 415

  Griffith, D. W., 206

  Groton School, 25, 108, 113, 196

  Hahn’s, New York, 361–62, 364

  Hamburg-American Building, New York, 72

  Hamburg-American Line, 92–94, 125, 162, 233, 340, 370, 372, 373

  Hansa Haus, Baltimore, 383

  Harvard Club, 24, 322, 323, 324, 416

  Harvard University, 3–7, 8, 11, 25, 149, 238, 274, 321

  Havana, 228, 373, 380

  Heidelberg, 352, 355, 410

  Heinrich, Prince of Germany, 143

  Held, Martha, 82, 87, 95, 233, 265, 411

  Helfferich, Karl, 145

  Hennington Court, 122

  Herodotus, 267

  heroin, 92

  Hilken, Paul, 233, 378–79, 379, 380, 382, 409–10, 412

  Black Tom plot and, 411–12

  Hine, F. Worthington, 306–7

  Hinsch, Frederick, 377–78, 378, 380–84, 406, 410, 411

  Hitler, Adolf, 74

  Hittites, 267

  Hoboken, New Jersey, 76, 163, 181, 359–65, 373

  Scheele’s laboratory in, 179–82, 362–64, 373

  waterfront investigation, 359–76

  Hofbrau House, New York, 232–33, 265–66

  Holland, 89, 375

  Holt, Frank. See Muenter, Erich

  Holt, Leona, 150–51, 237, 238, 273, 274

  horses, 267

  germ warfare on, 267–71, 382–84, 389, 405–6, 409

  World War I, 267–71

  Hotel Breslin, New York, 199–200, 200, 201, 203, 205

  Houghton, W. H., 340–41

  House, Edward, 338, 346, 348, 385, 387, 390

  Hudson River, 91–92, 191, 197, 205, 232, 411. See also New York Harbor

  Huerta, Victoriano, 225–26, 226, 227–29, 244, 389, 417

  death of, 229

  Hults, William, 325

  Hurley, Patrick, 317–18

  Ignatieff, Count Nicolai, 211–13

  Inchmoor, 369

  influenza, 410

  International Union of Structural Workers, 222

  Ireland, 18, 31, 75, 195, 337

  British rule, 75

  Irish-Americans, 18, 25, 75, 171, 232, 345

  stevedores, 171, 183, 184, 196–97, 197

  Italian-Americans, 20–27, 43–44

  Italian Squad, 21

  Italy, 21, 89, 415

  James, William, 4

  James River, 404–6

  Japan, 417

  Jersey City, New Jersey, 94, 231–32, 284–85

  Black Tom plot, 231–32, 411–12, 413

  Jones, Frank, 293

  Jones, Walker, 327

  Junker class, 34, 49, 125, 141

  Jusserand, Jean-Jules, 185

  Kaiserpass, 146, 173, 213

  Kaiser’s Own, 92. See also Hamburg-American Line

  Kansas City, 129

  Keechan, Joseph, 285

  Keystone National Powder Company, 306, 311

  Kienzle, Herbert, 200–201, 247, 249, 258

  Kienzle Clock Company, 247, 249

  Kirkoswald, 185, 186, 187, 256, 261, 365, 369, 373

  Kleines Deutschland, 75

  Knutford, SS, 94

  Koch, Robert, 355

  Koenig, Paul (PK), 92–93, 93, 94–95, 125–32, 161, 209–10, 229, 234, 282, 391–402, 409

  arrest and interrogation of, 391–97

  background of, 92–93

  “D-cases” of, 394–96, 399

  Fuchs and, 157–65

  German sabotage operations in U.S., 93–95, 125–32, 140, 155–65, 175, 185, 209–10, 229, 282, 391–402

  investigation of, 125–33, 155–65, 185, 391–402

  notebooks of, 393–94, 395, 396–402

  telephone tapped, 130–32

  as “Woehler,” 400–401

  König, Paul, 379

  Königsberg, 36

  Kramer, Matthew, 288–89

  Kremb, Arthur, 13

  Kristianiafjord, 146–47, 167, 410

  Labor’s National Peace Council, 221–23

  labor strikes, 219–23

  labor unions, 21, 219–23

  National Peace, 221–23

  Ladenburg, Thalmann & Company, 143

  Lake Erie, 80, 162

  Lake Ontario, 80, 163

  Lamar, David, 220, 220, 221–22

  Lansing, Robert, 137, 262, 344, 346, 390, 391

  laws, anti-espionage, 228

  lead cigar device. See cigar bombs

  lead tubing, 182, 187

  Lenin, Nikolai, 225

  Leyendecker, Richard, 163

  liquid chlorine, 345

  Liverpool, 95, 144, 184

  Lloyd George, David, 136

  London, 32, 48, 105, 136, 143, 144, 227, 388

  London Sphere, 338

  Long, A. E., 10

  Long Island, New York, 285–90, 240–304, 306–8, 317–21

  Long Island City, New York, 45, 53, 188

  sugar refineries in, 188–90

  Long Island Rail Road, 294

  Long Island Sound, 286

  Lord Erne, 122

  Los Angeles, 21

  Los Angeles Times, 21

  Luchow’s, New York, 128

  Lusitania, sinking of, 337–38, 338, 339–40, 389, 415

  Luxembourg, 48, 49

  Madison Square Garden, New York, 281

  Madrid, 79, 410

  Maine, 343

  Manhattan Front, 147, 153–239

  Black Tom plot, 231–32, 411–12, 413, 415

  cigar bombs, 176–98, 215–16, 232–33, 261, 362–76, 380, 383, 402–3

  E. V. Gibbons cover, 175–77, 180, 182, 182, 211–17, 222

  National Peace Union and, 221–23

  recruits, 179–81

  rudder bombs, 233–34, 247–59, 259, 260–63

  Russian munitions scheme, 211–17

  shipboard fires and munitions plant explosions, 183–98, 215–16, 232–34

  TNT sales to, 198–208, 247–63

  von Rintelen operations, 147, 167–98, 209–35, 243–46, 265–66, 330–33, 359–91

  Marne, Battle of the, 77–78

  Marseille, 185, 187, 369

  Martyn, Robert, 198, 199

  Matinicock Point, 286–90, 294–304

  Matzet, Mike, 193

  McAdoo, William, 339, 343, 344–46

  McCabe, Rosalie, 299, 301

  McCahill, Frank, 303, 307–9, 312–14, 318, 321

  Menagh, John, 284–85

  meningitis, 267

  Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, 130

  Metzler, Fred, 163

  Mexico, 64–65, 73, 79–80, 99, 137, 143, 149, 225–29, 389, 416–17

  Huerta affair, 225–29, 389, 417

  Zimmermann telegram, 416–17

  Mexico City, 79

  Mexico North-Western Railway Company, 217

  Middle East, 104

  Military Intelligence Division (MID), 110–11, 421

  Miliukov, Prince, 217

  Mills Hotel No. 3, New York, 89–90, 282, 283, 285, 288, 313

  Milwaukee, 75

  Minnehaha bombing, 330–31, 402

  Mitchel, John Purroy, 20, 115

  Morgan, Frances, 300

  Morgan, Henry, 300

  Morgan, J. P., 80, 111, 135, 136

  Morgan, J. P., Jr. (“Jack”), 134, 135–40, 215, 219, 221, 280, 330

  assassination attempt on, 286–90, 294–314, 315, 317–31, 374–75, 389, 402

  wartime loans to Allies, 136–40, 215

  Morgan, Jane, 287, 300, 301

  Morgan, Junius, 287, 289

  Morgan (J. P.) & Company, 135–40, 302

  wartime loans to Allies, 136–40
, 215

  Mottola, Otto, 209

  M16, 105, 113

  Muenter, Erich (aka Frank Holt), 3–7, 7, 8–11, 51, 63–65, 149–51, 237–39, 279–331

  Abteilung IIIB network in New York approached by, 279–80

  arrest of, 303, 303, 304, 311

  assassination attempt on J. P. Morgan, Jr., 286–90, 294–314, 315, 317–31, 374–75, 389, 402

  bombing of U.S. Capitol, 291–94, 294, 295, 305–6, 309–14, 318–19, 323, 327–28, 402, 421

  at Cornell, 151, 237, 238, 273, 284

  death of, 324, 325–30, 374, 402

  German sabotage operations in U.S., 279–331

  gun and dynamite purchases, 284–86, 288, 294, 298, 301, 308–9, 318–24, 324, 328

  as “Henderson,” 319, 321–22

  interrogation of, 306–9, 311–14, 318–22

  investigation of, 282–331

  in Mineola jail, 317–29

  murder of his wife, 11, 63–64, 317–18

  Pearce letter, 292, 295, 309–10, 314

  real identity discovered, 317–21

  reinvented as Frank Holt, 64–65, 149–51, 237–39, 273–75

  returns to New York, 274–75

  -von Rintelen connection, 279–80, 402

  Muenter, Helen, 8, 9, 11

  Muenter, Leona, 8–11, 63–64, 317, 318

  Muenter, Mary, 9, 11

  munitions plant explosions and shipboard fires, 91–95, 100–102, 121–23, 179, 183–98, 215–16, 232–34, 244, 260–63, 330–31, 402, 411–13, 421. See also specific munitions plants and ships

  Munsterberg, Hugo, 4–7, 8, 273

  The War and America, 273–74

  Murphy, Jerome, 16

  mustard gas, 267

  National German-American Alliance, 74–75

  National Peace Union, 221–23

  Nauen, 103

  naval equipment, 38

  Neckar, 378, 380

  neutrality, 40, 51–52, 76, 80, 105, 111–12, 134–39, 219, 280, 327, 339

  Neutrality and Trade in Contraband, 134

  New Jersey, 94, 177, 179–81, 199, 205, 247–54, 409

  Black Tom plot and explosion, 231–32, 411–12, 413, 415

  gun and dynamite sales to Muenter, 284–86, 288, 294, 298, 301, 308–9, 318–24, 328

  Hoboken investigation, 359–76

  shipboard fires and munitions plant explosions, 94, 100, 231–32, 363–64, 411–12, 413

  TNT sales and storage, 199–208, 247–63

  waterfront, 76, 192, 231–32, 359–65

  New Jersey Agricultural Chemical Company, 176

  New Mexico, 417

  New Orleans, 233

  Newport, Rhode Island, 29, 30

  Newport News, Virginia, 384, 404

  Newton, Harry, 281–82

  New York City, 15–27, 70, 75, 86, 115, 122, 143, 205

  Abteilung IIIB base in, 70–78, 82, 87, 93

  Brescia Circle bombings, 15–17, 23–27, 43–45, 53–58, 60–61, 101, 116, 118, 186

  German, 70, 87, 128, 168, 265, 281

  germ warfare threat, 385–87, 403–4

  passport forgery scheme, 88–90, 91, 112, 283

  pro-German rallies, 281

  subways, 385–86, 386, 387

  Tammany Hall, 18

  telephone tapping, 129–31

  waterfront, see New York Harbor

  New York Evening Telegram, 344

  New York Harbor, 32, 60, 70, 91–94, 100, 121–22, 122, 123, 145, 146–47, 205, 215, 352

  Bomb and Neutrality Squad investigation, 121–23, 171–210, 228, 243–63, 279–333, 339, 359–76, 391–412

  German ships interned in, 76–77, 81, 171, 180–83, 259–60

  labor unions and strikes, 219–23

  longshoremen, 92–95

  maps, 256

  shipboard fires and munitions plant explosions, 91–95, 100–102, 121–23, 179, 183–98, 215–16, 232–34, 244, 260–63, 331, 402, 411–13, 421

  stevedores, 94, 171, 183, 184, 196–97, 197

  surveillance of lighter captains, 190–98, 363

  von Rintelen operation, 171–78, 209–35, 243–46, 265–66, 330–33, 359–84

  wartime, 121–23

  waterfront society, 92, 122

  New York Herald, 338

  New York Police Bomb and Neutrality Squad, 15–17, 114–23, 420

  biological weapons investigation, 375–76, 386–88, 391, 396–97, 407, 409–11

  Brescia Circle case, 25–27, 43–45, 53–58, 60–61, 61, 101, 116, 118, 186

  cigar bomb investigation, 185–98, 261, 362–76

  Fay investigation, 201–8, 243, 247–63

  German-speaking team, 116–19

  German spy network investigation, 113–23, 125–33, 155–65, 171–210, 222, 243–63, 279–333, 339, 359–76, 391–412, 420–21

  Hoboken investigation, 359–76

  Koenig investigation, 125–33, 155–65, 185, 391–402

  Muenter (Holt) investigation, 282–331

  recruits, 21, 43–45, 114, 115–19

  surveillance of lighter captains, 190–98, 363

  von Kleist investigation, 362–76

  von Rintelen investigation, 209–10, 228, 234–35, 243–46, 279, 330–33, 359–76

  See also specific detectives, bombings, and operations

  New York Police Department, 15–22, 262

  bomb squad, see New York Police Bomb and Neutrality Squad

  Centre Street headquarters, 44, 44, 97–98

  Detective Bureau, 19–20

  Police Field Day, 60

  “shoo-fly” squad, 19

  training academy, 100, 115, 116, 117

  New York Times, 5, 19, 63, 217, 219, 223, 327–28, 417, 420

  New York Tribune, front page of, 315

  New York World, 346

  New York Yacht Club, 143, 172, 210, 229, 235, 244, 245, 246, 263, 331

  Niagara Falls, New York, 83, 161, 163

  Nicolai, Walter, 36–41, 50, 59, 78, 79, 81, 85, 86, 139, 141, 144–46, 167, 233, 269, 272, 353, 356, 410

  biological weapons and, 269, 271, 272

  von Rintelen recruited by, 144–46

  Noordam, 49–50, 59–60, 332, 352

  Norfolk, Virginia, 384

  Northrup, Clark, 237

  North Sea, 103

  Norway, 146

  Nova Scotia, 95

  Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL), 36–37

  Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), 110

  opium, 92

  Orozco, Pascual, 228

  Orton, 122

  Ott, Louis, 285

  Pabst’s, New York City, 128

  Paddison, 306

  Page, Walter, 389

  Pain Fireworks Display Company bombing, 94

  Paris, 48, 79, 211

  passports, 86–90, 146, 257, 332, 410

  forgery scheme, 87, 87, 88–90, 91, 112, 283

  U.S. requirements, 86

  Patapsco River, 81

  Pearce letter, 292, 295, 309–10, 314

  Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 199

  Petitt, Sheriff, 328

  Philadelphia, 379

  Phoebus, 183–84

  phosgene gas, 267

  Physick, 297–301

  pneuomograph, 5

  poisoning, 229

  arsenic, 11

  Polignani, Amedeo, 44–45, 116, 117

  as Frank Baldo, 44–45, 53–58

  Brescia Circle investigation, 44–45, 53–58

  Polk, Franklin, 108–12, 385, 387

  Port Colborne, 162

  potassium chlorate, 186

  press, 217, 22–23, 270–71, 292, 305, 388–89

  on German sabotage operations in U.S., 346–48, 412, 417, 420

  on Lusitania sinking, 338

  on Muenter case, 307–8, 310, 315, 327–29

  Pearce letter and, 292, 309–10, 314

  pro-German, 340, 345, 388

  Washington, D.C., 292, 295, 417

  See also specific publications
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  Price, Charles, 302

  Pullman, Raymond, 309–10

  Queens, New York, 43

  Resolute, 289

  Rice, Malvin, 145, 167, 169

  Rio Lages, 262

  Ritz-Carlton, New York, 172, 388

  Ritz Hotel, Philadelphia, 379

  Rochambeau, 262

  Rockefeller, John D., 24

  bombing attack attempt against, 24, 25

  Rockefeller Institute, New York, 271

  Room 40, 104–5, 210, 416–17

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 18, 98, 108, 195

  Rough Riders, 99

  Rotterdam, 332

  Rough Riders, 99

  Royal Navy, 40, 59–60, 76, 78, 269

  rudder bombs, 233–34, 247–59, 259, 260–63, 280, 389, 421

  detonation, 259

  Russia, 31, 36–37, 144, 266

  army, 144, 211–16

  transport of munitions from America to, 211–17

  U.S. credit to, 137

  von Rintelen’s munitions scheme, 211–17

  World War I, 31, 39, 48, 80, 134, 137, 144, 171, 211–17

  Ryan, Jerry, 325–28

  St. Alphonsus Church, Brooklyn, 23

  St. Louis, 75, 228

  St. Patrick’s Cathedral bombing attempt, 15–17, 56–58, 60–61, 61

  St. Petersburg, 48

  Samland, SS, 94–95

  Samoa, 108

  San Francisco, 233, 266

  Scandinavia, 89, 266

  Scheele, Walter, 39, 175–84, 233, 363–68

  cigar bomb, 176–98, 363

  Hoboken laboratory, 179–82, 362–64, 373

  Schimmel, Karl, 374, 375

  Schleindl, Friedrich, 399–400, 400, 401–2

  Schmidt, Carl, 363, 373

  Scholz, Walter, 202, 207, 247–52, 258, 259

  Scotland, 136

  Scull, Guy, 19, 98–102, 113, 117, 126, 128, 165, 185, 195–96, 198, 324, 385, 387, 407, 416

  background of, 99

  Seaboard National Bank, 307

  Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), 105, 113, 227

  Secret Service (U.S.), 109, 207, 208, 339–49, 421

  Albert papers fiasco, 340–49

  surveillance of German spy network, 339–49, 388–91

  Section V, 102–8, 210, 226–28, 243–44, 331, 389, 416–17

  Sektion Politik des Generalstabes, 37

  Senff, Henry, 118, 191, 360, 371–73

  background of, 118

  Serbia, 31, 48

  Shakespeare, William, 123

  shipboard fires and munitions plant explosions, 91–95, 100–102, 121–23, 179, 183–98, 215–16, 232–34, 244, 260–63, 330–31, 402, 411–13, 421. See also specific ships and munitions plants

  Shipping News, 183, 184, 216, 233, 234

  Siberia, 266

  Siebs, Paul (aka Karl Oppegaarde), 199–204, 207

  Singer Building, New York, 205

  Sketch, The, 347

 

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