Rumrich, one of the four persons in custody and facing charges of espion-ge and conspiracy indicted. against 18 persons, pleaded guilty last week fud has turned states evidence.
Accusing Schleuter as the person who paid off members of the German. spy Ting in the United States, Rum. ich said that the German seaman hod often boasted of his ability to. rife United States mails aboard the Ger= man. liner Europa.
When Rumrich doubted this, Schleuter and Miss Johenna Hofmann, red-haired hair-dresser of the he is also In custody, showed hin Dhotograph ofa contract between Bethlehem stot and Amiorg, Rum: chs "They brained the photograph by opening a mall bog and removing the contract from. an. envelop, ussrice said. After photographing the com ack, hey menaced the contract and Fesealed the envelop, they told hing Rumrich declared.
Contact.with U.S. Ensign In an effort to form contacts with aval officials, Schleuter had. com~ municated with Ensign "D.W. Brown of the sireraft carrier, Saratoga, Schleuter asked Ensign Brown act as his informant but warned him that "if you pass on this information the intelligence department you will suffer dire consequences," Rum-rich testified.
No answer to this message had ever been received by Schleuter, Rumrich said-—United Press.
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