999,999 Rifles , 1,000,000,000 cartridges & 1,200 Machine Guns between Philly & N.Y.

[jeff of pa]

999,999 Rifles , 1,000,000,000 cartridges & 1,200 Machine Guns between Philly & N.Y.

I never heard of this "Fantastic" Tale before.
I have no Idea on it.

Posted here for your perusal.

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[jeff of pa]

only other article mentioning "gustave luessing"”

• New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]), 16 May 1918.

whole article here




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[ivan salis]

sounds like a "peaky blinders" british show about british mobsters selling guns to the "white Russians" ..the british govt wanted to assist the white Russians but also wanted to be seen as not taking sides --so they used mobsters to steal the arms from the gun factory and "black market" sell them to the white Russians --to politically keep their hands clean if the whites were to lose to the reds....

 

[Hitndahed]

WOW,,,
A MILLION rifles ,,,,,
"lost" or "stolen",,,maybe misplaced?
I think I might look for some other info on this one. Never have I heard this story.
You strike another home run Jeff for this article.

 

[G.I.B.]

Yes, salesmen providing nothing but factual information.

They are out there, start digging!

 

[jeff of pa]

captain hans von tauscher viseted the storage place in New Jersey


The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa), 16 May 1918.



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[jeff of pa]

Nardoney went to Jersey City to see some

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[jeff of pa]

too much to weed through at the moment
349 results containing “the phrase "dr. karl muck"”

but dr. karl muck Was deported

The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]), 24 June 1919.



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[jeff of pa]

gustave luessing

New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]), 15 May 1918.








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[jeff of pa]

apparently it was believable enough to spark serious investigations.
add to that I'm sure it was allot easier to get all that in,
then it was to Move it around or get it back out once the word Leaked.

So Yes I'm believing there was at least a Serious Store of weaponry
somewhere in the area. possibly in concrete bunkers for protection from the elements .

I wonder if this is a connection or even stash site maybe ?

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/r...d-old-swastika-u-s-welcome-nazi-camp-usa.html

the smart thing to do once the investigations Blew over, the war Ended,
and political paranoia relaxed. would have been to Build the Camp on top of the Bunkers

 

[audigger53]

Yeah, hide it in plain site.

 

[audigger53]

Sorry in plain sight.

 

[ivan salis]

lots of guns around in WW1 era -- the reds and white Russians were both buying arms to fight one another with vast sums of money and arms traded hands not always legally either --as many govts " officially" did not want to become involved in another countries civil war --but "unofficially" they were very involved -- the us govt even sent troops to assist the white Russian govt at archangel... (not that well known bit of history)

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Nope, AU, not accepted, ya just gotta learn to spell

 

[Hitndahed]

Speaking of weapons and other "caches",,
NOT to derail this specific thread but on the same topic.
Has anyone ever noticed way up in the Aleutian Islands,, on most of the uninhabited islands.
There ARE huge bunkers,,,all overgrown and probably unmolested.
I would stake that there is quite the collection of cached items there in those bunkers.
You used to be able to see the half buried "bunkers" that were scattered all over the smaller Aleutians.
I haven't looked for them there in a while though.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

They had somethiing like that stored in the Yucatan, Mexico to counrter Batista in favor of Castro, as well as others. I almost became a soldier of fortuns for Castro.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Very interesting Hitn Fortunately no booby traps. I'd loveto prowl them.

 

[Hitndahed]

Very interesting Hitn Fortunately no booby traps. I'd loveto prowl them.

================================================
OH YEA !!!
I would bet that there is enough "stuff" left behind to surely get into trouble with,,,
LOL

 

[South Sea mariner]

sounds like a "peaky blinders" british show about british mobsters selling guns to the "white Russians" ..the british govt wanted to assist the white Russians but also wanted to be seen as not taking sides --so they used mobsters to steal the arms from the gun factory and "black market" sell them to the white Russians --to politically keep their hands clean if the whites were to lose to the reds....

It wasn't just mobsters either. I read somewhere here some large corporations and British and American business interests may have been involved through a 3rd party source in Sweden.

Mal

 

[ivan salis]

during WW2 the Japanese invaded the Alaskan islands .. the only part of America invaded during the war was the Alaskan islands and the Phillipines ... those bunkers could be either American --or Japanese depending upon where their at