Show I Hun Spy Rotten Says Of English System 1 It Caught You Reply f fi i By nr t t. t i i London March farch 8 S. Gorman Gorman spies who bo j detention i rna Passed ed cd through Wandsworth face lace a tiring ring squad or orR ora 1 prison somo to long Ions to R a hangman's hansman's noose and some somo terms torme in prison furnished Interesting Impressions to a 3 former commandant of ot tho the detention prison Hero is a n. de description do- do of ot somo some of oC tho the spies and their activities a as revealed rc by hy him service Most of ot tho the k kaisers secret agents were refined well educated polished and highly trained men They Thoy were wert widely traveled and were ac accomplished nc- nc linguists In addition to the they Included Dutchmen Germans Swedes Norwegians Peruvians lans and South Americans of oC German extrac extrac- I lived lI tion While In England the they thoy t luxuriously at nt tho the best besl hotels and moved about In high circles An A n astonishing feature of oC their ftc ftc- C- C was waH that thc they never troubled military movements in much about J Gf Great at Britain and were at no pains whether we had one to discover in soldiers lIol oil or twenty million training training It wa was naval Information that sought and many of or them b t the they their lives JIves to obtain gladly sacrificed regarding tho smallest scrap crap of ot news tho tho disposition of oC tho the British grand S fleet L BRITISH 1 FLEET rEEr J The news which tho they thoy thus endeavored ored to collect was not for tor the tho pur- pur poso of a German invasion but as thoy tho con confessed for the protection of oC their own country against an allied atThe at- at tack The German Gorman admiralty lived Jived In W of ot terror terror of oC the Invisible movements the tho British naval nl units and for this treason reason the they prized naval information above o bo everything e t is 1 I. I IM SAYS S I recall mari many of ot the laisers laiser's leadIng leading lead- lead sing ing agents who fell tell Into my hands g Ono of or them was a a. guard officer a haughty swaggering fellow tellow You know commandant he remarked to mo before he was shot your English intelligence system Is 18 VCr very Inferior InterIor to the German German In In fact act sir It Is damned rotten y RealI Really I answered Rotten ast RB as t lt It Is it h has as brought you you here and that perhaps ps IB is the finest st testimony to Its A m efficiency r Rosenthal who vho was arrested as aa he ho was as about to board a steamer at Hull was was was the greatest coward I ha have 0 ever met Ho He came carno direct to London from where ho committed somo some of- of fonse onse and tho gave gi his choice of oC Imprisonment or a job Mn the t service ser e. e From the mome mo- mo me t ho he landed here hero all his movements were known and nobody Was vas more surprised sur sur- erl than Rosenthal when Scotland ard officers apprehended him at Hull JE a. a hilo at Wandsworth he ho repeatedly to commit suicide The morning of ot his execution ho was hanged he hei 1 i broke boke down like a n child and collapsed on f-on con the scaffold v Markes was another active emis- emis ary iary from Berlin He had a a. good run Fun runt t while In to England Englan going from one 1 port to an other and finally he only received five years years' penal servitude 4 He deserved to bo be Shot for tor he was was wasa a n dangerous German An of officer leer named j i 7 Rowlands was another coward Hoz Ho z wept w Pt and was tras overcome o when led Jed bet bek be- be t k tort fore tho the firing squad r Intrepid Spy Sp Smoked r II Karl Earl Bushmann a a. naval nl lieutenant was the bravest man of or tho the part party I When I read his death sentence to him the he he did not move a a. muscle and faced his a true man He Ile made one onet t request to me mo before he was shot May Mayri y yr r ri I smoke he asked and of or course I Ir agreed r a recd One of the tho most moat Interesting personalities person person- talkies I 1 encountered was an nn officer of ot high rank ranI who ho was arr arrested sted in tho the east and brought to London To this day I c cannot understand why the fellow did not share not share tho the fate fato of or his brother spies C It will you to learn that not notI on only y was was' his life spared spared- but ho was j I actually y repatriated why repatriated why Heaven en e alono no knows r Thero were ere man many German women spies but only onh one was caught to my knowledge She lived with the tho man Rowlands 8 and was sentenced to ten years years' rs' rs penal servitude Earlier In tho the war a a. Swiss and an Englishman wore were brought to me and ando o Was It alleged against them that tho they thoy had rhad signalled from a city restaurant to Zeppelins The Tho allegation of or course released was stupid a and d the men were r Dutchman man Wes Yn- Yn Master Mind lInd mind of ot tho the German se secret ee- ee The master named a R. Dutchman cret service er woo was at his headquarters who had Brussels lie never ventured to visit England but his subordinates were VIera scattered over neutral ports worked a a. code coda or None of t the spies kept notes note The They carried all their information in information In- In formation In their heads Ostensibly they posed as ns commercial travelers and ana In this wa way worked their pa paa passages a cs to London In 1915 commercial letters were not vigilantly scrutinized 1 and thus the spies were able by means of or trade terms to explain their whereabouts whereabouts where hero and communicate cate Information to their headquarters Tho prince of or tho the German secret service undoubtedly was Captain von n who han hanged ed himself with a a handkerchief at Brixton ln while awaiting trial at tho Old Bane Bailey a fah fair complexioned clean clean- was at attached attached nt- nt shaven young man to German main headquarters during the tho battles of ot the Marno and the Aisne Ho lIe was a brilliant linguist and had written extensively in Germany before the outbreak of oC tho the war ar He lIe Ie was also an intimate personal friend of or toe the kaiser and Von and It was expressly at the invitation of oC tho the arch pirate that ho he undertook a n. mission of ot espionage to this countr country The authorities did not den deny that was b by far tar the cleverest and subtlest secret service agent who ever set foot on British soil During his activities hero he lie le kept the detectives going at nt a merry pace and his lightning lightning lightning light light- ning movements mo carried him today to tho the Midlands tomorrow to Ireland and afterward tp to Scotland and Wales Vales Kupferle had set his heart on ascertaining ascertaining ascer ascer- news neW's of or the tho movements of ot tho the British grand fleet and with this end In view ho worked his passage via Ia Holland Holland Holland Hol Hol- land to America returning In a a lIne liner which gave gae him an opportunity of ot seeing see see- ing Ing- ng th the strength not only of or the tho Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic patrols but also the disposition of oC naval units off the tho Irish coast const From Queenstown ho journe journeyed ed to Liverpool and thence to London Scotland Yard then took n n. hand In intine tine tho game same and from rom that moment Kup- Kup ferlo terlo was a marked man A watchful eye CO kept him continually under ob observation observation ob- ob until the moment came to arrest ar arrest nr- nr rest him Kupferle was was astounded when a quiet looking English detective took him Into custod custody at a hotel near near Victoria station I r am not a spy he protested as he was coe conveyed to Scotland Yard The The admiralty Intelligence department however yc had secured overwhelming evidence against him Later he showed his hand and made a complete completo conics confes sion slon Von Yon n Bern Tool Too In transpired that he was the able lieutenant of ot von on Bernstorff and documents discovered subsequently left lefty no doubt as to the extent o of ot f his l ties in Great Britain and Ireland The Tho SP spy lost his reason while at Brixton and rather than face death In tho the Tower Tow Tow- er of ot London ho 10 destroyed himself The Tho suicide of ot said said the ex-comman ex commandment ex-commandment ment of or Wandsworth detention detention de de- de prison decided the authorities to send all future spies to Wandsworth prison It was necessary to take tako tho the most elaborate precautions to prevent detained suspects from taking their lives They were never allowed to use knives es and forks except under the tha eyes of ot a guard with fixed bayonets They Thc were not permitted to shave themselves themselves them them- selves and If IC they wanted their beards removed they had to submit to tho the prison barber Tho The greatest g care caro was also taken to see that the spies never In any circumstances talked or communicated In an any other way nay a with each other The They The y Were wore accordingly placed laced In s specially constructed cells tho the furniture in n which consisted of oC a mattress with no sheets and only a few books book to rea read 1 I I was amazed to learn from time Ume to timo from rom a 3 certain spy that he lie was as ns thoroughly acquainted A th what was happening happening- in tho the prison as I was myself Furthermore he could inform me most accurately as to the hour and Place of oC execution of ot another condemned condemned con con- man I was sorely puzzled to ascertain the leakage and ad I Increased the tho guards The days s still Passed and I was as battled baffled as over c Nc News s continued Bin contin- ned to o trickle through u h from one cell HI V to tn mother nOT HOT PIPE MORSE E Ono One night my attention was arrested ar nr- ar- ar rested by a n. curious intermittent I noise listened carefully Tho noise instantly instant instant- I ly ceased Then Tien I entered a certain cell cen to find the spy epy apparent apparently fast asleep I left tho tiro cell and locked a tho door I went a It away and after atter some somo time dawned on me that tho anI only by which the spies could co communicate system deductions was wae by bJ means of ot the code M I My Inter later were correct for tor a. a few a-few ew days I found one of the tho kele kaisers kaiser's s chosen agents ts tapping tapping- t tho r o hot-air hot pipe It was In n this wa way that ho he was nas ablo able to conduct a most interesting tion conversa conversa- The man Who eho caused cl me all an t this his hisman annoyance man was a n. distin distinguished g u shed German German Ger Ger- officer who had an nn energetic ca carcer career ca- ca reer in n several theatres of or war Ho Ito conte confessed that he ho had obtained most valuable Information regarding British submarine submarino bases banes s and which would help helt our ur own 0 admiralty I d duly duh my communicated his statement ant and when I told him later that tho the British naval authorities knew an as as aa he ho did and n a little bit mero ho was much aston aston- Ah lI h then ho said youre n not of Quito so 80 bail bad as I thought Tho The conduct of oC th tho o spies at nt Wandsworth Wands Wands- w worth v.-orth orth varied arlell a good deal dent Some Somo were Vere well wen behaved o others there caused endless Mother bother and had to be severely punished Afraid to himself One naval lieutenant who behaved rather well I aroused my sympathy and had him moved to a n. better cull coil in which there thoro was a n. large larg window a R more comfortable bed and plenty of ot books to read I visited him one afternoon aft aft- and inquired how ho liked his new surroundings II For Gods God's sake sake ho he ex exclaimed take mo me out of this place commandant Wh Why I inquired II Be Because ho bo replied cd mournfully I feel I r want to hang myself only I haven't the tho courage to do so 80 so And ho was a a. nian man who had hart seen lIeen hard fighting Thoro Ther p were ro few spies Aples among tho the rn German walt waiters during the thc war All the stories cM which have ha appeared with re regard re- re gard Kurd to waiters walters sl signalling from hotels on tho coast are aro pure puro invention Just as tho the belief boIlet that Zeppelins and were Wore guided b by mysterious motor cars was nothing more mora than a ai i popular myth 5 II 1 |