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Show SHY JAP SPY SLEW COLOIJJROMWELL "I'll Never Leave Here Alive," Said Head of Construction Work By International rsews Service WASHINGTON Dec 11 The charge was made here ton ght that Lieutenant Colonel C H Bromwell was murdered by a Japanese spy in Hono lulu It was reported in press d s patches that he had comm tted suic de The war departn ent has ordered a full inve tigat on of all the facts sur round ng Colonel Bromwell s death The charge that Colonel Bromwell was slain was made not only by his ci an fr ends here but by h s associates in the war department H s son Scott Bromwell a freshman at Harvard is convinced that h s father met foul play at the hands of a Japanese There was no reason for my father to comm t suic de sa d vo ng Broni well to a close fr end of h s father I don t bel e e the story at all Be fore I left Honolulu he told me that he and son e other off cers engaged on the constr ct on of fortif at ons wo Id ne er lea e the sland alive Only those who ha e been o t there can real ze the ser ous s tuat on that he was n II s servant n oreo er were Jap ane Q. Dur ng the summer a score or more of pro nent Wash ngton people s ted Colonel Bromwell who be ame ery pop ular n Wsh pgton soc ety d ring the t e ears he acted as the m tary a de to Pres dent Roosevelt An ong the gi ests were R chard Harlow Repre sentat e Sh rley of I ent cky repre sentat e Rodgers of Massach setts and Mrs Carter Ilarr son Most of those who s ted 1 m declare that he was n perfect health ettren e Ij happv in his marr age and w th h s two children a boy of 17 and a g rl of lo and ntensely nte ested n h s work Thev expla ned moreover that he was n charge of bu Id ng one of the most mportant 1 nks m the cha u of de fens ve forts in the Hawai an lefeuses The go ernment s determ ned to keep the deta Is of th s constr ct on se ret and L eutena t Colonel Bromwell has been se ere n h s refusal to let any Amer cans v s t a certain sect on of the fortif cat ous rreq entl Tapanese laborers endea ored to get to the fo t f at ons b t we e e e ted upon I e tena t Bron e s str t o 1c i O of toe ho ette e t eo Ca oo a a stn e a of the e) a t e t of a r (Continued on Page Two JBWDMWELl Wnttmsd from rlgT Oni7 t rc a brother I 1BW i, - t-olonol Bron , ' Mnt olo el Br o , i one o then 4 n.e,Cn,k 1 , if t or hi i,,i f,,H lo Do l d i . t "(,J er a i lolo el th 'i -" s rots lo H r nl "! mu |