| Show Confessions on of voner von won Alias lylor er roltz 4 O. O tZ Dynamite Plotter II Seventh Instalment in a Series of International Revelations ss rapt Von rem der Goltz Golt Balms dalm to be a secret agent of 01 the German Empire In InI I tri Hit l of 01 the called so-called Canal Canol conspiracy In the tM United ted Court Gourt I ky t to III s proved prod 4 to have hate been the emissary em oj of Capt Capton von on Papers German military I who tc teem seems to haw have him lh With a J mission to blow up th tM the canalI canal I T ried Von on der Jolts Colt returned to h cw esa t v- v h dynamite Th The attempt r rt sk sad nJ 1 soon joon alter alt tailed sailed for lor Europe via Baltimore under a forged passport p port ris td on n behalf kilo of 01 Ilen Taj for lilt Ills next appearance according in n Ingland England he arrived d tIt the record r of 01 the White Paper laper ILU is Holland in n NOt November 1914 IDU 1 hr made conflicting can statements and tc was tea l rU ned d under at as a German spy Among i the papers taken from t. t ron ion in n January 1916 1316 a check was teat found lond for lor in favor latOr of 01 an Taylor and confronted con tc with th this Von on der Colts Goltz confessed City n in the canal anal plot and was vat subsequently r bv by the United tJ 1 G Government t to give olt evidence at the trial of fans American American of the KniPP and others indicted for lor plotting against the r el o othe the United States Further of 01 Van an der Goltz Golta's relations re l El-l U the tAe jle German Government o are document documents set et forth in the tM British Got Govern mt m- m t ft official report o oJ April 1916 a 1916 a. a J Teller letter from Irom Capt Cart Carton von on r I Guila In aid ac ad f St Bt Paul lad to give henry Taylor all aU the h ho may mall ask all for and a letter Dr nr Kratke Kraske German Vice Gust In New York ork mentioning having hating called on him at the Holland House houseas as 4 tn him to call next t day dall at the German Consulate to meet a gentleman Chu M ti Is Inter Interested cd in you At Jit the u. u trial of 01 which Involved international issues of 01 the most mott Moss nature the detente defense bitterly attacked the character of 01 ron Von der Colts IU GP appeared at as chief against the Witnesses 1 they thell brought rt Ma t New Mexico and J Il El laso at tailed assailed hit his personal character and integrity sit fit J t the proceedings proceeding ended in n acquittal In h the series eric of 01 articles published I in th this Von Vor Vorder der Golfe toils tell rial purport to bo be hit his adventures adt at na a German secret erret agent the n with Capt Copt ton von Pape as set tet t forth above there it is no documentary of 01 other connection connect with the Kaisers Kaiser's service At ta it it is impossible to the truth of 01 the incidents he M relate relates this Magazine expressly disclaims rulUf for their accuracy Von rOIl der Goltz Colts insists and hat has made an affidavit that while lie he hat has altered to protect innocent persons the C narratives narrative constitute a true record of 01 r 1 A secret agent he ha says Joe doc not carry car credentials credential and if 1 gt i it commonly disowned by bV hit his Government 11 e F Ft f i t t SAS t tir 1 r 1 t ij I 1 r tt r rS S v 4 a s b r k s sp p r cI r rr r r r 1 r p r t e L ti 1 t a i V LT N a. a f r V i t rr I While h ht hs talked I rolled me a Q cigarette cinotte and ind all alt at t once onca he broke off abruptly I Give me somo some of that too he demanded l Fighting i in Mexico JUT nn 1 tj M 1 Tae n. I Pree Co ITU rr r. York for Wr WENT ti FAT r up to El Paso Ino determined L U as soon loon as ns po possible to return to Mexico Detor I returned to toey 67 ey Oo Governments Government's thoro thero W was waa I had to do 1 I felt a n. nery very ery t desire to square accounts with Ith ctrl foa Salvador 1 50 8 I stopped off oft n nt at t 1 El Is 1 Paso to look kr tho the bout whom my friend Pablo Almen Almon- tris told mo rao while I was waa In tn prison I J IOtt jt Ott lut no timo In getting gotting Into touch with 01 and other members of the tho Con Con- Jun Junta tn JA Another acquaintance made at nt that ate Ite proved cJ later vcr very cry useful to mo I I L. L A 4 A. A Francisco VUa VU VIt a 5 personal physician W was waa a Il fellow tello 11 it t the Ollendorf Hotel W it hero on M earnest but Impecunious e-b. e Juan T T. Burns now Mexican S General In New York may mayl la l t r a morning when ho hod d 1 I found ourselves with ono nickel us and tho necessity of at gotE got- got g E 5 br for tor two to at nn an HI El Paso ch eh counter That lono Jitney snit Hilt i z cup eup of ot coffee cortee and antI two rolls rolla ot or us took a n roll ron and AntI wo we 0 drank dranks s cup t of pt coffee corroo mutually I also o renewed my Intimacy with I V the saddler In South I Itt eta tt Ao O Street Ho Ito told ma mo n l man mand d d tot toot know had coma with my lyder for or tho papers I f had loft has 84 o i and h ho had turned them thorn n tr ig at nt last of ot obtaining roa rot ro- ro a 4 t at t 1 l 1 Paso I availed myself of ot contu lar nr recommendations and andt 1 t tout out t b tt Los Angeles Cal Cat where whore r. o embi r l 1313 1913 n. n directly after the theo t tee o Tt Tl Blanca Chihuahua I 1 Ia dyed a II telegram saying Dr proposition t at t onre and l signed Gen My liT T y lay Iny open between n rao me I was fre freet freto to start reached El EI l 1180 ao iov 0 27 7 and went to tG h Chihuahua a n. n which had fallen the hands f t tho Constitutional Ont theto I looked up my n of the tho half halt blanket Pablo Alby Al- Al and by him was Introduced Col Trinidad commands command command- s cavAlry brigade dc who promptly tt d mo rue to his staff with tho the rank e ta F Fe d h. d retreated J across 4 ert northward and settled thorn them selves In to Ojinaga a the tho called so-called Gibraltar tar of ot tho Rio Grande Grando- n a a tremendously strong natural position Toward the of ot December wo received orders to proceed t Jo Io tho the at attack attack attack at- at tack of or Our brigado and tho the troops of ot Gens Gons Pamilo Natira and Toribio Ortega wore Included In tho the Ox expedition some men Tho The railway railway rail raU- wa way carried us seventy miles The rest of ot the Journey had to be made mado on horseback During four tour days das of ot marching In la tho the desort I made mado ac nc- acquaintance with Mexican mounted In Infantry infantry In- In fantry the tho most effective arm for tor such conditions condition and antI country tho the world has hns seen n. n Arriving before tho the outer d defenses tenses of at OJInaga wo vo our ur alc siege lego o of ot the tho city I Soon Roon after I got my sight of P Pincho Pancho neho Villa All of ot n a sudden ono one evening c Trini dad told me that Pancho bad bod Just arrived and wo fro must ride over for foi a n conference with him Wo We 0 found Villa lying Ing on a saddle I blanket In an nn Irrigation ditch In compan company com com- I pany pan with Haul Madero brother of ot tho the murdered President a n handful of ot oil oil- cers who had hatI como come up with thorn thom and our own commanders r and Ortega Madero r. r dero l i tho the ablest Mexican n alive wise WAS undistinguished In the dingiest din din- giest of ot old bra gray sweaters Villa un un- I kompf unshaven and unshorn was as begrimed d and wear weary eary from his hlA ride across the he ho desert But Dut ho hI seemed d full tull of ot up bottled energy y and when Gen Rodriguez z and I 1 camo came up ho was giving ing Gen Ortega blazes because so 80 little had been boon accomplished In regard to taking hilo ho talked I 1 rolled me roc a cigarette cigarette cigar cigar- ette UC and all at nt ho he broke broko ort oft abruptly Gino mo me some somo of ot that too ho demanded demand 41 I handed him tho the makings makings' and ho he attempted a. a L cigar cigar- ette etla Ho lIe was so o clumsy with It that I had to roll roU It for him for the tho first and last time In m my acquaintance with him I saw Pancho Villa smokes mOko Contrary to tho the stories storie that h hay havu 1 t gone gono on out lut about him ho he la is a n most moat abst abstemious man with regard to alcohol l an t nn to tobacco tobacco to- to bacco On Christmas nl night bt 1913 1313 Jp ha happened mol the tho adventure nd which nado nade me b by accident and without intention a hero bero Also Abo I i tho the greatest test fright of ot my life Uto My commander Rodriguez had received re rOe re- re orders to mako make an attack that nl night ht straightforward ord toward a. a I After ACter It t was waa completely dark wo we formed and Advanced s very Tery oon soon among tho the willows lining tho the bank of ot tho the Ito mo Conchas which we bad had to cross It If Wu was my first taste tute of ot warfare war wu- warfare fare and I cannot begin gin to tp tell toll you how It affected me me how boW spooky It was wu among th the tb willows In the va o darkness dark dArk- n ness neat S through which hleb the column was wu threading lu its way with tho the utmost possible The Tho b beat at t o of of hoofs hoots I was muffled In the soggy Y ground and the only sounds to break the tho utter stillness of at the night were 1 the occasional occasional occa occa- clank of ot a spur pur or the of a 4 horse bONO Then all at ot once to tho the front and In Inthe the tho distance came a boom the boom the growling bark of 0 a field gun Pins Ping Ping broko broke out a 8 volley of ot rifle r shots hots and then with Its Ita r rl r-r-r-r-rl a n machine gun got ot to wow wok k A staccato barn bam barn barn bam aa tuI a 4 Colts machine Joined gun tho the chorus Somewhere Some where troops wore going Into serious action That was no skirmishing Wo We finally crossed d tho river and dJs dis mounted Part of ot the brigade had gone astray Rodriguez cursed Impatiently impatiently t and Incessantly under his bis breath until It Joined us He Ise was waa aborn a 11 aborn born C cavalry leader mad for action Any sort of ot waiting lacerated his nerves In line Uno with rifles trailing wo we 0 moved across tho unknown terrain of at low rolling hills On our front there had been no firing Then all at once di directly directly dl di- before us and not far tar ahead sounded a n startled QuI vivo and an nn Instants Instant's silence while tho the surprised outpost of 0 the enemy waited for tor an answer Mortal sounded Bounded his bis shrill alarm Hell broko broke o open n Around us then Rifles fifes machine guns and cannon opened fire all at once Bullets whined above our heads buds and bursting shrapnel Jumped us u Wo We 0 had Just come to an nn Irrigation ditch six feet teet wide with a high wire fence tence on the further bank of It Stay hero till tin they're all nil across and look for tor Rodriguez gave e himself time to order mo then leaped across tho the ditch and began bogan to tear at the fence tence Como Come on here bere boys ho he shouted Tho The men were quickly across I followed followed fol tol- lowed or tried to and Just as my front foot touched tho the further r bank the cia clay crumbled Down I went ent Into the ditch I Whoa When I recovered cred myself In that I four Cour feet foet of ot mud and water and poked poked my head hoad up over tho the bank the fence had been demolished Beyond It countless rifles spat apat tongues of ot fire toward me mo But nut not a a. living soul was Va near The Tho night had bad swallowed up very ver last Il ono one of ot our men Fright had not como coma yet yet- yetI I was wp J be be- ti I still had hild I my 1 rifle and began began bog be bo- g gan nn to use uso It After a a. few v discharges thero came a n violent wrench and tho the ba barrel rel parted company wIth the rest of ot the weapon P n. n If It h had d been con shot to pieces s In m my hands I throw the stock awn r and got out my revolver a rc fer a a Colts 44 action le of ot the tho frontier model ml Do Thoro was wai a n roar like Jlko a field nuns and a n flash that lit Ut up tho the night all 11 round me mo The wet weapon was outdoing l Itself lt in pyrotechnics and I t Cas s unnecessarily attracting attention attention attention at at- to myself So half swimming halt half wailing I mO moved ed down the ditch In tho dl of ot tho the high hill which seemed half familiar looming t to me I was waa lo lot t t. t you understand I had como come at nl t Into unknown terrain I welcomed that hill which seemed scorned to give sivo mo me bark b k my orientation I 1 reached rc the Ib b base tse se of it It got out of ot my ditch and I bilg b V to n to with somo some caution lucid luckily luck for tor me For Just as M I 1 sneaked over 1 to o crest a roar and nash a n. flash ash obliterated the tho night Two enemy en en- ern em emy y 85 as tro r pieces field had been dl discharged charged Together almost Into my taco face Deeming It mono than moro than likely that tho the flash had shown n tho rho gunners on one on startled face I rolled down that hill hili and w wa s q one more In my ditch But panic 1 had bad d full tull possession of oC me mc I climbed put ut on the tho far tar side and ond ran among t t jo o c scattered trees thero until I d that no racer can cnn hope to outrun a a. bullet Then I J stopped Bullets oro hissing Into tho the soft softy Irrigated ground all round mo me for Cor h by y ent I had bad gotten Into a very cry zone zono of ot dropping dropping drop drop- ping pinS cross croS while overhead o shrapnel shrapnel nel was searching out for tor our hors horses s B By good luck I know tho the trumpet cans calls Whenever the tho s nat to tiro firo sounded I J took what co cover ocr I could going on again In what I decided was as the direction of at tho the 1110 Conchas as soon as M the tho bugloss bugles cal called caled ed cease celso firing After a w while hilo I found a 8 e mall gray ray grayhorse grayhorse ho horse c standing dejectedly b by a n tree 1 mounted him and lIy got among the willows s on tho the rho river or bank There the tho horse collapsed under mo without a warning quiver or groan gronn and when I had wriggled I loose and groped doped him over I discovered the poor brute bruto must have bave been cn shot hot as full foil of or holes as aa a n. flute before I ever evor found him But I 1 had small sympathy to send on fallen tallen horses horse Just then Cleaning I my gar gory hands aa tuI best beat t I could on breeches and tunic I stumbled on through tho the bushes After a a. long Ion I came by accident to tho the where tho the brigade had dismounted to togo togo go Into action way back on Christmas Christ Christ- maa mas night 1315 1313 Tho The mounts wore mostly gone Jone but a a. toW few still stood there with perhaps a score of or men and one ono Col Cot who was vastly surprised at nt m my end sud den appearance from tho the direction of ot tho the front Our brigade had b been en withdrawn within twenty minutes minute of at the beginning begin ning Ding of at tho the action action as its soon sees as ns It was quite Quito certain tho the surprise had failed was os waiting there because his brother had been killed and he be wanted ranted If It possible to take taka back his body But But cried tho the Colonel suddenly warming Into emotion you you whore where have bave you been You valiant Gorman refused to como come back with tho the others otherl All night all by your OUr lonesome you have havo been lighting single Lot Let me embrace you yowl He lie HunS clung his hla arms about m ms to re receive receive re- re o ceh-o a fresh surprise You are aro all sticky with something he be cried What Is it lU Blood I told him simply and truthfully My reputation was made M Bravado Bra stirs a Mexican m AS aa nothing llIo can Con Counterfeit b bravado 1 b Just justAS AS Aa effective as any so long IonS aj as tho the sub nub Is not suspected Young Capt von |
