Show Confessions Co of of Von V on ondel del der Jg f fi Goltz i 1 i iT T Alias L 9 Dynamite Plotter Tenth Instalment of a Series of International Revelations t. t uI 4 1 7 y a 1 i f. J 1 0 l I i I g. g I I a c f r k r J r l Ira r r r w tt t d Rl 7 K E Ii G Uirl ei lt dS dSa u a r R Z W fC eJ j e. e i. i r 0 A- A f tJ 7 L. L I 7 j J I o u l- l r. i t 1 5 4 l r J k k r rw a. a rIN IL t s r.- r. f l It tI 16 r i A 8 t h 7 1003 O N AD ACa sYi t n ls L tt lm far z 1 Ills r. r r. r w. w J a p. p 1 iL l. l Tho The Bridgeman Henry Taylor passport on which Von der Goltz entered England r Worst Von Yon der Goltz Gott claims to be bc a secret ecret agent of 0 the German Umpire He lIe stated in an court that lies Ills real name is ia In the thc trial of 01 the Ow so- so called Canal conspiracy In the United States hates Court he lie u as proved to have been the emissary of Capt von the German military who seems to have entrusted him with a mission to How blow up the thc canal locks dynamite From Buffalo Von der Golts Goltz returned to New 2 etO Fork and aud on Oct OM 3 J sailed for Genoa wider under a passport issued on behalf of 01 Bridgeman Henry Taylor Ills his next crt appearance according to the thc endorsements on his hb passports WI was in fn Munich then jenn In in Berlin lie entered from front Holland in Novem November ber aura and was teas imprisoned under suspicion as a German spy Among Amono the pipers from Capt von in January 1916 a check was tea found for in favor fIlor of 0 Bridgeman henry Henri Taylor and confronted with this Von Vort der Golt Golts confessed complicity in the canal plot and was subsequently requisitioned b. States to U to at the of liana Hans Tau- Tau seller American representative of oJ the tle Krupps and others indicted for plotting against the IJ peace aee of the e United States Stales Further confirmatory of Von der Golt Goltz Goltz's s relations with frith the German Government arc documents set act ct forth ir in n the British Governments Government's official report of 0 April 1916 a 1916 a letter from Capt you ton requesting Consuls in Baltimore and St. St Paul to give Bridgeman Henry Taylor all the assistance he may ask ash for and a letter signed Dr Kracke German Vice Consul in New York Jork and addressed to Baron Von der Goltz Golt mentioning having called on OrL him hini at the tile Holland House and inviting him hilt to call next neat day at the German Consulate to meet a gentleman who is interested in you VOlt At the trial of which involved international issues of 0 the most serious serious nature the defense Utterly bitterly attacked the character of 0 Von Van der Goltz Golts who appeared as a. chief witness against the Witnesses they brought from x Veto lo Mexico and El EI Paso aso assailed IlLs his personal character and integrity and acquittal the thc proceedings ended in In the series of articles of 0 which this Is s the last lad published in this Maga- Maga Inc ale Von Van der Golt tells what purport to be his adventures as a German agent the tM i elation clation with Capt von ton Pape l there is b in our possession no evidence of 01 other connection with the Kaisers Hatters sert service cc As A it is 4 im- im the truth of 0 the incidents incIdent he lie relates to establish t beyond checking up his movements this tilia Magazine expressly disclaims responsibility for tor their accuracy In the Paws of the British Lion ion 0 Oo Pro Irn M br The Tho for World Tort Tae lea se abandonment abandonment at lt tho the A FTER tb the AFTER A last moment of ot the plot to blo blow blowup blowup up the locks of ot th the tho Welland Canal Ca I nal with dynamite x paid ald for tor by Capt at tho time German Cerman Franz von voa at Washington ton I 1 New York for tor Genoa Gonoa Italy tailed failed from General Consul whence b nce the German Prussian Consulate In sent m me c on to the tho went Trent to Berlin I there Munich From order I 1 reported reto re- re arriving Oct 17 11 1914 D By General Staff Department Department Department Depart- Depart the ported to v Office and ment III B B. B to the tho Foreign Office being questioned Colonial to t tat the be regarding my Impressions at each place N North rth American Conof Con Con- of or affairs on the ordered to report t in person per per- Then I was was' which I did at Emperor son lion to the ed in great reat Coblentz and was as questioned detail about I tho the state tO of or affairs In being granted an opportunity opportunity op op- Mexico After the western and both to lo loI I visit lt back to sent eastern fronts I was as Berlin erl and given the tho choice of ot going oln Mexico I back to to furk Turkey y or going ileac chose Mexico and accordingly was sent to England via ia Holland tra travelling on the tho American passport Issued u d to toLt Lt Henry Taylor aylor 1 arrived In London Nov 4 4 l 1914 U. U I f i England I was then in the tho first and most l feverish stages of ot tho Germa spy German J phobia which followed the tho outbreak of ot the thear war ar and for four tour days das I thoroughly thor thor- enjoyed tho sensation of ot tickling tickling tick tick- Un ling the tho Lions Lion's whiskers so 50 to spear Then rhen tho the Lion suddenly clapped a a. pa paw down own and I was caught un under er iU It Nov 8 S 1314 1 I had hall gone Iono down to the Horse Guards to watch guard mount mount- ing log A crowd had a assembled for the ceremony In tho the press atoy a a- aboy toy boy oy stepped heavily lly on my foot toot I h had hada ad a corn there It hax happened and and promptly j cursed cured him in round M Mexican fashion on though in English Recollecting ting where I wu I was waa feeling In err wasp wai my pocket for pocket OJ a penny to salvo salve his feelings when out of ot the crowd I saw a taco faco turned steadily toward me I r knew tho the man at once He lIe was the friend of ot a a. very very celebrated Russian dancer lancer and I had once bo been n Instrumental instrumental mental in exposing him In Germany as is a Russian agent And he assuredly knew my m- mac face faco ac as well wen as I knew his I forgot the penny I was going to give tho bo boy What hat should I do The Thc man had I recognized me mo and would undoubtedly report his discovery to the proper quarter But thc they would have no fur further ther tiler proof of or anything anything- against me According According Ac Ac- AcI I cording to the tho papers In my ray pocketbook pocketbook pocket pocket- book I was a Mexican returning from leave of or absence True I was wag a travelling on a n false falso passport But why not Constitutionalist Mexico had no officials to Issue passports just then and nd German names on passports were not convenient Such a deception might have havo been practised Innocently enough If It I could only make tho the English believe bellevo that I was not in German German German Ger Ger- man pay and was not In England as a n Sp spy In a a. Parliamentary Whito Paper r Miscellaneous No o. o 13 Of ot 1916 you yon on can find this statement made about me Horst ort vort der Goltz Coltz arrived in England from Holland Rolland on the tho or ot November 1914 Ho offered Inform information lion tion upon projected air raids hi ht where tho derived her er information as to British shipping and how hove Jow the Leipzig was as Obtaining her hu coal supplies Ho No offered to go back to Germany to obtain tho the information I and all all all' ho lie asked for In t the tho G first In- In stanco his travelling expenses c es This Is how It happened happen cd In that brief moment of oC co cogitation In front of oC the Horse Guards 1 I saw raw that my wy one safe method w was audacity and directness direct direct- directness ness h ness g my only hope to tell some sort fort of or ofa ofa ora a story before my accuser could tell his So I w direct to Downing Street 1 and tho the Foreign which was wa I walking Into the tho Liona jaws 1 with a a. vengeance I a asked kod for Mr Campbell of ot the Secret t Intelligence Department and told him I wished to enter his service What lie hr asked did I claim to have o Information about 1 Zeppelin raids I told him that being tho the toast least harmful subject I could think of ot in incase case caso m my traitorous offer should ever como come to German ears No topic was more closely guarded e so 50 I knew I could trust Berlin to realize I II I was blurting blurring when hem I 1 claimed any knowle knowledge ge of oC it Also It was n. n topic which vastly Interested the English r liaf H J 1 0 The bluff blurt went wont through to extent extent extent ex ex- ex- ex tent It left the British authorities thoroughly at se sea My apparent good Intent combined with my Mexican commission and American passport pro provided ed them with a x which would take a a. good long time timo solving Tho The only provable chargo charge they thoy co could ld bring against mo me was that of ot being an In Inalien alien enemy who had failed to register So on tho the of ot November I found myself arraigned In police court on that charge You may b be sure I did not complain It have been so very ory cas easy easy- for me to bo be standing before a a. martial court on a charge chargo that carried carried car car- i ried the tho penalty of or death On the tho of ot November r I was sentenced sentenced sentenced sen sen- to six sL months at hard bard labor at Pentonville Prison with a n. recommendation recommendation dation for tor deportation at lt Its tion I served five months at Ponton- Ponton where ville-where Roger Casement w wa was hanged hanged and and then my good conduct let mo out Homo Secretary MacKenna MacKenna Mac- Mac Kenna signed the tho order for tor m my do- do But 1 I was not deported Instead I was th thrust t into Brixton Prison where Prison hanged himself himself him him- self strangely enough just after his troubles seemed over and he ho had driven a. a bargain for tor his life lito and freedom free froe- freedom dom in return for tor tho the Information he be was prepared to give give- In Brixton though I was not sentenced on any charge I was ns kept In solitary confinement confinement confinement con con- 1916 when I Iwas Iwas Iwas until January t was transferred d to Reading Jail At Reading Reading locale of oC Oscar Wildes Wilde's ballade bal bal- lade lade conditions conditions were less disagreeable than tho they had been at Brixton I was wa allowed to have havo newspapers and magazines magazines mag mas- and to talk and exercise with my fellow prisoners All AlI this time you ma may be sure at attempts attempts at- at tempts were made mado to secure further Information from me met and especially to solve sol the tho enigma of ot my personal Iden iden- But I stuck steadfastly to my ray stor story By that time it had cry crystallized crystal crystal- tal- tal to this I was Horst von van der Colts Goltz born In Guatemala of ot Gorman German p parents rents but not a German citizen I Iwas Iwas was an nn officer on leavo leave from the Mexican Mex Mex- lean ican army and had used tho the Bridgeman Bridge Bridge- man nian Taylor passport from nece necessity From necessity too I had concocted tho the fable of ot wishing to sell soIl information Information tion to the British Government in the tho natural hope of avoiding tho the predicament predicament ment In which I found myself Try as they would the authorities could find no evidence to knock hol holIn holes In n that story And It was then I conceived con con- a deep personal liking for tor BritIsh Brit Brit- Ish sh sport sportsmanship man They were deeply suspicious and undoubtedly would have been icen glad to have shot me at sunrise If It they could havo found a legal reason for or such procedure But tho they compelled compelled compelled com com- themselves to play fair and give me e cr every chance chanco What man could ask more mora L certainly not not My position post post- lon lion teemed impregnable and 1 down to spend my days das in British prisons until tho the war should end You recall that in December 1915 on President t Wilsons Wilson's request the German Gorman Government recalled Ed Boy and von van its Naval al and Military Attaches Tho They travelled homo home on personal conducts sate from the British and French Governments You may remember also that Capt von OD Japen took along with him a number of ot personal x papers and that when the tho ship which bore him touched at nt Fal- Fal mouth England these documents were seized Complaining he was wa reminded that hat his safe conduct covered only his hla body and that he ho wore his clothing merely by the British Navys Navy's courtesy That hat seizure sei of his papers happened on Jan 2 1916 Being now permitted to read tho the daily lally papers I heard of or It it even in Reading heading and md at first was Wu greatly alarmed But nothing happened The documents wore were published and made mads a n great deal dt of sensation in England But my Daml did not appear It had bad been deleted b by the tho censor ensor so It later ter l appeared Ten days of or t false hope that deletion rave gave me and then on tho the night of ot Jan Jun 30 Ot I 1016 1916 16 tho the Governor Go of or Rc Reading told me I was to go IP up to London next day h ro to I asked him He told Ile m Scotland Yard What for orl was my iny next question Ho said he did no noo not know enow o Any moment moro dramatic than that hat of or m ray my entrance next morning Into he the Commissioners Commissioner's room at Scotland Y Yard Tard I do not wish to live lI through Some one else elso ma may have that excite ment There were several eral men in tho room room- Capt William WIlHam Hall of ot tho the Admiralty's Department Mr Nathan apt Capt Carter of ot tho the War ar omco and Mr lr Basil Thompson Assistant Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- of ot Police They all looked vcr very grave There was one big table In n the centre centro of or tho room and on the table able was ono little oblong piece of ot paper x pink paper pink paper One of ot them picked It up and held it where I could coul read road it A reproduction on of ot it IH is printed right here Washington D. D C. C Sept 1 I 1314 In Tho The RIggs National Bank Banle Pa Pay to tho the order of ot Mr Bridgeman l Taylor llor two hundred dollars I F VO VON When hn I had read that he hc turned turnell It over for me mo to see the indorsement Mr Ir Taylor They The were all watching me mc and md the 1 I room was was vcr very silent One One of ot thorn them handed ino mo a pen pert and sheet of or pall paper r. r Situ Sign your oUr name please please D B II H Taylor Tay Tay- lor Do you know that check Yes I admitted Why h was I It t Issued Von Van gave gac me the monc money to COto go CO goto goto to Europe and join tho the arm army All Ah 1 Von Papon gave save it you you I was doing quick thinking That little pink check might easily be he my death warrant wan In that of or documents it seemed more mora than likely reports r J anU instructions with my namo sprinkled U through roush them since that lint check ebeck had been there thero My f ln last t chance was gone after atter all those months month of bluffing blurTIng I have havo sense senio enough h to know a game amcIs Is up If It people positive proof that you have havo dono done a thing g Its It's no use saying you havo not Isay ono one chance and and ono chance chanco only only only-of t of extricating mr myself I must make a a confession But Bui It t must bo ho o a peculiar sort of or confession To carry conviction it must admit everything material contained In Capton Capt von on seized papers papel'S where mj 01 name W was lS Implicated And not to b bi be o l disloyal al it must must JOust a admit t m nothing more more- nothing nothing- in other words that England was not already y cognizant of ot from tram other sources How to do that that to to bluff blurt them once oneo moro morn to a finish this time |