| Show n I i N S EGRET SERVICE SER VISE 1 T Stories of cf Experiences In in the State War Treasury and Departments hy by true t Coll Col Jasper Ewina Brady Late Censor of T Telegraphs and Chief Si Signal na Officer U lJ S A Santia Santiago o de Cuba Cubat tae News New Copyright Cop night lX b by W tR G 0 Chapman t WI lit t n tor or t i No u Dodge Dode U US S S Secret cret Service Servi e eu i II w returned d to tho United Iff lr FY r lUrn his hla round th thId the 8 s II i C n Id ad trip tot tor tho ti government 1111 ember o 11 Pc oro and ami lust mak lr I San to toW la av a the continent hg 11 where he made hlll report W ls sov government The to N the of It state war find and nav navy were this report and a con In dl held lit at the white House II 0 s I terene Cheney evening I the t results tho taCon tat lass nil ho skins 1119 about s for 1 to tall salt from directing hlll hint j I a I v b d reel to and report ort make a lone to la teet I 1 th there rc or with In not Int war r kr urs the Ilia h a r port ho he emphasized the I d r the In the fat fatI The I tombo of their army was has I rail navy little better than l i loll mr Iron hene mildly 11 b task by the of war and andu u 1 for hi hie conclusions but lal prated he ws wap right To fo folIt 1 lIt ley I or of fleet neet r IX l Iy ey was IS not such a 11 great grent event br o tai 1111 theney heney had been every Me or of the h ho he hod seen lie tUf decay lack or of discipline lUll and inattention One rent real 1011 good American au could blew the whole pan It fleet out ot of the water nut But the tho Sure RUIe plenty ot of them most I had ha been down for tor years und and fr And nd the forts were In wIly welly the name condition as the fleet fleetIS u IS has been remarked the tho secretaries are a lit ne Inclined tl to bo be skeptical tot lul the Iha calm deep brown J Tel president r knew Col Cheney was tIlling telling the truth The Tho president dill did say much at al tho conference ho MId and listened but the next lext day by br appointment Cal Col Choney Choncy at the House Honse and again trot over the most salient poInts ot of lis b The Tho president knew raid lal there would h be War and when It Old tome coins iol ol Cheney was wall to he be In barge of the tho army arm secret service 1 aei nt at your command Mr Pres I dint Wald Chenoy Cheno know I I It colonel 1 thank you OU dh t q president shaking his hand at parr that turned to hl his kin In Chi uto an a ail 1 nit were wert overjoyed tr sea pee hint hIm A quiet dinner U ah discussed lit at the tho part partI I II artor af r which Cheney hene listened la 10 Ibe ther rip rt It J was In II h 0 knew tt It would 1 bl The na IU being transacted ns as he heuM r uM old ha It done rued ho he x ht t you OU fellows have your our r cds ads 11 a Weli you ou can just keep 1 Item tt hr r Im not going to lI e rge ot of the tho work wurl Ill have havo havey If y om I re fI lint will lie he glad to con 11 0 i with hh II But my active days In this cor r rn are over QUill 1110 baked lIed solemn but bul Loner tan Ian JU fur ln and 1 You k Nn p me Cheney the lIre lIl un IN as work rk when youre oure dead 1 i n rOtC rore In ht your our blood l I d t 1 a pretty Rood good tul to Ind knew lu ho roes li Jk said nothing hut but sias M a of thinking tat UI lei 11 I ho se sec 5 2 ns as you OU like lI e skate enLY moved apace Spain eau 1 g ge t a more and more arrogant It h uba No 1110 were clamoring for tor the thc nr ram 1 net hut but the green man mall the I Was flat reull gr ing rendy rend however however t ral hl Iy AX as h lie He its moro more than T Pi lie ami the Iho P a that dray lit In ht When SOma ollie Spanish dastard t Z Id American sailors to their holm ft vas the deciding tray ti 1 I lama hero was Willi n 11 taint faint hOl hope e that e lilt ma might avert mert the crl crisis 19 out but t II h 1 acing up ot of the tho Maine nil nilI I re e of r rJ r e fled Tune The COUll country try was hn 11 on line end to le the other I a ene h rl rd or of the blowing up ot of the j ne i hIs lie Ito knew f earl th ib meant halt pocked hl his anti antiI I 1 tf I 14 1 the pare said alel 1 prep ops I ton Jeff Jett and then some ome t I earn ta r r Ill get ItOI 1 n telegram In the thil IC And he did day 1 i da 1 he W again stood In t t the lie president that thal II he e tor n The TheIn lar In of Inquiry would m meet et der tr rM 1 u lon but the preel z i bs Information tho II allowed by red tape Y era lied jed tour four days I Maine wile Was blown up and 1 en Let ent to Work Only two torn men menS S b general and Capt Iff dott dof the lie Maine knew knel his bill r rhal lie ho be biro fP purpose was 11 t het was thinly fixed ill S It r ml Ind n d after he had his folk pant lIt CS e was that the tho uMi din has her blown Ill 1111 by b nil an explosion er been hUll trio M reA Ii She had been nn an Ie Oer 0 i e r n a to torpedo re P d u ome e Span min unwanted ban ort Oft the thelt tn hI proofed roof 11 lt on n truey ho au knew applied ot ott t I to la modern at Thera were hen hulls hUll nn an tn In tw a hell and the space tIl i them with some Ims Imst then t re In the Tema 11 f rota cement it Ie e n within tho ship this t My Oil Jt Ih the bo ex on th pi bottom f nor or Ir C Y 4 A r well blown In the air and as there were I plenty of Vt vessels In the harbor some of It have hae alighted on their decks or of th these ee had probably swept It but them was 01 II a chance that Cheney Chency would lend out The Yard Word lino IIno steamer City of was aH there on the ot of the thc and was wall still It Ir I the Cheney boarded tills ship and found nut one olle piece or of this tUII cement but 1 a dorm some SOllie ot of theu therm n as large as 08 u a mUll marts head One Olle piece cc he took with him In hl his aim mind he was but he wanted proof beyond peradventure It if the tho had hOll bean henn torpedoed her keel would be bent up It If however the explosion of ono dill or of her own the harvest or of death and destruction the keel Would he be b bent ut Cheney secure secured 1 a crew mid potting on n a diving suit went down to I tee see Il was U a new 1100 to him but he was equal to 10 it II Sigsbee han had carefully to 10 him the of etc elc of It the veil vessel Pt and what nt with him to the ship The waters or of harbor are black Olt as night and the bottom Is IH soft muI IOU All 11 one OM afternoon Chency Chelle worked around this 7 t I I i i p R R It I r rI ts f EXU EX U S SENATOR IN PRISON FRISON I I he photographs sho allow tanner former Joseph It II Murton Durton ot of and the Jail In Ironton Mo Io In which at Oct 2 he began t a six months sell sen sentence tence following Ids hlA conviction b by n a federal court Jars Burton the tho former senators wife has taken up hr her rest resl dence In hr Ironton where she sho personally prepares re and carries his meals to 10 the tho Incarcerated statesman u u of the American sailors lIe Ile I cane UP onlY when he hud had to la and on I his hest ascent he brought up a 0 elect I or of cable That night he sal Bal and drew drow a diagram ot of shat he hind had discovered rho keel was Willi bent up 1111 the tho explosion hall cone come front from the out Hide attic Spain Wn Wail The true truo story or of the tho ur up ur of the tho Maine Maim hOH 1015 never nover been tell but bUl It III 5 I olne do clay III the tha future the country wilt will know hOl It H happened and who touched ore off the torpedo henry helley returned to n made malic hl his report and front then all on was activity In III the government service In April when the volunteer army was nu au he Ivan a 11 col colonel onel and given charge of the tho secret service Here hit hIli splendid mentality and energy enery came Into play pIny Ills seden sedentary tary abstemious life rendered him physically fit for anything ills IlIa head headquarters quarters hero with the army In III the held neld but he operated Rolel solely under tinder the direct orders ot of the president Ills command over Ier his hH department Ia nh ab absolute solute mad he ran s with nn an Iron hand Among lots hIs other duties he wall teas required to tako charge of anti and entertain nil the tha foreign foren military attaches who l the arm army to Its lIa vets ell They clinIc came from Ier every quarter or of the globe nod were given the best of oC everything Paget of It the Royal Ish navy and Ue Lee of at the lery Van Goetzen of or of of r nil alt w were c there rod one morning Chency heard a familiar voice say sayI I mn am 1001 looking for tor Col CoI Cheney up lie he behead Ills lit friend Count I nl am l Cot Col Cheney Chene renal lion du you do suid the I count lost Insl thine i Iii saw lIaw 01 Was ut at your our name was Ilas Bradley I Yes YeM count nil true truo I Iwas was then busily en engaged trying to keep I out or of the tho way or of your Third Section I You succeeded I 1 see replied tho count lOunt I Ye Yes but It WaR suns a 11 dose close shae hey nod and thus resumed their very ery pleasant friendship I Information seas by Spain ns as asto to just wheat tiro tho American army was going to ta tin do and numbers of at spies Rille weN turned loose In Tampa and other points ot of concentration It was Cheney dut dutto duty to prevent this II iii I he mod his hili men Were Irene kept busy Ills seas perfect and not n a hian or or nr rived ii Tampa that thene dId not lu I 01 Many Inny ts hero ere Ih the edit tn If Fort M Pher son for Safe late keeping Tomas romas of Cain to Cheney tin aAI lell I him ham In Ih his hili work Many Ian other Cu u bans ball hilt bul I they hey were generally nil title and no work One night Chone Chaney hear beard of oC the Iho ex or of a Span h club lub lit at City and taking one man with him went over oer and brake It Up 1111 There were ere about lo 40 Spaniards the Iho club hen Cheney and his mon mar broke Ina III the tho door Quick as AI 1 n flash nuh Cheney Chene covered them with his hla Ills ilia mat likewise they dro drove the a Into a I and RII held them there With one hand a revolver pointed It at this tho crowd eMney Chaney phoned tu to Gen Gell ger lor or troops iq 10 15 minutes n cOIn pany of at regular Infantry arrived mill and marched this the prisoners on oft to Saone arne of meet prominent citizens vere caught In iii that raid rhio War lour board III hr Washington was playing and shuttlecock with the thc armY One OliO lay day It was 8 going to 10 the next la 10 Porto Porte Santiago or Cienfuegos or has nt at large on the tho high seas nod until he was tOr ailed the arm go any piece And this war hoard wanted information about alt o 1 places and Chen Cheney was told lold to get et It 1 t the s e M de details tails plunk on hi his shoulders his hili time was Willi occupied for fOl about 20 hours out ot of Itch each 24 lm III his hiM OWn on mInd kin he convinced et that the amy l leither movement would bu au either aran against t Havana or Santiago or f the libe latter hatter pine thin government hlll had Ii a Rood good deal Qt of but butOr pf Or Havana tarry were n a alt 11 shy h In a general way they kno knew or of retiree of f the Morra and Cabanas forts ortH hut but of the tho ot of troops etc since the war broke out they were Iere Havana could bo be by the navy Ivy the sea and ond no army could come cOllie an In 10 fun 1111 re of the tho dh clIv from tints q 1 I I elf h army he h ready tor or such II a move movement ment This tees the Chic Che Cheney ney no to get ot lie lied numerous and ot of the tho under ibis hili com but ju just t the right person lid did not appear lie Ill suns not nol hampered for rOl funds ane and could pity 1111 any price for fot this Informs tI 0 II ile offered a thousand dollars or 01 more moru to J then Three of them tried it II but the were very alert around and naught came of the tho II attempts I The Tho that nip gut to all allright right and anI then hits hili feet became col eol 1 he cane buck back Th The s second tried to 10 get In from rota the sea ea side MidI hut but the third mOil man a Irish Irishman man named landed nt at zas zaH and approached Havana from the cast lie got in III this city elly but lucre 1101 WI was ever r heard or of him Pre Ire Presumably he captured tried ns as II a aspy spy and slot S Stahl 1 I II mated ll spies III than slot them W kept them foil fed theta them on the tho fat tal or of the tho land 1111 lilt utter three let them go goOne fl flOne One bout the of Alay Chene Cheney sat kin In his ollice In the Tampa Un flay hotel when 1 a card carll I brought to film I Miss rIlIe Dodge c he ha Vonder what l a Wants with lore Show her III You are Col Co I Cheney The colonel looked up gazing Into Inlo a pair or of very er pretty black ee eyes The taco and nl that went with them too worn were beautiful The woman look looked d like 1 a Spaniard Yes I 1 anI Col Cheney Chene What canI can I 1 do for you Miss Dodge The young lady she over oer handed tint a letter Sit down wont you 11 hI he said ns as ho broke the seal lie 1111 seated herself tind 1 d for the tho colonel tl to h the letter lie HII rend It through nice and then again rho fhe lett letter r was from the tho ot of WM war Introducing Miss IS Frances Dodge who was desirous of oC entering the secret service who the secretary thought could bo be ot of great use to Col Cheney Chene Cheney hal used women In i n his detective service company Um limes I an and th they hall had done good work worle but In wor he failed falle to see where the they could be used And this one Olle this pretty little dark and hit of what could chic ahe do In this con conflict let of oC men menSo SO you OU avant to Suter the secret service Miss Dodge said Cheney With rut 1111 almost patronizing smile Yes colonel I 1 do de The Tho answer r WM Wins tense und and earnest and the voice olce soft and low 1011 And what do you wont want to do 10 pray I want to la go 10 to Havana tier Her red lips purled show showIng 1111 even cven white teeth and she sho leaned forward sligh slightly II You want to go where whre almost gasped hene honey Havana senor And what do you OU want to do there saM said the colonel noting the Spanish used Senor el Colonel Miss Dodge olge rising and over oer desk you want information about you ou have sent men nhen and the they hD have C tailed failed now send n a woman rho pho wont tall fall please colonel Cheney Chency was about tu to interrupt MY mother was 1 a Span lard hind n amid nd I sneak the language like Ike u From In my looks I could bo be betaken taken for or l a native that Is In my ta a yore or Now Col 01 give mo ma th the chance I 1 cant do less than rail fall 1111 and 1 co costs ts you nothing It If I sue suc succeed pay flay me liS as III toy services deserve You se see colonel I mired the mone money tint shy my dear Miss MIRI Dodge o expos expostulated the Iho colonel think or of the don dan donIer danger Ier ger attendant upon such nn an undertaking Ing Men have filled nl as you SI SIA say sayA A Interrupted the tho Ild lady besides colonel I 1 alono 1 Ion ho the world worl Im n EI and ani am used to ta taking care or of myself Ilave you OU tall tanked ed thIs over oer with the I secretary of war Miss Dodge I Yes YeH I 1 haN and that letter to you the tho result lie Ho have writ written ten the tho letter If ho he believed in III me would ho he logic How do you OU propose propose getting Into Havana In iii case you OU go All I ask is 18 to M be put nations 10 miles west est of and Ill do the rest resl B Iha May 30 Ill be hack here hele Cal 01 ChI Che ChIney Cheney ney with walla the tho Information you nant Miss Dodge he said ott otter r thinkIng hard over alto tho proposition you the chance You Inny leave leae tonight for forKey Key lcy West A vessel will be there thero to toland land hand you OU where you desire You know the tho risk you are willing to take tako It It ItOU you OU set get the wo we want Ill pa pay you ou 2500 Then you 1111 limy havo the 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