Show beof LIGHTS of NEW YORK TRUMBULL by au WALT WALTER 5 ite ile Is a big thickset thick set powerful figure of a man with that complexion which comes from the kiss of ocean ocea w winds ills name Is capt karl spindler and he Is the german naval officer who tried to land the guns and munitions in ireland tor for sir roger casement I 1 met him the other evening and he be told me about it la in english which carried a strong trace of accent roger casement he said went to germany any and formed the plan with the german admiralty he was an en a visionary said captain spindler one who might arouse men but not a practical leader or a man for the job he tackled after all the arrangements were made he lost faith 1 in his bis own scheme and did not much want to go through with it but by that time all plans had been perfected he was to sall sail on the vessel with the arms but changed hla his mind and the german government gave him a submarine 8 captain spindler had on board russian rifles he says they were a arm armand and a lot of german machine guns either casement was to meet beet him with the submarine and give him instructions for landing his cargo or he be was to be met by an agen agent he went to the arctic and came down running the blockade by what he described as the back door and reaching safely the harbor of tralee aralee this harbor had been picked because casement had bad said it had no signal stations and no batteries he was wrong on bet both h counts either he had been misinformed formed or the harbor had been fortified since he had seen it Spind lers orders order cereto were to watt wait one hour but he be said it seemed a pity to come all that way without landing his cargo so BO he stayed around for twenty two hours that proved a mistake e posing as some sort of scandinavian vessel lie he aroused suspicion and when he finnelly tried to get away british destroyers were waiting for him he anys ans sighted him from the submarine before he be got into harbor but bill gilld not communicate with him and that there was nobody to meet him film or tell all him what to do with the guns the destroyers destro yera signaled him to accompany company nc them to queenstown Queens town and there was noting for him to do except obey there he be and his crew put on oa their german uniforms ran up their ling flag and blew up their ship at first first be thought he was to be shot but instead he was put in a prison camp he wax wa a prisoner for two years although on one occasion he be escaped and made his bis way toward a flying field at where to steal a plane having taken take an aviator with him for that purpose the story of his recapture to la rather interesting he and his companion had managed to get some work mens clothes and saw posters describing them BB as escaped prisoners dressed in uniform As ai they entered nottingham they noticed a but thought nothing of him coming to a guarded bridge early in the morning they waited for men to come to work hoping to slip alip past to in a crowd suddenly the appeared with other men and arrea arrested ted them ue ile was an intelligence intel igene man spindler asked him how he be had bad known them and found that what had bad given them away was that they kept a military step and if one of them happened to get out of oft 8 tep step he be quickly picked it up again the intelligence man sold said ordinary workers do that the two germans thought they had taken every precaution but habit was too strong tor for them I 1 should like to talk to that intelligence man ill bet as keen an observer as he roust must have been beant could tell a lot of good stories captain recital of his prison camp experiences made me think of the first germau german prisoners I 1 saw aw after we dis embarked in prance france they were huge blond fellows and appeared to be very contented with their lot about all they had to do was a little policing of the camp and their only guard was a little old frenchman in a sort of blue frock coat who carried a rifle with a long bayonet which was taller than he was when he wished to he would hand band the rifle to a prisoner to hold light a cigarette and then take his gun back again and resume the business of the day W A ll 1131 11 bell dynof Syn of service |