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Show SECRET SERVICE I AFTEROFHCER Man Enlisted Under American Name and Speaking With German Accent, Suspected. a EL PASO, Texas. March 16 A non j commissioned officer of the United v States quartermaster corps departed From here on March 7, and secret serv- ice agents are making an investigation H of any possible connection he may jj have had with the German govem- I ment. Although enlisted ' under an i American name, he was said to have Mm'fiTCS the appearance of a German, rl speaking English with a German ac H cent. .1 His uniform was left behind, but ev- I ery letter, paper and other document I in his possession was destroyed. He I had more than $500 in the bank here. Officers say they believe he fled to l Mexico. A The investigation of the case of ,J Alexander Fruchter, a non-commis- 'fll sioned officer of the Seventeenth Unlt- ;4 ed States cavalry, was continued today H while he was he'd in the Fort Bliss M Guard house. A number of additional ' papers and documents in code were H said to have been tound among his Bl effects today. |