The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

npyright. 1911. by w. G.. Chapman IL
Lie United States and Great Britain.)
when ! look into the remarkable de-
Rive records of my friend, Peter Crewer
I'M struck chiefly by the simplicity OF
crimes which he discovered or irus-
ted. mentioned this To him once
d he responded:
"Simplicity, Langton, II l may use
stapior. il the keystone OF the arch
Successful crime. We have the up
lrd curve-thc plot. the downward
Ive-its accomplishment. Unless the
1ole be bound with thnt simplicity OF
sign which ensures success, the plot
pst fall"
MosI illustrative of this. l think. was
5wes detection OF the diabolical plan
4 the French doctor which resulted in
e death of four men and the destruc-
IN of TWO German government balloons,
The German government, there was no
ubt. had at last perfected dirlsible
.Iloon whose value as a war weapon
as incal lculablc. Whether tho French
rernmcnt was prlvy or not TO the mur-
rous acts of Dr.. Fenelon cannot be
own for certain. He may have been
seIf -jnspired patriot There is no doubt
,never. that his intention was To in
nidate the German government into
Rndoning this type OF balloon which
d been constructed at the cost of so
uch labor and enterprise.
You all remember the fate OF the
1fsern ii. and her successor, the kais
h Ill. How each ended in a similar
inner. Each. after remaining in the
for forty-cight hours or so. and af-
X hovering Immediately over the French
[enslve works upon the boundary. col
0sed while at an altitude of perhaps
B feet. dashine its TWO occupants to the
opnd. and instantaneously killing them:
bel balloon in either case, remained
|Iy as thing of shreds and patches
SILK. and a tangle of wickerwork.
Erewe and ], who were both Interested
aeronautics, had been present at the
art OF each balloon from Hamburg
lers We made the acquaintance of Dr..
melon. Despite his French name and
cent. he had ingratiated himself into
e confidence of the German war staff
an inlabitant OF Alsace- -Lorraine-as
u of those French born citizens who
q elected 10 throw in their fortunes
la the German nation after that prov
be was wrested from Napoleon. He
d been a child when the war ended, he
IS now man OF between 30 and 80
ars. doctor In the new aeronaut
fision OF the German army. and an
owed hater OF France. HIS task it
IS to attend the starting of the balloon
s. 10 test their hearts and lungs be-
re they vcptured into the upper air:
had free access 10 the balloon. which
.s held captive within the military
servation. Crewe and had permits 10
ter, for these were accorded freely to
with satisfactory references. The Sc
et iay in the manufacture and none
nld ascertain it from an external in
ection of the great globe.
Il was while the third balloon was
eparng TO start. after The deStruc-
n OF the TWO others, that Crewe re-
we'd 10 ascertain, If possible. the
use of the disasters.
-fou are coura geous." he said TO Lieu
1ant Won keter. Ito risk your life after
ur predecessors have pcrlsEcd"
ITS part of my job" Won Kclter an
fred, with fatalistic shrus OF his
,ElderS. II | die-wcll--"
tYou do not believe in the rumors OF
II play?" I asked.
Ven Kelter answered
|owever. this time ! shall make the
'ent una"coT panied. so that treachery
y &c impossible.
The balloon might be tampered with
'cre YOU start
Hardly None but our officers can
rroach the tent in which it is moored
IN. before ascending | shall test tho
l-cord aud all the appara tus'
a nj YET. said Crcwc your COM
lriots were found dead in the shreds
thcir balloons. anl they. too. had con-