Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15


Graves as the Mr. R" who ar
ranged for his release from Barlinny
and subsequently acted as his direct
superior. and that Trenton Smell"
who signed the message to Buzz
Ing" is the name under which the
Doctor operated on this occasion.
DIR. Graves sailed from Bremen on
the Kaiser Wilhelm II, carrying also
Herr Schmidt, on February 4, 1913.
The ship arrived at New York on the
18th, and on the evening of that day
Smell, or, in other words DIR. Graves,
sent from the Western Union office at
S54 Broadway the following message:
February IL.
"Buzzing, London:
obtained sample. Letters most
take TOMORROW nights steamer
wire twenty-five pounds Western
Union. Broadway IA. SMELL
Remittance is Paid.
Within a few hours the answer
came from Buzzing. II was a remit
lance Of 20 pounds. less exchange. or
$l2L75, to be exact, which was paid
to him at S54 Broadway by check No,
1862 TO the order OF Trenton Smell,
a. PiAl ANtb AAbblAlCbhs Lbllublls
Accompanying this order for the 25
pounds was this dispatch:
London. Feb 49, 1918.
Trenton Smell w L IA Bway.
Gable some details, If possible.
Come London. Can't meet you
Queenstown. ROBINSON"
a duplicate copy OF this dispatch
was obtained by DIR. Graves at the
Western Union Gable Office yester-
day, upon which was Endorsed the
following:
THE above message accompanies
cable remittance this date"
Replying the same date, DR.. Graves
cabled:
'Buzzing. London:
Right WIN wire from Canada,
British territory. SMELL"
DIR. Graves. who is known at the
Western Union offices only as "Tren-
ton Smell" went to the Office at S54
Broadway yesterday accompanied by
q confidential associate, and was
there Immediately Identified as the
man who on February - sent the first
Of the above messages, who received
the check for S121.75 and later sent
the message last printed
Proof in Official Record.
A. weinstein, manager Of the Office.
made the identification and from the
ONCE check book read off the number
OF the check. the date. and the fact
that 1t had been drawn to the order
Of Trenton Smell on cabled instruc-
lions from Rob Robinson.
From that office DR.. Graves and his
associate went direct 10 the main Of
fee of the Western Union at 1875
Broadway. where. through W. J. Aus
tin. in charge Of the cable depart
ment, the originals Of the two dis
patches to "BuzzinE" were obtained
from the files and copies taken
What assurance is there that
these dispatches were delivered TO the
addressee," Mr.. Austin was asked
IF they had not been delivered"
was his reply. there would be a
service message on the back Of the
original stating the fact"
There is no such message on the
back of these originals"
There is not" he answered
Mr. Austin was directed by DR.
Graves To make a note on the dis
patch that ii was not to be destroyed
but held indefinitely. and after both
DR.. Graves and his associate had
closely scrutinized the original they
left and went 70 the first floor, 10 the
ONCE OF a a VI NULL Transfer agent
through whom all money transfers
are made.
Graves Demands Duplicate.
DR.. Graves there demanded a dupll-
cate OF the dispatch accompanying
the remittance Of E25 from Buzzing.
and after some conversation the fac
smile copy Of RObinsOn's orders TO
Graves to come to London was fur
nished Mr.. Mcneil said the dispatch
would be kept forever" He was
anxious about the Identity Of Smell"
and made this statement:
Il handle this money for the Brit
ish Government
The dispatches, the originals OF
which you have seen and copies Of
which you have taken" said Mr.
Graves last night, speak for them
selves.
4 am sorry that my friend Robin |
sons name had to come out. and nat
urally 1 am grieved that I now have /
10 Kim Trenton Smell who has been a /
useful friend TO me. But Il seemed |
70 present these additional |
documents in order 70 convince my I
friends on the other side that I am !
the man l represent myself TO be.
DO they know Robinson over IN |
London. wOnder-Robinson who ne |
zotiated with me for my release, who |
met me when ] arrived in London /
from Barlinny. who arranged for my /
Interview with Sir Edward Grey?
"Of course he is not BuZzing alone /
BuzZing. my friend. is a syndicate /
Buzzing is the British Secret Service. I
VIII they deny. also. any knOwl- /
EDGE Of Smell But Of course they will |
Then how viii they explain these /
able dispatches and the money! I
What were the details they wanted. [
and why did they order me TO return /
10 London? Yes, especially that-why
lid they want me 10 return 70 Lon I
ion2"
Dr. Graves also gave to The Amer
can a sample OF his handwriting last
night. which the British Foreign
ONCE may compare with some state
ments they have from me. II they
Ike" he said
shall / tell you why? II Is be-
cause they know ] had more-more
than have said anything about yet
They Gtill want me 20 return 10 Lon
don; but, my friend / do not think ]
shall 80 to London"