The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-20

were; they simply made their reports
TO me, signing their German secret
service number. ! took up their points
with Berlin. Well, the "other business
In hand" was to put certain British
army 'onicers under n monthly retain.
ing fee OF et00 for which IN the event
OF war he was 10 commit an act OF
u~nspeakable treason and treachery on
a certain harbor defense.
Caught
| had judged my jurymen right, for
they we're very little impressed by this
letter. II was all too vague and even
the fluent language Of n Crown Prose.
cutor does not Impress a h~ard.headed
Scotchman. ! was feeling in high
spirits indeed, when / saw one Of the
attendants approach Sir a. NJ. Ander
son and deliver a document that had
been handed into court. / at once rccog-
nized II and my heart dropped into my
shoes. The Solicitor General read the
document and smiled. / knew they
had me.
In addressing the court the Solicitor
General produced two pieces of thin
paper-the same hat had been brought
In on the previous afternoon.
i have got TO show the court"
ne said impressiyely, the most dead.
~ code eve prepared against the safe
guards Of Great Britain"
And II certainly was. II contained
the name Of every vessel IN the British
navy, every naval base. fertilization
n strategic point. In Great Britain
Ther were over ten thousand names
n opposite each was written a mum.
Der. For example, the dreadnaught
Queen Mary was number S13.
Using a magnifylng glass I had writ.
ten In tiny characters my code. There
were so many names il was impossible
to memorize them all. Two opposite
sheets Of the little memorandum book
were used, then the edges Of the pages
were pasted together. Whenever |
learned the British warships were go.
ing to put TO sea, | slipped the book
In my pocket. went to a position Of
vantage where | could make out the
s~ilhouottes Of the warships, classified
them In my mind. and then writing
out a cable put down the code mum.
bers, say in this way:
2I4, 90, 700, $40, 2l-tNecessary
words were filled In by the A II. G.
CodcD
This message was sent by way OF
Brussels or Paris TO the intelligence
department OF the German Admiralty
In Berlin and told them what warships
we're putting to sea or arriving at
Rossyth.
The Puzzle Of the Sentence.
The accidental finding OF the code
OF course settled all further argument.
| called no witness for the defense *.
capt two or three personal acquaint.
ances, to each Of whom | put this ques.
ton.
What is your knowledge of my
attitude as regards England?"
They all declared that even n | was
a spy In the pay OF any foreign gov,
eminent, | certainly had never shown
any personal feeling or animosity
toward Great Britain.
All OF which ! figured might aid the
cause OF clemency. The Jury was not
out more than half an hour. | was
found guilty Of endangerlng the safe,
guards OF the British empire and un.
der the new law that had been aimed
against German spies | was liable to
sever years penal servitude. Even
then my spirits were not down. ! had
what Americans call "a bunch.
Just before his Lordship, the Chief
Justice, summed up, an aristoeratic
gray.clad Englishman, who never had
been in the court room before. ap
peared and was ]courteously, almost
impressively. conducted to the bench
| noticed that the Chief Justice bowed
TO him with JUNCTION and they hac
about two minutes Whispered CONVEX
sation. His Lordship was noddinl
repeatedly. This worried me. | felt
| was going to get II good.
but, in substance, his Lordship',
verdict was:
Taking all the circumstances int
consideration, the court p]ronounces q
sentence OF rs months Imprisonment
smiled aud said:
Exit ArmEaard Karl Graves"
A Caller.
was taken first 20 Carlton Hill Jail
Edinburgh. and transferred after two
weeks To Barliuney prison near Glns
gov. Considering the circumstances.
was treated with surprising consider
alton. The conditions that had char
acterized my trial prevailed In IN,
prison. ! soon perceived that the Bar
Kinney prison officials were trying &,
sound me in a canny Scotch way-wltl
no result.
You're foolish to stay IN here
You must have something wortl
whilc-Why don't you get out?'
That was the gist OF their talks will
me from the warders up. ! kept m,
mouth shut,
Now ! shall present information tina