The Harrison times., 1914-12-05

the fluent m q. 49, Of a Clown Prose.
cutor does not impress q hard.headed
Scotchman, was feeling in high
! spirits indeed, when | saw one OF the
attendants approach Sir A. NJ Ander
son and deliver document that had
been handed into court. at once recog-
nized 1t 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 that had been brought
in on the previous afternoon
81 have got to show the court, -
he said impressively, "the most dead.
ly code ever prepared against the safe
guards Of Great Britain"
And it certainly was. II contained
the name Of every vessel in the British
navy, every naval base, fertilization
and strategic point, in Great Britain,
There were over ten thousand names
and opposite each was written q mum.
Der For example the dreadnaught
Queen Mary was number Sl3.
Using a magnfying glass had writ
ten in tiny characters my code, There
were so many names it was impossible
to memori2e 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 60.
ing to put to sea, slipped the book
In my pocket, went to position Of
vantage where | could make out the
silhouettes Of the warships, classified
them In my mind, and then writing
out n cable put down the code mum.
bers, say in this way
2l4, 60, 700, 9l0 2l- Necessary
words were filled in by the A. p, c.
code.)
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
were 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 ex.
cept two or three personal acqualnt.
ances, to each Of whom put this Ques.
tion:
What is your knowledge Of my
attitude as regards England"
They all declared that even II ! was
a spy In the pay Of any foreign gov
ernment, | certainly had never shown
any personal feeling or animosIty
toward Great Britain
All Of which | figured might aid the
cause Of clemency Tho jury was not
out more than half an hour was
found guilty Of ondangorinR the safe,
guards Of the British empire and un.
der the new law that had been aimed
against German spies | was liable to
seven years penal soryitude. Even
then my spirits were not down, had
what Americans call "a hunch"
Just before his Lordship, the Chief
Justice, summed up, an arstoeratic,
gray.clad Englishman, who mover had
been In the court room before, ap,
peared and was courteously almost
impresslyely conducted TO the bench
| noticed that the Chief Justice bowed !
to him with unetIon and they had !
about two minutes whispered conyer
satlon, His LordshIp was noddng
repeatedly worried me, felt |
was goinp Il good
But In ace, his LordshipB |
verdict was
Taking all the circumstances into
consideration, the court pronounees n
sentence OF Is months imprisonment"
! smiled and said
EXIT ArmgaOrd Karl Graves"
A Caller,
was taken first to Carlton HIN Jail, |
Edlnburgh, and transferred after two |.
wohkB 10 lIarInnoy prison near GlAa,
Cow Considering the circumstances, | |
was treated with surprising consider,
alton The conditions that had char.
aetefl2ed my trial prevailed In the |
prison soon perceived that the Bar.
llnney prison officials were trying to
sound me in conny Scotch way-with |
no result
You're foolish to stay In here
You must have something worth
whlle=Why don't YOU get out?"
That was the glst Of their talks with
mo from the wardorB up, / kept my
mouth shut
Now ! shall present information that
was denied the house OF commons
upon the occasion Of an inquiry into
my case
ON the nfth wook Of my Impraon
mcnt | was taken 10 the once of the
governor Of the prison Az entered
saw a slight, s0dIerly looking ENG
Iish gentleman Of the cavalry type
"a cavalry officer has certain manner
sma that invariably give him away
10 one who knowO, The governor
spoke hrat
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