Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-11-20

were; icy simply made their reports
70 me. signing their German secrer
service number. took up their points
with Berlin. Well. the "other business
In hand" was to put certain British
army officers under a monthly retain.
ing fee Of 910o for which in the event
OF war he was to commit an act Of
unspeakable treason and treachery on
. certain harbor defense.
Caught!
had Judged my jurymen right for
they were very little impressed by this
letter. 1t was all too vague and even
the fluent language of a Grown Prose.
cutor does not impress a hard.headed
scotchman. l was feeling in high
spirits indeed, when saw one Of the
attendants approach Sir A. M. Ander-
son and deliver document that had
been handed into court. lat once recog.
nized 1t and my heart dropped into my
snoes. The Solicitor General read the
document and smiled. l knew they
had me.
In addressing the court the Solicitor
General producedstwo pieces Of thin
paper-the same that had been brought
In on the previous afternoon.
L have got to show the court"
ne said impressively, "the most dead
~ code ever prepared against the safe
guards Of Great Britain"
And It certainly was. It contained
the name of every vessel in the British
navy every naval base, fertilization
aqd strategic point, In Great Britain.
Inere were over ten thousand names
and opposite each was written num-
Der. For example, the dreadnaught
Queen Mary was number S13.
Using magnifying glass had writ
ten In tiny characters my code. There
were SO many names it was impossible
to memorize them all. Two opposite
sheets Of the little memorandum book
we're 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 a position of
vantage where I could make out the
silhouettes Of the warships. classified
them in my mind. and then writing
out a cable put down the code mum.
bers. say in this way:
214, So, 700, go, 21-(Necessary
words were filed In by the A. B. G.
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.
Tho 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 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 II l was
a spy in the pay of any foreign gov.
eminent. i certainly had never shown
any personaf feeling or animosity
3fa4 MD Gisat Britain.
All Of which figured might aid the
cause Of clemency. The jury was moi
out more than half an hour. waa
found guilty Of endangering the safe
guards Of the British empire and un
der the new law that had been aimed
against German spies was liable tc
seven years. penal servitude. Even
then my spirits were not down. had
what Americans call "a hunch."
Just before his Lordship, the Chief
Justice. summed up, an aristosratic
gray-clad Englishman, who never had
been in the court room before, ap
peared and was courteously, almos.
impressively, conducted to the bench
l noticed that the Chief Justice bowed
to him with JUNCTION and they had
about two minutes whispered CONVEX
sation. His Lordship was noddine
repeatedly. This worried me. / fell
! was going to get It good.
But, in substance. his Lordship's
verdict was:a
taking all the circumstances into
consideration, the court pronounces q
sentence Of Is months imprisonment
I smiled and said:
Exit Armgaard Karl Graves"
a Caller.
Twas taken nrst % Carlton Hill Jail
Edinburgh, ana transferred after two
weeks to Barlfnney prison near elias.
gov. Considering the circumstances. /
was treated with surprising consider.
alton. The conditions that had char
acterised my trial prevailed in tie
prison. soon perceived that the Bar.
Kinney prison 0ms4sls were trying 70
sound me in acanny Scotch way-with
no result. 81
You're foolish to stay n. here
You must have something worth
while-Why4 don't you get out9''
That was the gist OF their taaks with
me from the wardssas up. / keps my
mouth shut. ssa
Now ! shall present INFORMATION thai
was denied the house u commoni
upon the, occasion Of. ,adssI lplyy jnto
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