Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-02-12
Revelations Of the KdiSer'S
Personal Spy
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sentence. has it surprised your"
L grinned
Nothing surprises me, Captain"
His manner became very earnest.
"Supposing," he said, I'VE show you
that 1t was. a quasi-deliberate inten-
ton on the part of your employers
to have you caught-what them"
This did not startle me either. /
had had an idea of that all along.
Under these circumstances" I said,
II I'm pen to negotiations. But am
rather deaf and my vision is very
much obscured as long as l see bars
in front of my window"
The captain smiled.
We'll, Doctor, 1 may see you again
soon"
The Proof Asked for,
I was taken back to my cell. I am
frank to admit that l didn't sleep much
for the next two or three nights.
But as l expected, another week
brought Captain Robinson again. This
time it was late in the evening after
all the prisoners were shut up tight.
The lieutenant-governo himself took
me into the governors office. No
other warder or prison official OBJ
served us.
well, Doctor" was the way Rob-
inson greeted me, 81 have something
definite to propose to you. You can
be of use to us. You have still sixteen
months of your sentence to serve.
Are you willing to give these sixteen
months of your time to us-terms to
be agreed upon later? l am prepared
to supply you with proofs that you
were deliberately put away, betrayed
by your employers, the German gov
eminent"
He did so to my complete salts.
faction. As I guessed, l had come to
learn so much of Germany,s affairs
that l was dangerous. To betray me
and squeal was a clever way to close
my mouth for seven years in jail or
until vital plans had matured.
How would you suggest that we
go about it," he asked.
ITO be of the slightest degree of use
~ yOQs uOUOQJ AuSJ huOW VI AlJ l6
lease" / added. Here is my sugges-
ton. | must leave the execution of it
to you. The impression I conveyed
around Edinburgh was that my health
is rather Indifferent. So it is also be-
lieved here in prison. On these grounds
it should be an easy matter for you to
have me ostensibly transferred to an
| 9TH or nrfcAx, : instead ~ rrhs1h have
me taken wherever you wish to. l see
no necessity that, outside the lieuten-
ant-governor, the governor and your
self, any one need know of it"
Eyes, yes" said Robinson. THAT CO.
incides with my W ideas and plans"
Presently he departed and l went back
again to my cell.
Alone and Free.
At half-past five the next morning, I
was aroused by the lieutenant-gov-
ernor. He was alone. There were no
warders in sight. In the governors
Office l found all my clothes and effects
ready and laid out for me. These /
addressed and left with the lieutenant
governor. We took a taxicab for the
Caledonian station in Glasgow.
The trip to London was u%neventful.
At Euston station we were met by
Captain Robinson. We went into a
private yaiting-room where Captain
tenant-governor. 1t was what amounted
to a receipt for the prisons delivery
of me into his hands. Then the lieu
tenant-governor left us; then Robin
son left, after handing over an en-
velope containing cash. and instruc
lions.
/ was alone and free. / could then
and there have disappeared. Obvious
ly, the English government trusted me
fully.
My first move vas to register at
the Russell Square hotel. Opening
the envelope in my rooms, / found it
contained ten pounds and the follow
ing instructions:
Telephone at 1890 tomorrow morn
ing, this number Mayfair"
I telephoned the Mayfair number
and was told to hold the wire. Then
Captain Robinson got on the phone
and told me to meet him at luncheon
at n o'clock at the Imperial hotel
on Trafalgar Square. There another
| gentleman joined us-a Mr.. Morgan,
whom ! easily judged and afterwards
knew to be of the English secret serv-
ice. Presently Morgan told me that I
was to drive with Captain Robinson to
Downing street that afternoon.
Zone of our ministers wishes TO
see you" he explained.
We drove to Downing street, Cap
tain Robinson and l, and stopped be-
fore the historic governmental build
ing. After we had signed the book
that all uiaifnrs To Hnownine sfraafn