Arizona republican., 1915-12-15

and told me to come up to the office or the German consulate anc. get the balance as he wanted MT Bopp. the German consul to take some respon- sibility in this matter himself.
 When I came up to the office of the German consulate I was let into the private office of MT. Bonn tbe German consul where were present MT. Von Schack, the German vice consul: the said Won Brincken and MT. Franz Bonp. the German consul himself. They asked me to tell my story showing me a man of British Columbia. I made objection to do ing that in the presence of three people and MT. Bepp. the German consul, indignantly rose up and said all three were sworn in and that could really without any fear tell what l had done for the consul and the fatherland. I then told him what l had done in Canada. Our conversa- tons with the consul were always in German
 related my story as it was writ
 ten out for me by the divisional en- glneer of the Canadian Pacific rail- way and not satisfied with my story
 they wanted to get some further
 proof. l had already given them the four copies of the different Van couVer papers. which I brought with me, and as I am slightly acquainted with the Dutch vice consul. MT. Van Roggen in Vancouver, B. C.. I wrote a letter to this gentleman of the fol- | lowing tenor:
 l Asking him to inquire of the gen | eral superintendent of the Canadian | Pacific railway why ear of freight | which l expected from the east had ! not arrived yet and to kindly wire
 me at my expense. In the meantime l wired Mir. Orchard to send me the i following telegram:
 l Superintendent refuses informa- l tion. Found out however. that | freight has been delayed eleven days
 on account of accident. Signed V. R." | T received this telegram at the | Palace hotel via Postal Telegraph | company and armed with this tele- | gram l went to see the German con- ! sul. It must be here stated that Mr | Bopp, the German consui. wrote him
 self to MT. Van Roggen. I only fur | nished the address. With this tele- | gram I went to see the German con
 sul, MT. Bopp, who ordered the vice | consul. MT. von Schack. to pay me | the additional expense of three hun l dred dollars travelling expenses, which made five hundred dollars total l MT. Bopp, the German consul, or | dered MT. vOn Schack to get the l money from the safe and it was paid
 to me in greenbacks in the presence | of MT. von Shack. the vice consul of Germany; MT. Bopp. the German con- | sul, and MT. von Brincken. I agreed 1 that I would be satisfied with $175O 1 for my services in blowing up the | tunnel instead of three thousand dol
 lars as was first greeed upon and
 was promised the money the next 1 day.
 l "Von .Brincken did not pay me. how
 ever. the $1.75O the next day, so ! wrote a little note to the German | consulsin which I stated that it would 1 not be in his interest to let me wait
 any longer and that unless I got the
 settlement before next day at four | o'clock our relations would not be anymore friendly Then von Brincken | the next day handed a letter to a | man by the name of Eisenhuth. which
 man handed the letter to me at the
 Palace Hotel. the contents of this
 letter was substantially as follows:
 will settle this afternoon Jack. l Written in van Brinckens handwrit | Ing. ms letter | sent 10 lne duInoT-
 ities in Canada. I know von Brinck-
 ems handwriting very well and have
 seen him write frequently. I met vOn | Brincken that afternoon and he 1 brought $1,750 in greenbacks.
 Won Brincken had made arrange l ments before that with me that he l should get a certain portion of the 1 money from me and I was paid S1,500
 and $250 he got himself. He retained that amount. This took place in the l Palace hotel on the meZzanine floor | in the lobby Won BrinclIen stated | that I had to sign receipt but that
 as the amount was rather high they
 put it at seven hundred dollars in the receipt for secret service work and
 travelling expenses and the receipt