The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-31
journalistic
Enterprise
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I few days before the breaking out
The European war, during con-
ence between the kaiser at Berlin |
j his generals. suspicious sound |
) heard by the assembled magnates.
3 room was examined, and a small |
Ter hole was found. to have been
=shly bored In woodwork from an
&oining room It was evident that
opening had been made by some
1 with a view to overhearing what
ksed at the meeting.
that an outsider could have con-
Fed to conceal himself In the room,
Itch had been examined before the
Inference began. was out Of the ques-
4 n.
An Official of the secret police was
lied In at once and given orders to
Ike an extraordinary effort to dis
yer who had been spying on gov
znment secrets and arrest the person.
keciai orders were given to see that
! did not get out Of Berlin or, II that
ere impossible, to catch him before
passed out OF Germany.
a rigid examination Of the servants
deed, every one who had been seen
the palace during the meeting-was
ade, and 1t was found that one Of
lackeys had mysteriously disap-
Dared.
lit was also learned that the missing
an spoke English. There was no
.pubt that he was an English spy who
I'D donned the imperial livery. The
bet that no such person had been
bred convinced the investigators that
had secured a suit Of livery and
Ringled among the servants on the day
be meeting took place. Only a few
box note of him. and none Of them
law him more than once or twice and
hen only for q few moments.
No further clew was picked up for
NO days: then came telegram from
lie chief OF police at Cologne that the
ngineer Of the 0 g. m. train from that
kity to Liege, while oiling his engine
before starting. had been approached
suspicious looking person, who
had offered him hundred English SOW
kreigns If the driver would slow VI
kt Duren, ten miles out of Cologne
That the briber might leave the train
Ehe engineer had endeavored to detair
the man till the police could be mott
bed, but he had slipped away. Whethe
br NOS he was on the train, which pulle'
but on time, was not known.
The chief OF police In Berlin was ah
lent from his office when the Telegram
arrived, and there was more than al
hours delay In the receipt Of the reply
which was to telegraph ahead to sto
E the 0 q. m. train and have It searched
+ As soon as this order was receives
4 the chief OF police transmitted it to th
superintendent of the railroad, wh
said that about half an hour before
government officer had ordered the 81
Zperintendent to give him locomotiv
Ito catch this same train. 1t had bee
furnished him, and he had left five mil
Rutes after he had made his demand.
A telegram was sent to Berlin askin
III any government officer had been o
dered on such service, and negati,
reply was returned. The officer at O
logns &c once wrote q telegram to ste
the engine, but learned, to his disma,
that the telegraph line on the road WI
down. The complication was thus do
bled.
Meanwhile the engine was steamir
toward the border, there being no OF
on it except the government officer wi
had obtained 1t, the engineer and
fireman. The. government officer co
tinualiy consulted q time table and
reaching a station not far behind Z
train he was chasing ordered the ems
neer to slow up.
@But. excellency," protested the G
ginser, ssthe train Is within a few mil
OF the border. If you are intending
capture you must make 1t before
PASS beyond German soil"
"It's not for you to give instructio
10 the kaiser's representative" repli
the officer sternly. "Your sole duty
to obey"
The engineer slowed down, wond'
ing what this all meant Il was not
the ofElcer's watch indicated that {
train ahead had passed into Belgir
that the driver was ordered to put
fun steam. The engine had crossed
border when the officer ordered the
Rineer to stop while passing through
small town. Then the officer jump
down and walked away, and the en-
neer saw him no more.
Within an hour after his disappe
ance the managing editor of the Am
lean Sentinel newspaper was hand
4 cablegram-
Good for Billyr' be exclaimed q
hurried to the composing room.
The next morning in the first
unn on the first page appeared
following scare head:
'sThe Kaiser's Generals Notify Z
That Unless He Mobiles at o
They WIN Not Be Responsible For
Situation"
Below appeared what could only b
been obtained for publication sun
fitioualy.