The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-04-06

in the city was closely watched and
suspects were constantly being put
| through the "third-degree
The six" however, were cunning
as well as daring, and Hazard intent
ly scanned all issues of the daily
papers for the appearance of cipher
message of some sort.
Within very few days his patience
was rewarded by the appearance of
the cipher already transcribed. This
| was rapidly followed by others, all OF
which Hazard was confidently were to
be attributed to the Secret Six"
1t behooved him, therefore, to solve
the secret messages as soon as pos
sible. They were desperate and dan
gerous and there was no knowing
what mlschievous or damaging under
taking they might be planning to in
f1ict upon the community
| Among the very latest and most au-
dacious exploits of the Secret Six
was the theft Of the Charters 100000
diamond dog-collar. This desperate
enterprise Helen Bertel came within
an ace of witnessing, while one of the
Sutherland operatives only narrowly
escaped with his life.
| With this explanation, the cipher,
as it begins to appear, becomes at
once full of meaning and confirms all
! of Hazards theories respecting it.
The first two letters of the cipher
message, interpreted by aid of the re-
solved key-square, gave this result:
| GU equals C. And so with the balance
of the message, as arranged by Helen
it was solved thus:
GU PV HIN TW Ply SU CT OY
EN- Qv UH ow FL pw UE Xix
IN o II q 8
Lo KQ Xix KIP MP sN
MS I'D SW OK KQ LIP RU ND TW
e p t u n d Q r
UF QW Ely DIN CL PL LQ 10
o e o
KS MO Tv CM LON OGL on HIM DU
W m a n g e
RU MO Ko LR QW XII HUI CM
S p o g. a
Charters diamonds must be kept
under cover. No. 1 will manage dis
posal."
Harry Butler was mo 1" of the
Secret Six their brains and leader.
During the ensuing days the daily
papers, morning and evening, fairly
bristled with key-square cipher mes
| sages all of which, of course, were
translated by Sutherland clerk to
whom had been assigned this now
| easy detail. Other plumber was men
toned from time to time; the move
ments of different members of the
mob" described, and it was obvious
at all times that they were extremely
chary of attempting to meet one an
other at a prearranged place.
But shortly it began to appear that
a big enterprise was being planned
ihuSOhb thoI ~ hetu al CuuJ pCCh uC-
termined upon. There were numerous
references to the coup" and more
than once the name Belle was de-
| ciphered.
| One of the messages, at last, was
rendered in this fashion:
Big coup Jan. 2, Instructions mid
mite New Year"
This cipher appeared on the morn
ing of December %, and it was plain
that if the "coupN were to be check
mated no time could be lost
How were the instructions to be
given? The issuance of newspaper
| extras at such an hour could not be
counted on, and if some other me-
| dunn was to be used, or the six"
| were to attempt a rendezvous, Felix
| Hazard was one who was very anxious
| to know all about it.
A few minutes reflection brought
| sly smile to his lean, hawklike
countenance. He hastily sketched a
| key-square and set himself to the
| task of preparing a cipher message
on his own account. He felt safe in
doing this, for only rarely was any
of the messages signed.
That afternoon certain newspaper
contained among its personals a
cryptogram which, rendered into
plain English, read:
Am being Swallowed. Instruct in
usual way
And the fish rose promptly to the
bait. The very next morning a long
cipher appeared in the columns of an
other newspaper, which, owing to it's
length and numerous typographical
errors, required some precious hours
of Hazards time to solve.
mo. A." it was finally translated,
must use every precaution. Before
Jan. 2 shadow must be thrown off
the track Belle positively at Mack
lin reception, No. 4 instead of ap-
preaching house as prearranged will
wait with No. 6 at auto. No. 3 will
take No As place. Notify at once
when shadow is eluded."
A brief inquiry supplied the informa-
tion that the Macklin reception was to
be held the night of January 2, and
that it was to be one of the most
elaborate society affairs of the season.
ILL.,
The New Year with its customary
revel had come and gone. Exclusive
folk, who take their pleasure more