Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-20

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some cases perfectly innocent people,
destroying the regulations OF honest
men and women, and abusing the helr
to the throne in an outrageous manner.
On at least three occasions willie"
had shown me letters addressed to the
kaiser himself, and intercepted by the
kaiserin, who, in consequence OF this
flood Of anonymous epistles that had
produced such a terrible sensation at
Potsdam, had ordered that all such
letters found in the imperial postoag
should be handed at once to her.
"The identity of the writer is the
point that is engaging my attention"
the baron said, as he opened a drawer
and drew forth bundle of quite
hundred letters, adding: "Al these
that you see here have been addressed
either to the emperor or the empress"
and he handed me one, which on scan
ming 1 saw contained some outrageous
statements. allegations which would
make the hair of the all-highest bristle
with rage.
"Well," 1 exclaimed, "that certainly
is a very interesting specimen OF
anonymous corr -spohdence."
"Yes, 1t isr' exclaimed the baron.
"In Berlin every inquiry has been made
to trace it's author. Schunke (head of
the detective police) was charged by
the emperor to investigate. He did so,
and both he and Klewitz failed utterly.
Now 1t has been given into my hands.
A Typical German investigation.
Presently, when sat with the baron
at his table, he switched on an intense
electric light and then spread out some
of the letters above a small, square
mirror.
"You see they are on various kinds
Of note paper, bearing all kinds Of wa
termarks, of French, English and Ger
man manufacture. Some we have here
are upon English paper, because it is
heavy and thick. Again, three differ
ent makes of typewriter have beer
used-one newly invented importa
ton from America. The written let
ters are, you will see, mostly in 9
mans hand"
"Yes, 1 see all that" I said. "Bu
what have you discovered concerning
their author? The letter I received
bore French stamp and the postmarl
, of Angers."
: He placed before me quite a dozel
! envelopes addressed to the emperor
and empress, all bearing the postmarl
! of that town in the Maine-et-Loire
: Others had been posted in Leipzig
Wilhelmshaven, Tours, Antwerp, Ber
, lin, Wilmersdorf and other places.
"The investigation Is exceedingly
: difficult, can assure you," he said.
: have had the assistance of some of tn
1 best scientific brains Of our empire Il
s making comparisons and analyses. In
deed, Professor Harbge is with me for
o Berlin
g A few minutes later the professo
himself, an elderly, spectacled man i
i gray tweeds, entered the room.
{ knew him and greeted him.
sixteen different varieties of pape
have been received at the Neues an
p Marmor palaces" the baron remarked
L
=. night and day, upon the inquiry.
e have discovered that eleven of thes
d varieties Of paper can be purchase
e at q certain small stationer's Shol
t, Lancrys, in the Boulevard Haussmanl
If close to the Printemps. One paper e
e pecially is sold nowhere else In Pari
Ie 1t is this"
II n hnld v0Hfys a lott n TYNO
small sheet Of note paper bearin
Is the watermark Of bulls head.
le "That paper was made at a mill
the south Of Devonshire, In Englan
t. destroyed by fire five years ago. P
lie per Of that make cannot be obtaint
u anywhere else in France" he declare
1t at once realized how much patien,
re must have been expended upon the
quiry, and said:
is "Then you have actually fixed Il
K shop where the writer purchased b
er paper?'
Eyes" he replied. "And we kno
K that the newly invented typewriter,
ut specimen one, was sold by the Maist
OF Audebert, in Marseille. The purchas
of the typewriter in Marseille pu
rs chases his paper and envelopes at La
n cry's, on the Boulevard Haussmanr
splendid ~ said, for it was Gle
IS that the baron, with the thousand-an
We one secret agents at his beck and ca
Of had been able, with the professor
l." aid, to fix the source of the stationer
a 'But," I added, "what is wanted fro
ee me-" Why, wondered, had his ms
d. esty sent the baron that phOtogral
ul of Elise Breitenbach?
Ia 81 want you to go with me to t
nd central door of the Printemps at 70
IS, o'clock this afternoon, and we W
ce watch Lancry's shop across the wa!
Of the baron replied.
ct The Writer Of the Letters.
m This we did, and from four till S
of o'clock we stood, amid the hustle
en- foot passengers, watching the SIN
stationer's on the opposite side of t
ID boulevard, yet without result.
ad Next day and the next l accom-
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