The courier-index., 1917-12-14

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| dangerous work, and the writer of
i the preliminary article tells of Some
! of the ingenious methods of getting
information. First il is told how
the objects and plans of DR.. Heinrich
Albert in coming to America were
! discovered. DR.. Albert arrived fresh
, from Germany with letter of
credit for 100000 in his pocket
and the assurance of his government.
that he might have s40,0OO,000 alto
gether to buy public opinion here, to
|. procure the votes of congressman, TO
procure the murder OF American cit
liens working in munition plants,
and to do other friendly acts TO-
ward our neutral government and its
unsuspecting people,"
=. DR.. Albert landed in New York
and registered at the Ri,z.Carleton
hotel He wrote at once 10 Anbas-
sador Bernstorff, announcing his ar
rival and asking Tor Instructions
! The ambassador happened % be TAX
ing an outing in the Adirondacks
when DIR. Albert's letter reached the
embassy, The letter was delivered
on Saturday afternoon-and habitu-
ally a. holiday was granted the en-
bassy NATL clerks from Saturday
noon till Monday at o'cl1ck The
embassy secretaries, however, often
stayed at their desks Saturdav after
noon; and it so happened that Mr..
Rathom's man, enc nf The >e.rcsur-
les, got the letter along with others,
and without apparently disturbing,
the envelope, read the contents.
Without moments hesitation he
took the next train t, New York and
telegraphed Mr.. ilathOE, lie was
met in New York BIZ anoeher reporter
for the Providence journal. Next
morning this reporter, in Sunday Top
hat and frock coat, appeared at the
hotel and asked for l,r. Albert He
presented the Doctors own letter,
written to Ambassador Bernsto-ff,
and told the doctor that the a,nbas-
sador had sent him to discuss the
situation with him. But first he must
be assured that he was really adj
dressing DR.. Albert, and not some
possibly Internationally undesling Pr
Albert produced credentials and even
called In members Of his suite TO
prove that he was himss Then Dr.
Albert went at leugth into his mis-
sion, the precise purpose OF it. the
money he had in piospect-all the
details.
His caller congratulated DR. Albert
and left. and Immediately restored
the letter to his brother reporter,
the embassy secretary who took the
afternoon train back to Washington,
| resealed the letter and replaced It
in the embassy mail that night. On
Monday one of the mail CLERKS at
the embassy opened the letter and
laid it, as a matter of routine on
the ambassadors desk. Bernstorff
appeared on Tuesday ant as soon as
he read the letter te;ephoned Dr.
Albert to come to Washington
1.-The two men met the Following
morning and embraced IN the pres
ence of the Journal reporter. And
the first words Dr. Albert spoke were
in praise of his exccllency on the
choice of so discreet and admirable
an agent as he had sent him in
New, York. Then there was scene
Bernstorff denied sending any mes
senger. and Albert reaffirmed it, The
mail clerk was called in and declared
he had slit the envelope with bis
own hand. Albert repeated that re
had had this very letter, physically.
back in his hand. from the messen-
ger, on Sunday. Results: Two bad
ly perturbed agents of the kaiser and
the ultimate exposure of DR.. Albert
In the Providence Journal"
The story of how Won Papen was
caught is known in the Providence
Journal as 1.-The Case of the Two
Hearts. Won Papen had accumulat-
ed a large mass of letters, receipts
reports of plots to blow up American
munitions plants and ships while
we were still neutraD and the Ger
mans used the Austrian diplomatic
channels to get this treacherous cor
respondence to Berlin. Hence Won
Papen was packing his documents In
box in the office of the Austrian
consulategeneral for shipment ON
the Oscar H. The stenographer In
the office had only few months be-
fore come there from work on the
Providence Journal, but this fact was
not known at the consulate.
She knew what was going into the
box and had reported 1t. and she had
instructions to mark the box so IL
could be identified later. The day 1t
was nailed up for shipment she ate
HcT iuuSHcoH Scdtcu On Top Vi IL.
Won Papen came in and asked If he
might share her sandwiches. She
consented. They sat on the box to-
gether. They grew. sentimental. She
took red crayon pencil from her
hair and dreamily drew on the pack
ing box the outline of two hearts,
entwined. Won Papen seized the pen.
Gil and drew an arrow piercing them.
And so 1t was that when the British
secret agents inspected the cargo
of the Oscar III. when 1t reached Fat
mouth, they took particular pains TO
look for box marked with two
hearts. and found it. And ultimately
the Providence Journal published
such full and intimate details of
Won Papens career In America that
he was invited to leave the country
Still another good story is of the