The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-10


"It is to stop The export az munitions
10 IN. Allies from the United States
for three months perhaps permanently
His IIsrcncrcrs looked AZ him some
what incrcdul"uSly.
Il am ny profession mechanic anu
hay. had IN mind many Inventions. MY
! most recent one Is BONN WIZ" eau
! be- attached - 4 vessel while In port
and which Will not explode until IN"
vessel is tire. miles ont. This. when
attached t. nunlt ion-carr%i ships Will
! also cause the munitions to cAplod"'
! NV plan has me; tn" approval OF iha
German government I" Such an extent
! tina, they have commissioned me I" come
! Ia the Emitted States for III" parp"S'
; az carrying II out. They have G"lrr-
uaSly granted mo 1000" marks I" fur-
thrr my plsnS.
you Will perhaps be KIND enough I"
describe this bomb t" as" N"n ihprh
| Indicated II char and thcy drew close
! about III. table.
You are acquainted with tho, eXplo-
! slvc Trini;raie OF T"iuAl.
They nodded What is known as
IT. ~ t. Boy-Ed commented.
Explaining the T. N. T. B.mb.
| "E:AnclIy This bomb carrics lou
! pounds OF T. y. 7. 1t Is 50 arranged
| that il can be- fastened 10 the ruudeT
! post of "A ship with Il wire line running
! from that In Il clamp that fits on the
! ruducr AZ The rud,lcr Is worked III
i the movement Of the ship at Sea- the I'm"
| will kind up. tightening the clnckwork
! until The spring inside is released. rms
will send the plungcr against two rifi:
cartridges which Will explode the 7. y.
h., ..tnr her
necessity for finishing the sentence. y
! fantasIical light shown in his eyes. lie
! clnSpcd and unclasped his hands in IN
! intensity OF excitement and his hear
i.crs uuconScinuSly absorbed his mood.
! Our bomb squads have used T. J.. T.
| effectively on various occasions, stlo
Boy-t I'd with a smile 1T Won Pap"n. AS
the highest powered neroplane bomb
carries only about SO pounds Of i. y.
| r We are able to judge quite accurate
IS what 100 ppunds can accomplish.
Won rapcn nodded. and reaching across
the table for Il match. lighted hls cigar.
"l.i.rtenant Fay. does anyone know
Of your ARRIVAL in America:
"No one" answered Fay. Except his
excrllcncy. Count Won BcrnStorf.'
THAT is we'll You. perhaps. arc not
| we'll acquainted with conditions here
! our position demands that We must hot
BE- known az the directors Of any m"N'-
! Incut Of espionage against the Lnttcd
| States. Germany. Of course - not ~
war with the United States. To thu
| United States we arc a friendly nation.
He fiirkcd the ashes from his cigar with
a contcmptuouS movement.
! \ cynical smile crossed the face OF
| Boy Ed. 1t was reflected on the face OF
Fay.
/ Fur n few moments a deep silence
! settled on the room. From far below
| on Wall street sound of traffic drittcd
! up, shouts Of drivers ncwSDoys. iruli
Vendors. each sound ,&hocd and naSnt-
fed as Il r"S" between ;hc dark walls
of the building that hordercd the
street.
FAY stirred uneaslly. The even
! tones uC Won rapcn once more broke
! the silence.
/ Planning Against Discovery.
In this crusade il is inevitable that
many ships will he blown up. II we
/ who are her" III public Official capacity
| should become identified in any way
with this movement it would lead 10 our
; dismissal from thr cnuntry-and dl$-
miSS;l at this time would mean the re-
Ilinqulshmcnt of many plans now under
| way. Therefore. II your ptnn should
fail and you should b. arrested. We
would. ot course. be compelled 10 rcpudl-
ate you. Likewise. it would h" your
duty tr say that you had tried Ia sec
us, but that W. hnd denied ynu AN In
! tcrview This iS clear to you:
Fay smiled impcrturbably
! Il understand"
every well. We are then In 4 posi-
ton 10 he of aid to you as far as pos
sihlc. You will. of course. need OK
posivcs. |, is very difficulty just now
to obtain these
in case you cannot got the 7 y. r
at once | will be willing 10 so OH with
my work. using dynamlte until the high
cr explosive can be secured. Emi l
would rather have the T. y. T. Can
count on you to procure it for me-:
las soon as possible. hut II may
take some time. AS said. explosives
are hard to procure now unless some
good reason is given for their n"cd.
Fay rose and pushed his chair back.
. This Will hc agreeable 10 mo. I Will
! put in my tim" pcrf"cting my bomb ca%"
j AMI will report 10 YOU by the end IF the
| week. Friday If II Is convenient.
IN i moment tho door closed behind
him and they heard his footsteps echo
ing down the hail.
Eoy-t;d glanced at Won rapcn quizzir-
ally. The procuring Of this r. y. Tit
! is most important that We have II. but
how can It be brought about"
Won papcn smiled. DO you remember
i the doctor that Won iEcl brought To the
club ono night last week? Eoy-Ed nod
ded. He spoke to me "f "A friend VIII"
has access 10 explosives Of all kinds.
I Through him am sur" | can supply
FAY with the material for this wonderful
bomb of his"
Friday found Fay again in enthusi-
nstir conference with the captain.
Fay Rents u weehawken Cottnge.
IT have rented n garage On Main
street in Wcchawken which I viii use
for IN experiment station" h" reported.
ITO throw off suspicion | rented il. say
i ir- Nas going to conduct an uutOmo-
| bile repair business. I have an old mo
| tor car there which have taken apart
/ 10 curry out the illusion. but m"hnwhilH
I am working on my mine. HAY" y"I
been able tn learn whore | can rr"cur"
som" r. y, TT"
IT have worked through S''v"rn! rr"-
| plc and have al last arranged Ter IN
amount Of this material large enough I"
enable you to do some practical w"rk'
to ~ delivered to you as soon as re
ccivcd your address | VIII ~" now
that the shipment is mad" IN a DAY or
SO" Won rapcn Scrihhl"a ih' ',adr"S"
az rho garage i'm W"chawk"n "n u rn"ur"-
r7ln,lum and Fay departed. pi";t%"'i AZ 'h''
results Of his visit.
4 lull had fallen on III" affairs -! Tn"
Cr;,ninoiogy club. T" ia members al
WAYS on the alert Ia stamp "ui tn" first
fires Of intrir1l" before they spread thar
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