The Washington times., 1918-06-02
KILLING, ARSON.
AND BOMBING.
PLANS TAKEN.
FROM PLOTTER.
TrWe Story of German Govern
4sSlt's Spies aHd IHtrigILSs-By
VILLAIN J. Flyn5t, Retired Chief Of
y. S. Secret Service.
Chapter THE Brown
! Portfolio.
Portfolio.

Ne one passing with. the crowds
0At thronEed Fifth avenue at all
hours would have singled out the
create stone house that stood flush
with the sidewalk near Fifty-second
street. It's great doors with their
outer gates Of iron bars were hanKed
On each side by anemic box trees
which bravsly struggled for living
amid the dust and CRIME of the city.
Its closely curtained windows pre-
eeuted an impression Of cold alOofness.
re the passeFby there was nothing 10
tDdieate that its air OF ancient re-
Opectability vas but assumed.
Amid this quiet iuxurySand display
OF royal grandeur the German gov
ernmsnt. had established its head
quarters for the system Of espion-
age Il has introduced into q peace
tut Country. This room was the meei-
ting place OF the chief agents OF the
German FoN CFument. To il came vJn
Lsriz. uf she susceptible heart, mos;
TeceHtly lost to Dixie Mason: here
rame Eoy-Ed and Won Papen. Won
E.lHtelon. Gf the many disguises, and
BernstoFi, the German ambassador,
tor CoRferences with DR.. Albert. pay
master for the Kaiser's spy army in
America And that their movements
might be directed with greatest
secrecy and expediency wireless mes
sages weFe received here direct from
Nauen. Germany. through the huge
altennae which could be stretched
upWard from the chimney of the
house and through the great detec-
tors concealed behind the massive oil
paintings HdoFninE the walls.
The room was quiet save for the
contfnuous shuttle OF papers slipping
and sliding into neat piles under the
quick hands OF DR.. Albert and the
cracking OF the log in the fireplace
now almost smoIderinE into ashes
He laid the reports from spies in all
parts Of the country into one pile.
The NEST important OF these were
carried in the brown portfolio which
lay on the table and which he kept
continually in his possession.
Now he thrust INTO IL report
from Capt Franz Won Papen. sug-
EeEtinE that a shipment Of liquid
chlorine which had been ordered by
the allies be stopped by blowing up
the factories in which It was being
Manufactured Thus the Germans
would be given a new advantage in
the neld BY an absolute monopoly OF
this gas. This report was followed
by another from the same source
calling the Doctors attention to the
possibility OF obtaining the patents
OF the Wright aeroplane by trickery,
cheating the Wright brothers out OF
the results Of years OF labor and cor
neFing the aeroplane market in
America. 4 quietly personal letter
from Won Rintelen advising him Of
the various aliases and describing
the disg1ises under which he intend
ed 20 travel for the next few weeks:
documents regarding the embargo
conference, with its membership OF
EaisEuided Americans. conceived and
designed to bring political influence
to bear upon the munitions industry,
thus enabling Germany to obtain all
the arms il needed and the allies
nehe; letters and reports on crop
conditions; kilograms suggesting
means BY which Germany could han
die the various C-boat controversies
in a way to blind he Administration
,and yet commit murder on the hign
seas; plans for buying newspa pers
ard the dissemination ~ spy prups
ganda: prOspectuEes, plans. and other
matters Of importance which came
daily 70 the hands OF this mysterious.
seemingly alI-seeing financial agent
Of the German government were slip
ped into the brown portfolio.
He started suddenly as the pan