New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

.1 Wis '0'''ihe omlnous abou
that "other" compartment. rnas;s s'
my surprise on looking toward s =
partition which separated us II sss
that the lights of the "other =. .aa
rartment" were out, and that ~
ing at US over the partition 49,
three burly German heads! a'
Revolver Threat
Keeps Them Quiet
The brain-in times of danger !.
comes by practice singularly resnos
sive to a multitude of supgest;ss
and works with the most autom,s.
precision. l realized instantly A..
we were nearing the bridge over q.
Nienan to Tilsit, and that whates,.
conspiracy had been planned was y
necessity about to be executed q,
took the initiative, flashed NV rerd
YER and ordered the fat Germans !,
The "other compartment" to sit dn,,
and stay down or l would m.h
corpses of them ON the instant !
repeated the same orders to our On
garious doctor" and his "neurs.
thenic" patient in the top hat. win
the injunction not to move before >.
reached Tilsit, which had mos
sedative effect upon them both. Th,c
scarcely waited for the train to coma
to stop when they made a bolt for
liberty.
I would have given the gendarne
at Tilsit an account Of the inciden,
had l not known that, as on the for.
mer occasion, Wannagat had pur.
posely failed TO register my arrival
in his house at the police station.
Therefore, by Wannagat's precau.
ton, l was bound to be very quiet
CT take large risks to explain whyI
was living in Tilsit in secret, against
the cor ION practice. I had very
frank talk with Wannagat about the
matter, but he swore he had no part
IN the conspiracy or with either
party Of rogues in the railroad train,
and l was not in a position to SHOW
him all that was in my mind on the
subject.
1 had obtained the information
was sent to collect, so that nv mis-.
sion would be successful once was
safely back in London to turn it in
to Melville. What I had was good
only in London, 80 without making
too much Of my suspicious, which
had grown big almost beyond any
doubt, l managed to get away few
days later and Immediately pre
ceeded to London, where l reported
to Superintendent Melville the facts
stated above.
Then one week after my return To
London, in a speech at the Guildhall
Lloyd George issued warning to
Germany, calling attention to the
fact that statements brought to light
showed that Germany was speeding
up her output Of arms and her ship
building beyond their publicly an.
nounced programme.
Decorated for Work
Done in Scotland
During the early part Of 1916,
while was in the United States, !
received advices from Scotland that
Wannagat was operating in The
neighborhood. of Bellshill, Lansrt.
shire, Scotland, not far from Glss.
gov. l Immediately reported this
fact to Commodore Gaunt (then
Captain Gaunt) and he cabled these
advlces to London. Bellshill being
mining district, the largest percent
age of the men were Lithuanians.
This fact protected Wannagat, as be
was among his countrymen. 1t iss
very amusing fact that in this PAT
tlcular section of Scotland the na'
tive born Scottish children speak the
Lithuanian language and are proua
Of the fact.
A month or so later, after advls'
ing London, we received word thai
upon investigation they found tas'
there had been two men resembling
Wannagat working in this localiss'
and both had suddenly disappears
evidently having done their work.
During the month of May, 1861
was officially announced by the I'M
perial German government tna'
J oaann Wannagat had been dece
rated with the Iron Cross for exceP
tional services abroad, which is SUI
llcient evidence that Wannagat nov
cone his foreign work in way sa''s
factory to the imperial governn'eas
,on (,,::ne:. II 81