Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-25

SL'N'bi'LENI Wen Knows ne salu'
Il why those men were sent. They
had instructions to get the papers for
Maxwell"
THAT IL strange" said Hammersley.
IN Maxwell had asked me personally
for the papers I should have given them
to him Maxwell would have known
better than to intrust those papers TO
third person. 1t is not likely that
should have given them up to any man.
even II Maxwell had sent him"
1T is unfortunate that Herr Maxwell
Is not hero to"
one moment. Herr Rizzio.' broke IN
the General. Then 20 Hammersley,
what was the nature OF the letter
which YOU say was sent by Herr Rizzio
TO a high official OF the War Ofhce?'
"lt was a statement in regard 10 the
case of Cart Iiuger. who, as YOU know:
was shot last week in the Tower or
"Nch" Won stromberg frowned, We
are killing our evidence. 700 tas,, mem
herr. little too fast for convenience
Bite. we will kill no more German
agents in the Tower until they have had
an opportunity 10 testify
Hammersley smiled.
Unfortunately. Excellenz ! have no
means OF restoring him to life. he said.
"IIc was AN excellent man. aud leaves
I believe. wife and six children.
Won Strombcrg tapped his fingers
slowly.
we will go or. u YOU please, with
tho discussion of the general facts. You
claim that Herr Maxwell distrusting
I:zzio. arranged that the rsners should
he banded from Captain Byheld To- YOU.
| have told you that Maxwell had orders
from me TO nut You to this test?
Pardon, EycelenZ. I did not know
/ that at the time | only know that
I Herr Maxwell chose 10 disregard your
orders to him aud liizzio instructing
me not to deliver the PAYERS tc Rizz'o
F npJpF any circumstances
when did Herr Maxwell make the
3 discovery OF Herr Rizzio's-er--trcach-
/ cry?"
/ 'It was the evening Of LADY Heath.
cotc's dinner. Captain Byheld had
/ learned the truth that afternoon.
zone moment go Eizzio rose. his face
B pale with anger. 1T is easy to manu-
/ lecture evidence Of this kind, where
| both or the witnesses mentioned are
! beyond reach. 7 will net even deny
the truth of their charges They are
! too absurd. II | was acting for Eng
! land. will Herr liammersley tell me WHY
the agents of Scotland Yard. whom ht
! saws I sent for. did not surround tn,
! house at Ashwater Park and boldly de
mand the papers from Miss Mather. il
! the name Of the Government and thu
law"
"The reasons are obvious" replied
Hammersley. 81 will give Herr EiZ
zio the credit for that much delcacy
n his men had found the papers a
Ashwater Park Fraulein Mather. whom
! Herr R'Z2iO esteemS most highly au'
who was quite innocent. would haN'
eventually been imprisoned by the Coy
crnment as a SPY. At his orders th
house was therefore secretly ScarCbet
by night. ! am happy to say, unsuc
cessfully. Herr Rizzio will surely no
deny the kindness of his motives upoi
that OCCASION
"Excellenz will take that reply 70
xtsl iG hn
never permitted sentimental considera
tons TO interfere with the performanc
Of it's duties"
IIammersley went on stoidly: 81 can
not conceive Cf any agents of German
attempting to Kin me This my pur
suers did at Saltham Rocks aud agai
~ the person Of RizZio himself on th
cliffs al Beaufort Head-even Excel
lcna'-IIammersley leaned forward
smiling blandly---"even after he kney
that ! had met captain Stammer am
conveyed my acceptance OF ENcellenZ'
invitation TO return TO Germany
~ was not sure that he wolld &C.
IF not for any other reasons. Excel
lonZ. the pursuit of the agents OF Scot
land Yard would have been sufficient
Fortunately, however. I had intende
going as the bearer OF the Byfeld mes
sage, And carried 1t. You can't den
that"
"He brought message. Excel,enz.
put in Rizzio quickly. But what mes
. sage? There were two messages. on
. prepared by Captain Byfeld-the othe
prepared by Hammersley."
II do not deny that When 7 dis
covered that was likely to have an in
teresting evening ] made a copy OF th
papers in a package OF R.X-la-Croi
which had in NY
Rizzio broke in quickly That cop
was made not at Lady Heathcotes tina
night. but at the Wlr Office or else
where the following day. 1t was pre-
pared for the emergency OF capture an,
escaping that, for delivery TO Genera
Won Stromberg."
General Won stromberg has bee
told about those papers. have tol
him where and when ! made the copy.
"And where WAS that asked Rizzi
,keeniy
while you were telephoning to Scotlan
Yard"
q Rizzio struggled for control. and the
with dignity to Won Stromberg' wa
: telephoning to Herr Maxwell. ENcellenZ
He turned to liammersley with a cor
fdent smile. Assuming for the momei
; that what YOU say about copying Il
. papers is true. whl did YOU do wit
the copy?'
. II took It out to the motor. where
} slipped It down the window SASH Han
! mersley laughed. surely. Rizzio. Il
/. tall man from Scotland Yard must hay
told you that when ] escaped | shoute
: to him that he had not searched Il
[. General Won stromberg broke in SUE
! denly.
!. why did you say thst"
I Hammersley shrugged II had II
!, iured their motor and | knew that
!. should escape. The bravado of trump
t,xcellenZ | was rather happy, 70
as a fact. they had given me an III
comfort able evening.
RiZZio leaned across the table,
"E,xcellenZ. II was to draw attentlC
q. from the girl who had the origin
!. message and who had concealed herse
, General Won Stromberg took a sm
= object from his pocket and weigh'
: il lightly in the fingers of one hand.
!. was the package OF Riz-la-CroiN. !
= Hammersley was about to speak, he he
: up the other hand In demand for
= I'VE are not getting very far. meii
r Uerren." he slid, Both of you tell e
). cellent stories of your adventures wortl
i Of the best traditions OF the Secret Ser
L ice Department. IT, as Herr Rizz
. alleges, Herr Hammersley has supsl
/, tuted other papers for the orlglnal on
!, burned by Miss Doris Mather, lie
o Hammersley will be shot. ~ as lie
+ Hammersly alleges, Herr Rizzio W.
Z i'm communication with Scotl ma \ ar
y the officers of which attempted the IL
> ~ Iierr Hammersley while he bore di
10 matches for me, Herr RiZzio will be she
ID II is a very delicate matter, mel
y Herren, one which will require mu'
I thought. since the one man VINO cou
K settle the question is in an Engli'
l. D