The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-07

DR.. Rumely brought this letter to my
desk.
Il have been trying to draft a reply to
this" he said, 'but do not get exactly
the force in my reply that l want Who
is the best person to write q voluminous
reply? The man who wrote this says
here that he will print whatever reply /
want to make l want to send him a
letter that will take up several columns
of his newspaper"
What do you want to say as to the
points ne raises!" l inquired.
II want to come back at him with the
most forceful kind Of questions and al
legations concerning his own activities,
said the doctor. Il know all about this
man, and he and his paper are entirely
irresponsible"
/ tried to pin the doctor down to cate
gorical denials, but he refused to be
pinned. He wanted letter written, ]
gathered, that would befog the real issue
and commit him to no positive assertions.
l suggested man who might write such
a document, and he asked me to have it
done.
A voluminous letter was produced-it
would have taken several columns OF
newspaper space, had it ever been print
ed. But it didn't suit the doctor. lie
made several changes and had it typed
again. These had disappeared when 1t
was finally revised. 1t lay On his desk
q few days, then vanished. l asked him
about it several days later: was Curl
Gus to know whether it had been pub
lished.
i've decided to ignore attacks from that
SOURCE" said DR.. Rumely. These fol-
lows are trying otrap me into admissions
that they can distort. The man who wrote
this letter is an Englishman. The British
have bought up a detective agency and
they have their men following me every
where. I can't go up to the Bronx to see
my wife's relatives without being followed.
They spy on me at my club. I'm going to
ignore them!'
Secret Service Becomes Suspicious.
There were others besides the detectives
who were curious about DR.. Rumelys
movements. however Some of us VINO
had suspicious as to the activities of the
United States Secret Service took pains
not to obtain definite knowledge of what
was going on. Once in a while, however,
bits of information that were illuminating
would come to our attention.
Il never saw a man who was so obvl-
ously trying to throw any one who might
be following off his TRAIL" one of the men
who had a good deal to do with tracing
DR.. Rumey's movements told me. u
have known him to so as far north as
Seventy-second street and double back by
another route, TO keep what would other
wise have passed unnoticed as an ordinary
business engagement"
i I think l am we'll within the limits Of
accuracy when say that every person DIR
Rumey saw, every trip that he took, al
most every telephone call that he made
was under scrutiny from very early
period in the career Of the Mail under hi
MANAGEMENT. And there was never an.
Iauestion that, mp to the breaking off O
relations between the United States am
Germany, he was in close and continuous
} contact with the representatives OF tn
German government in America.
Controlled Washington Service.
Very early in the game DIR. Rumel,
attempted to assume exclusive contro
{ of the Washington correspondence OF th
paper. 1t was not long before the Mail
Washington representative was spoke