Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-13

For two nights he had gone without
sleep, working inccssantly trying to get
some clue which would expose the whole
OF the plot He knew OF the messages
winch were received by Heinrich Won
l'ertz, hut the coincidence of each being
from \ city in which fire or explosion
had taken place was not sufficient evil
asn'r to warrant raid. The news of
tine raid in san Francisco had not
aroused hope. for he had received a long
message from Dixie Mason telling of
everything found in the offices and he
realized that he still had before him his
the East without aid to be expected from
anywhere. So he grasped the out
stretched hand of Madam stephan
eagerly.
YOU came IN response to my letter."
u had scarcely thought Of that" re-
Sponded Madam stephan. II have come
as true friend of the German people.
Mr. Grant. ! love my people and my
which YOU need never know. have shown
me that It is only through the destruction
Of imperial Germany and everything for
which it stands that they. my people
and my country can take tho place
want them TO have in the world. Mis-
guided as they have been from birth,
they cannot throw off the yoke. With
AmeriCa'S s help 1t can be done. So | am
here to aid America. will be Compen-
stated If ! bring the day of Gcrmany's
SaIvat on. the day upou which the hor-
ZOn of humanity is revealed to the Ger
man people. as 1t has been revealed 10
me today, one hour nearer
She then related quickly all that she
knew Of Won Papen's plan for reign of
terror in America.
"II"jnrich Won I.ertZ viii not wait until
the day set for the destruction of the
fclhlphem steel Works 70 attempt it,
she said. The news from San Francisco
will cause him to attempt the climax Of
the plot planned by Won Papen before it
j. discovered. Even now he may hr
starting on it
She then gave him the address Of the
artisan IN Harlem who was inserting eX-
plosives in tn" hollow Jumps of Goa foI
use AZ Re1hlehrm. Grant tarried hardly
Longer than was required to express his
thanks after receiving this information
and hurried away.
But he ana his men arrived too late.
EN NidCmC" ap"nty was found 10 prove
that Madam Stephan'S description of the
work that was being dane had been trus
liul TN" thre" men who had occupied II
Wtr" gone.
"'rhey left but Il moment since" Volun-
'erred = woman who lived on The same
iIoor. - sleek, light-mustached young
mau called. and they left with some
SatChelS in taNicab
So Heinrich Won Lema had taken the
course which Madam stephan expected
of him. Grant did some quick thinking.
Hastily running over timetables whcn
he carried in his DOrket he found that a
train vas leaving shortly for Bethlehem
aud. taking a long chance, he ordered
his men back into the machine that had
taken hem and diSregarding speed regu-
lations quickly arrived at the station
With but a few minutes to spare they
hurst into the large train room. sud
denly Glant raised his arm and pointed.
Heinrich Won LertH
was at one of the
nj nd IL Ian kTlf. toll tho
Travel with the earnestly TO three
Conspirators men.
stewart Cava-
naugh, come with
me We must keep ont of sight of Won
LeEtz" cautioned Grant. "You other
men are not known to him. Keep the
men TO whom lie is talking. in sight. We
will meet YOU on the train
Giant and his two most trusted meu
found their way to the train through the
employees gate opened to them by their
Secret Service badges. on the train ht
found the three German conspratorS
had not boarded the train, according to
report of one Of the operatives.
II was after ntghtfall when the train
laudtd d them in Bethlehem. The sky was
lurid with the glare from the big gun
works necessarily turning out large
,aliber artillery. by means Of three shift $
ing night and day. The three conspira
tors sluuk off into the shadows leading
toward the settlement of the foreign
laborers in the big plant. closely fol-
lowed by Grant and his men.
In one Of the poorest sections Of the
city the men mounted an outer stair
way leading 80 the top floor of II two
Soried building. After some delay they
We're admitted. Ton minutes later the
figure of a woman came down the stair
way, stepping Caut Ously and carrying
gingtrly some objects in her apron
Hastily assigning two men to keep her
IN sight. he Olgani2ed the remainder Of
his force for a raid.
Despite a desperate resistance the four
men found in the upper part of the house
We're quickly overcome. one grip t1lled
with the doctored coal was seized and on
the floor lay discarded outer clothing of
a man. Taking only stewart with him
Grant started in pursuit of the figure
which had left the house. tgure which
he now felt sure was one of the three
men who had come from New York now
dressed as woman.
The Conspirator. because of his aC-
uuainfarcr with the neighbCrh had
easily eluded the two men who We're
shadowing him. Grant came upon them
hopelessIy searching to pick up his trail
without delaying Grant aued running
ut top speed toward the coal Chutes
The conspirator. was already there ana
Was busy dropping bombs down the
chutes. Grant fired one shot, but missed.
due to the uncertain light The man az
once fed and sending CaNanaugh and
nearest chute Without hesitation he
dropped into the yawnng black pit OF
its mouth
\ second later. bruised and covered
with coal SCOT, he rolled into the boiler
room of the big plants. Springing hastily
10 his feet. he tore
his coat aside tC
show his Secret
The Plot Service shield.
FoiIcd stop men" he
shouted Not an
other shoVelful un-
I'll we have examined the coal
He stopped, for almost at his feet lay
a chunk of coal which he recognized as
being of the same kind used for making
linary screenings used in the furnaces
hut would never have attracted attention
for large Jumps were frequently found
Picking up the piece. that had excited
his suspicious, Grant found one side wa.
of black cardboard Hastily he peeled
Il off, and held up brtore the aston