The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
A ROYAL spy
Continued from Pirst PnSe,)

Continued from Ptrst Pase.)
: tI"ury took il for cd that this man
would he III his cntuuruEc when he
landed i'll London on the tenth OF July.
and how great was his annoyance when
Graves WAS not there.
A. matter o. fac. the spy WIS 10
undertake. two missions ol great import
:,nc-. one a.: which actually proposed tao
i.atr II "l'rr Tag" II" was taken by
i'rivy C"uurilnr Graf Won Wedcl before
the kaiser. who gave him 4 dispatch II
carry to the captain of the warSht1
PANTHER. then lying somewhere off Ear
cclona rh" dispatch instructed the
Panther 20 tax" no aESrcSsiv" steps
, against any French or British ship
: whatever the pr"vocation might be. II
will thus be seen that Graves became
the envoy OF the peace party rather than
The junkers.
Graves. therefore. could not come 70
; England until November. and Count Won
Wedel told the prince $" very plainly.
a Bung1er on the COB.
;; The result. as it turned out. was dis
aStrouS beyond expectation In Graves
place there was sent to Edinburgh in
Juno man named Herr Otto Graucn-
baum. who was put temporarily in
charge OF the regiment OF secret Servic"
in the city. His mission was absurd
and WAS pursued with q bunglcr'S foot
He visited London to begin with ami
was favorte 1T Bertha Trost's house.
She sent him TO Scotland with several
. letters OF Introduction and the uSua:
tow-haired ladies. Grau"nh1um ut once
tried to get in touch with all tho young
naval officers he could discover In the
Firth Of Forth. There wore merry meet
irSs At tho house near the Rraids and
! Cor tho first time :hn Introduction upon
. 4 large scale of "Chemind.>far" into
Edinburgh.
The object. nr course. was plain as =
nik"-Staff Whatevnr tho Germans may
. u" rs "X"cmtants. they arr singularly
lr"fing in initiatives. even Th"n II"
devil is ut :hnir elbow and their only
. idea oc seducinc7 4 British naval officer
is either to buy or - ruin him. 1t Ia
safe Ia say that In the former proceed
ing they have never succeeded: but IA
:ar rs tn: loss OF money goes. il is un-
fortunately n fact that many large sums
have been lost by ~" Officers OF both
services |" Germans. who hoped 10 prom:
by their PERJURY.
In III" attempt 1t Edinburgh these
trsf Il ttlIr L l'CTlE'.f CFilIp't. HtS SItN Z
their parties twice 4 week. and invited:
al! ;hc Sna:n"n they could get there.
Sometimes miro linut"nan:s would b"
their guests: ut others they bagscd men
, OF the mercantile marine who were
known 10 h. N III" K! y. T.. All these
lost or won money as IN" man GCauCn-
Hru,;l determined: but have never
iea-d that Il sin%l" naval secret was
obtained in that room. nor u""S III" navy
appear 70 have been betrayed even b.
I word through Ill his orgy Of wine
Women ant song.
Tempted by Money.
Yet with this admission | AIN arraid
~. uiuSt rngr";futly ""nr.,i" that trait.
"rS were found. ant ;isti in Edinburgh
~ 1911 began t:at daring scheme Of tn
:ri-uc which resulted in the condemna-
zion OF tho seaman Parrot some years
'a;nr. There ar, always men to be
tempted by money. and these were found
in n" gamblers hous". Happily. also.
there was 4 majority not to be so
tempted, ar'l through III" instrumental
i:y y. ora "s th"s" Prime" ifcnry's cas-
tics ~ 1911 fell 70 tho ground with n
crash.
r., us .:nt back % the tour and eco
exactly how this came about. Tho thing
appeared 70 b. tho greatest success.
Tho prince Sn"nt the fourteenth ~ July
N Edinburgh ~ n" CALIFORNIAN Station
h"t"' IL CONTAIN" with the duke Of
Tn"k NJ visited tn" new Chapel OF tho
Thistle. ard was shown thr"uch the his
tori" aYartnnnts n: Ho!yr"od palace. At
:he castl" ho was shown ;hr"urh tn"
mess Of the Royal Scots b. u" colonel
commanding that regiment and after
yards nntrr; aimed ut luncheon by Lieut..
- " II 1I,pfi1tDn
I'M ndcr-in-chi"f OF IN" Scottish com
rIanh.
At night tho T.. A. &. gave n splendid
dinner ut the ROYAL Hotel. whrr" tn"
most gushing tnastS wcr" rr"r,s"d. and
!, r..II!r might have seemed i'!::t Prince
Henry would die that Er"at I:ri,lin
might !iv>. The Who'll" city. indeed.
huzzcd with III: echoes Of fraternity.
The hotels We're full Of Germans. and
III. s,I.t"raIs flew 1ik" sparks from the
flint But for all that thcr" were secret
whisperin-S among th" gang. and the
shadow already doomed upon them.
Somebody had blundcred: q big mistake
had been made. ard Whitehall was
asking questions
What did Those whisperings mean?
, I will tell you n curious thing TWO
days befor. ;hr Prince reached Scotland
one or thr chorus ladies from n West
End London theatre went round In the
course Of IL" afternoon To old Bertha
Trusts place in Clifford street and told
u simple story. She had been invited to
10 to Glasgow. il appears Ia join q NOR
- party there. TIL" man whn, asked her
was 4 young seaman IN t:!r L. y. r..
ard he had thru" weeks leave from
, his ship. II" was in Edinburgh for ten
days nf that tins. and ;h"n WAS going
on To Glasgow for rag 1T the invita-
ton Of the gnld"n-hniCrd lady.
Suspicious Sailor.
Tho chorus lady had been asked to
tako n holiday 10 rnect him there: but