The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-29

own life and die an honorable death. I cannot stand the suspense of the trial and the certainty of conviction. I am afraid l might break down and be tortured by the British into be- traying those who have been asso- ciated with me in this great adven- ture.''
 This part of the message left be- hind by the man Kuperfelde. the German spy, who took his own life in Brixton prison very shortly after his arrest on suspicion of being a spy.
 ''I will not be killed" he said to me when I spoke to him for the first time. T will not be tortured" he went on afterwards, and all the time had him under observation he was hurIing a defiance at me in this way. probably to keep his courage up. This man had a companion, a woman. about whom I was seking informa- ton as she was then "at large"
 Pumped by n Britishcr.
 It was at the office of the Postal Sensor that he first came under sus- piscion, and 1t was from there that we got the first hint that a Pole Kut- zen was engaged in illicit correspond ence. Some of his letters were tam- pered with, and he was asked to meet by appointment at a Soho restaurant and to bring a lady with him. This was intended to lay a trap for a very much wanted lady as well as for Kut- zen, and he fell into 1t himself, but did not bring the lady.
 "I was quite deceived" he said to me when I asked him about this in cident T thought the letter was from our agent, with whom I had been corresponding. It was not my fault that the lady did not turn up I went there myself at the time ap- pointed, and I met the two men, Both spoke German quite well, and both professed to be agents of Germany.
 They drew mo out, and told them of my evasion of the British au- thorities and my pose as a Pole. They got from me much information about my work, and. under the impression that they were what they professed to be. I handed over to them infor- nation that I had obtained through a woman employe at the Foreign Of- flee with whom I had made friends"
 They left me, and arranged to meet me the next night at the same place, when I was to bring Lola was on my way back when I heard footsteps behind me at some distance I turned round and saw that one of my companions of a few minutes ago was following me. I realized then what a fool l had been, and I turned my thoughts towards shaking him of, I decided to board the first taxi in the hopes of getting away before he could find one In which to pursue or see the number of the one in which I went. One came and I got into 1t. but soon heard another after me. and I then realized that I was in a dimcult position"
 ''I told my driver to pull up out side a we'll known West End hotel, and I made a show of disnhinsing him, and passed into the building, hur- riedly darting out into side street, and then disappearing into the heart of Soho. shook off my pursuer and wandered about for some hours. finally making my way to a place where I had arranged for lodgings at short notice in the event of something like this happening"
 Fled 10 Glasgow.
 T knew 1t would be risky to ven- ture back to Noting Hill. and l felt also that it would never do to remain In London, for they were sure to be on the lookout for me. I decided to alter my personal appearance and make for Scotland. where friends were already at work Two days after this I left for Glasgow, and stayed in lodgings there for about three weks."
 Tn Glasgow" he continued. T was able to hide myself without dinculty. I thought the best thing I could do was to attach myself to the Industrial of ho Wnr1d nf which ganization there was q small group or branch in the town"
 While there heard daily of grow ing discontent among the men, and was quick to press my advnutaGs by suggesting doubts and suspicious to them.
 When the discontent came to a head I decided on a bolder course. I went out addressing open air meet inEs of the men, ana 1 soon found that I could sway them at my will. I told them in impassioned language that l knew for certain facts that the government and the employers were in league to destroy trade unionism. and I pointed to. certain facta which said proved my caae. --~-
 am bound to say that found it hard to believe this story told by the prisoner. and I questioned him very closely at the time regarding his as- sociation with the labor troubles in different parts of the United King dom. He adhered stoutly to the truth of his statements. and was cer- tainIy proud of what he had done.
 "If you do not believe me-" he said, "all you need to do is to take a photo of mo to any of the places I say I have been. and ask those who were there at the time if they can identify me"
 After the death of the spy this sug- gestion was followed. and it was es- tablished that he had been in Glas- sow and other Clydesside places un- der the circumstances he described.
 Spurned by Irlshsnen.
 His departure from Glasgow was decided on in response to urgent messages from headquarters. but he did not immediately go back to Lon don. He made . trip to Ireland and there spent some time trying to bribe a number of people to act as agents of Germany. One of the persons so approached was a we'll known Labor ist, who was subsequently shot in N,,trt- <or hgs fv, ha rfsfn~ nP