The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-24
INsTALMENT FOUR,3
tCopyrighted 1919, By The Interna-
 tf0naI News Bureau. Incl


 When the Kaiser first came to ArneroQgen. he was particularly in- terested in the surrounding country. and spent muck of his tune in the open air, either riding in his motor car with members of his suite, or walking about the village, where he soon became known amongst the will Iagers> On these walking tours there was nothing of the autocratio mon arch about his manner, f particu- lar cottage struck his attention, he wouId stop, and often converse with the occupants.
 Despite his apparent freedom of movement whenever the ex-Kaiser induIged in q walk he was always carefully guarded against intrusions or possible attempt on his life.
 Suddenly these little excursions ceased, and some wonder was ex- pressed, Wilhelm appeared to have lost all interest in the surrounding coun,ry and in che fife which the will lagerS led,
 The reason for this was never dis closed, I am able to state that the ex-Kaiser did not decide to foreso his pleasures simply because of his changeable nature, or that he had 
 at all there was Il series of highly dramatic events, and 1t became abso- lutely necessary that the ex-Kaiser should remain practically Q prisoner within the narrow limits of the castle grounds, If his life we're to be pro tected, To my own personal knowl- edge there was quite a dozen plots against his life within the first three or four months Of his coming to Amereongen,
 At the bottom of them all were certain evil disposed people in Ger many, associates chiefly of the Spar taclsts, They sent their agents to the little Dutch village. but their pres ence was very soon known to those responsible for the Kaiser's safety. In fact in two instances, before agents had actually crossed the Dutch from tier, the object of their visits to Am erongen was known. so carefully is the guard maintained by the fallen War Lords supporters In Germany.
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 One agent, extraordinary to relate, Q young woman, succeeded fn reach ing the village, and staying there for some time. She had been selected by the enemies of the ex-Ka1ser to assassinate him, because she had friends living in sne village and therefore when as 8 stranger she was naturally regarded with suspicion, this anxiety was aIlayed when 1t be- came estab" he'd that she had fre- quently visited the place prior to the ex-Katser's arrival and was staying with her friends, Her passports were in perfect order.
 For time she acted the part of bona nde visitor to the place, Warned that 1t was not customary to finger in the vicinity of the castle, the young woman carefully avoided the locality, During the period of wait ing, she laid her plans carefully, and very nearly succeeded In putting an end to the life of Wilhelm. It was a desperate attempt, and but for the nervousness Of the woman at the crit icaI moment them tssion would have have been fulfilled.
 Possessed of the knowledge that Wilhelm was in the habit of taking a walk each morning before breakfast in the grounds of the Castle, the young woman made her way through the woods which surround the resi- dence, and hid herself in the shrub bery close to q mOat, near to which the Kaiser would walk. Her pres ence was entirely unsuspected, for she had somehow eIuded the guards. Will helm made his appearance at the door of the Castle about S:30 that morn ing, and at a sharp pace commenced to walk in the direction where the woman was in hiding. As he was approaching the spot he paused, turned, and walked in the opposite di- rection- To the |Tould-be assassin this action of the Kaiser's must have
 I,o @o5 her, and guessed her motive,
 A small dark object, about the size of a tennis ball, came hurtling through the air. and exploded with terrific force on the edge of the moat some distance from the spot where the ex-Kaiser was. It did no damage beyond knocking over q few plants Startled, the Kaiser turned deathly pale, and staggered as though to fall The noise of the explosion brought the guards and members of the household hurrying to the spot where the ex-Raiser stood, dazed and on the border of collapse
 ReIentIessIy Pursued.
 He was quickly assisted Into the Castle, while guards and others com 1nenced a thorough beat-up of the grounds surrounding the place. The identity of the would-be murderer was unknown, and search as they would the men were unable to dis cover who the assailant was. The only clue was small piece of cloth which seemed to have been torn from a shawl, and which was left clinging to the bushes. Near to this were the imprints of small, light feet. There could be no doubt that the bomb haG been thrown by woman, but the mystery was who was that woman?
 The local police, aided by German agents in the village, took up the clue and it was not long before they haG established the fact that Elsa Wal ther, the young German woman wht had been staying in the village, was missing. The shawl from which the to Berlin, where it was established in the bedroom which she had occu pied at her friends house, and there was no longer any doubt as to tht identity of the wouId-be assassin
 The house was thoroughly searched and, greatly to the dismay of the oc cupants, two small bombs were found Then the agents set out to find Elsa Her movements in he locality wer followed, and eventually she wa: traced to a railway station, where sht had boarded train bound for the frontier. She had secureda good two hours start on her pursuers-