El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-11
HOT TIMES FOR
GERMAN SPIES
Some of the Difficulties
Met by Kaiser's Agents
Working in Mexico.

" u A-44S ~ @t@S<-ASSs
IConrinued from uage -
he table and rushed after Auch
shouting:
Don't let him get away. II he
doesn't stop. shoot
O'Connor was too swift for US.
Darling out Of the house he cranked
Up a Ford car. jumped in and
started off
shoot Shoot" yelled TO the Ger
mans. who were gathering
At least a score OF SHOTS were fired
after the retreating car, which ran
4lU-r a Quartlr o. "a nile theu 49, err 90
suddenly up against tree ana
stopped. OConn0r sprang out. ran
INTO the bush and. disappeared IN the
gathering darkness.
starts General Battle.
Examination Of the car afterward
showed that several OF the bullets
mad struck II, one damaging the steer
lng wheel, while another punctured
a tire, causing the machine TO run
into the tree We learned a1terHarc
that O'Connor had been slightly
wounded in the side
Interest in the O'Connor affair was
now submerged by an unexpected de-
velopmeut- AS soon as the shooting
Dreaming that the Germans were
killing al the Mexicans.
They ran wildly about the place
looking for safety, dragging screech-
the Mexican men rushed for their
rifles ana began shooting indis-
criminately- For q rime everybody
was shooting at everybody else with
out having any idea Of what Il was
al about. Ny little scheme was sue
HnmmnEH
fion- Indeed as the bullets flew
thicker. 7 would have been satisfied
with more moderate degree Of sue
cess
Quiet was not restored until
Schwiertz mounted a horse az rode
. bout the place explaining At
soldier had caused some trouble ard Z
they were looking for him He asl1ed
II anyone had seen the runaway, but I
they all said no.
On the Hunt for O'COnnor.
There was a long delay before I
Schwiertz could organize 2 searching I
party 10 hunt for O'COnnors cut he /
got away at last vita a force Of some /
80 mounted men with which he spent 4
she entire night searching for the /
fugitive.
~ soldiers displayed truly re-
G-ar1zable zeal IN hunting in every I
pace where O'Connor could not posi-
oily be. for the truth Is that O'Connor ]
q
Ihe latter had stolen the Mexicans /
blind, holding out the provisions 70 /
which they were entitled and sell
Ing them to Chinese storekeepers in (
he vicinity, while the Mexicans ands
their families lived in state OF semi
starvation
O'Connor. upon being left in charge
7f the camp in SchwiertZ's absence j
won their devotion By serving out I
-atlons with an unstinted hand.
I've h.
also won the good VIII Of the Ger
mans by his li1erallty with other
peoples property.
ny own part in the affair was moi
. pleasant as Il might nave been.
5etore leaving ScnWiertz had ordered
ne 10 take some soldiers and 20 up
N the roof OF the house and shool
.nyone who came along The nights
IRE frosty in that part Of the coun-
~ in September. and a bitter wind
vas blowing. But orders are orders.
took dozen men and went Up a
ray ladder standing close against
ne wall Il was so cold On the flat
'oof that we took up dog tents and
blankets and Fritz German veteran.
made coffee Ostermann. the quarter
MASTER, looked so worried that I in
Iuired the cause
Lots Of Money Missing.
This trouble may bring on more"
aid he Ny books are in bad shape
.1ere is a lot OF money missing which
schWiertz took 70 Mexico CITY. The
nen nave not been paid and they are
KEY 10 ask for their money. Also
mere are lot OF hides MISSING.
schwiertz has been handling the
money, You see I shall have to fix
ny books quick. for II O'Cnnnor gets
o Hermosilo before Schwiertz. the
whole story may come out and n IL
ioes, it may break NJ the whole
.cheme for the inTa sion n the United
States. ] am afraid 0'ronror knows
100 much The best thing 10 DO Is 10
zee him, settle with him and forget
+ all"
About ] o'clock In the morning we
ieard noises in the field. The men
aid the noise was made BY Ta0ufs
here we're lots OF them an around.
ney said. and having heard the fir
ng they had come TO see An hour
ater We s7W some men coming out
] me bush and fired One OF the
hadoE-y figures fell and Law still We
10 not dare investigate until after
ayllgnt when We found that one OF
he faquis had been killed.
soon after, Srhwfertz came n
aggard and much worried. for ne
called that be had made a ners
Z Times and feared coles would
ear OF the affair And that Is nre-
lsely Tnat hanoered- the rumor
nread far hevond the confines Of p
laro that the Germans had affemn+e5
o murder 70 the Mevfcaus and some
ne wired the renort to the gnrp-nor
-ConrriEht. 1918 BY the Mcclure
lewspaper Syndicate.
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