El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-22
GERMAN BOASTS
Of EVIL DEEDS
Foe Spy in Mexico Says He
Caused Black Tom Ex-
plosion, Blew up Ship.

find suitable landilE places for
1roour and munitions and routes
by which California might be In
Vaded. BY an ndroit question
learned that this was net to be
part Of the plan as approved by
the great general staff that the
submarines were to 80 through
the Strait Of Magellan and around
the west coast TO san Francisco
10 destroy shipping b0mbardtuE
the city and terrOriEe its tuhn5l-
lanfE.
Doctor, listen very carefully to
what have 10 say" continued Jahnlze.
You viii accompany WabirsA 70
Hermosilo where you VIII introduce
him 70 Gen Gales and tell him that
Wabirski Is travelling on a Russian
passport into the United States but
that he is a German agent"
Asks Written Instructions.
But IS It sufficient TO tell ne this.
Had you not better write this down 2
My object was TO get all the evidence
possible on paper in order that photo
graphic copies might be made and
Forwarded 10 the United States All
arrangements for this were at my dis
posal, but was doomed to disappoiut-
meut
-Radsrzscher Cthe German consul
at Guaymas) VIII know All about this
and VIII have informed Cen Gales
before you get 70 Hermosillo- You
viii 20 and see Ccrrauza tomorrow.
CarranZa viii also advise Gen Gales
fully. Everything has been arranged
by herr Won Ecl1hardL When you
have explained everything TO Gales
after introducing Wabirski I want
you TO ask Gales TO procure a revolt
yer for Wabirslzi. Never mind what
Il costs. We viii pay whatever price
IS necessary
hard to Obtain PlstoIE-
II should be explained here that
about this time lJanuary, 1879 fire
arms were unobtainzbls in Mexico
City. Assaults and robberiss fl broad
daylight were OF such frequent oc-
currence that everybody who could
raise the price OF revolver carried
one for self protection The gunshops
had been stripped bare.
why do you want TO send ne into
the United states with 8 pistolTs in
terrupted Wabirski- I have done
very important work without carrying
a pistol"
HThey may know yea this time"
replied JuhnEes eund you must
be very careful. Besides you VIII
carry important paDera- such az
you never carried before. And
you must do away with that gpe-
cial agent Butcher at NoEales. he
is In our way
The person referred to who was TO
be murdered by Wabirsld. Byron S.
Butcher, Of the military Intelligence
dsparmtnt AZ Nogales, ARK, who was
so efficient in interfering with the
activities OF German agents that
Jannke had condemned him TO death
There IS no harm in saying here that
Butcher is stil very much alive,
though no longer in the service Turn
3 " = d o ramHn
Ms5irsz1s you viii carry Two very
important papers. one IS q message
from Won Eckhardt IN the German i'm
periaI code, 10 be presented to German
consuls when asking for money or
other assistance The otner is q code
which you viii use in giving infor-
nation about the progress Of opera
tons in the coming drive. You viii
send your messengers 70 the doctor
and he VIII forward your communi-
cations TO ne. II everything works
out right I shan come with some one
else The first thing FOR you to do
IS to see the Z W. ". delegates on
the border and let the third party who
IS going with you operate with his
own class Of people Give him all the
money he wants he is all right
Conference Interrupted
at this point the conference was
Interrupted while Jahnlze went 70 see
Won Eckhardt. an errand which con
sumed four hours
I had overheard Esttenbach say he
was going 10 the hotel Genere 70 see
a German agent whose name could
not catch While away from the house
i went 70 the hotel GeneVe and called
for a room, which I paid for in ad-
vance Looking over the register J
found a name which was recognized
as the one Kettenbach mentioned
After sauntering around the lobby q
short time 7 asked for the key 70 the
Germans room. There found q lit
tie red memorandum book which con-
tanned g list OF names that proved
later 10 be German spies and a code
in numbers. This book borrowed
and carried until I was able 70 hand
it in at the NcgaIes. ARK, office Of
the military intelligence department
Meanwhile returned the key TO the
desk, saying had made a mistake,
took the key TO the room 7 had en-
gagged, stayed in it an hour, then re-
turned 70 Jahnke's house In good
time for supper
Fishes VITA Flnttery.
At table were Jahuke, WabirskL
Eettenbach, Gaebel and myself When
AZ opening presented Itself I started
fishing for Information. batting the
hook with fulsome flattery for Wa
birskL Thus encouraged he launched
into a bOastful account Of his achieve
ments as a German secret agent in
the United states, for all Of which he
had been rewarded By his grateful
kaiser with the Order OF the Black
Eagle with two bars. He tainted
Jahnks with the fact that he had re-
ceiFed no decorations.
yVabirsEI boosted that WITH
Jahnlze he had caused the Black
Ton explosion in New York har-
Dor in July, 1916 which caused a
loss OF many millions Of dollars
and several uves3 that he had
found emuIoymenf as a sailor and
bad blown up a ship carrying nlu-
uiCiouls that he had ruined the
boilers Of the transport Mime
so1us that as a lumber1ack IN
Oregon he had started q dtslH-
truus forest fire and other crimes.
He wound up By turning 10 me
and sayinEg
II have laid many people IN the
cemetery. II you are not straight
forward with me I VIII put you
there.1
Al the time I thought this an idle
boast. Later he told me privately and
IN al seriousness that he had muir
dered number Of persons with his
own hand One Of these was Wo-
man with whom he lived short time
in New EoElz city while operating IN
that vicinity: another was a woman IN
Mexico City.-Copyright 1913, Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate
In the next issue Dr.. A1tendorf
VII tell OF an Interview with
president CurrauEn, Of Mexico in
which Il g. shown how Gamma
helped TO facilitate the work Of
the German secret service In