El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-18
He Dimes WITH
WOMEN SPIES
Dr.. Altendorf Reveals Fur.
Their Secrets Of German
Operation in Mexico.
fConffnueo rror ,nr- l.

tContinueo from raEe II
allow him to take the code book IN his
hands. Such had been his instruc-
tons when he was entrusted with that
important volume. and just see ali
the trouble he had got himself into
BY violating orders: and so on ad
nauceam. While Wearied by the ply
steal effort Of maintaining a sympa-
thetfc interest IN the woes Of Rade-
maeher. did not deny a pardonable
pride in the fact that my word after
such brief acquaintance. had been i'm
plicitly accepted IN preference 70 that
OF & proved German agent For. re-
member that II was not the evidence
that Schwiertz was a thief that got
him into disfavor. for such things are
lightly regarded In land where eF-
erybody who gets the chance IS
CRATER, but my mere assertion that
he was an American SPY.
Breakfasts with smuEglerH.
The trip from Guaymas to San Bias
/ after their big battle, described In
previous instalment, were now quiet
and traffic was, temporarily norm J.
I had wired 10 the charming Maria
Wilkinson that was coming and
she was waiting for me when
reached hotel Rosales Al Cuiiacan az
$50 In the morning. Il was now De-
cember 19. 1917, and as the next
steamer did not leave Mazatlan for
lraZanllio until December %, ] nel
several days time on my hands. After
such success on my previous fishing
excursion with Wilkinson. I had re-
+ solved TO try my luck again and see
what ! could find out that might be
useful to the American military intel
ligence department
5Taria, Mrs. Cohen. the Iandlady, and
I breakfasted together. Maria an
nounced that she was going 70 No
gales January 3. on another snug
Cling excursion, and that she had al
ready been provided with a railroad
pass to the border BY the superlnten-
dent Of the road She had been re-
cuested to bring IN as many revolrers
as she could since she could sell them
AZ a good price to the AeNicans-
tried to persuade her not to 20,
I holding out as an inducement the
Z prospect or our marriage on my re-
turn from Mexico City Tor knew
she was clever at the smuggling
: game. and II 1 could prevail upon her
70 abandon it, that would be SO mucn
: gained. But 1iaria's motto was bust
ness before nnatrimouy-
Get Explosive Material IN e g.
FOR three days I fingered IN Gull
acan, spending a great deal OF the
time with Maria Wilkinsou' N tne
/ course OF which we saw numerous
I Germans. resulting in a vast deal OF
I talk about German virtues and Ger
man plans for the regeneration Of the
world as soon as the world was beaten
I into a proper degree OF submission
WinnoWinE the wheat from the
chnff. the next result Of the
I three daya' ffshlnF excursion WIS
found 70 be the inf0rm1tlon that
Meichi0r'1 guceessors. q Gernlan
firm previously mentioned, had
I succeeded in Obtaining 30 tons OF
i r~nur The HTmfHeH arUUHr by
buying IN small quantities and
IN the name OF various MeEiean
1 firms, All Of which was collected
and shipped to Mexico City for
the manufacture Of Elycerine 20
be converted into explosives for
the eoming war With ne United
States
Il Another ingredient Of explosives
cotton. was collected IN the same way.
employing German money 70 buy Ia
/ small quantities in the names OF Mex
lean concerns. All OF these pretended
Mexican houses were duly reported %
the military tnteulgence department.
and these reports are now ID the ar
\ chives OF the department; but ] am
not able 70 -emember the names az
On December p I left Culiacan for
Z 1Lazatlan and after a dreary and IN
eventful journey arrived at Mazatian
late In the afternoon
Struggles Reports to z. 8.
j I called upon the German consul,
Ungar. to show myself, but was care
! ful to tell him how tired was and
I that as consequences I proposed 70
I stay in my room for the evening II
/ VIII do no harm 70 say now that I
did nothing Of the kind, but devoted
the greater part Of the night 20 max
Z ing out and forwarding reports 70 the
military intelligence department u
I is too bad that I cannot take the read-
l er into my confidence regarding the
I methods employed in forwarding Sc
I cret reports from a hostile country
I but when announced my intention CT
writing these memoirs ] was request
ed BY the department not 10 divulsa
the departments methods OF opera
ton.
there would be a steamer TO Mama
niI1o- SO still IN the guise OF Ger
man secret agent. wearing the Next
can Uniform, ] went fishing for intorr
nation in the troubled waters q
1lazatlan.
Germans Buy Q. s. Maps.
One OF my earliest hauls proveofto
be an item OF considerable imporra 1lce-
I This was the discovery that the GER
mans were buying maps Of the United
states through a Mexican printer %
Mazaflan named Maritime
This sudden interest in the
study OF American geography was
explained when i got hold Of one
Of the maps. They proved to have
the locations OF munitiOn mann
featuring plants, food warehouses
shfpynrda and similar information
carefully and conspieuously