The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-06

of Germany-by the crude earlier tricks, of which some were silly enough to deserve the complete fail ure they achieved.
 This information, which in itself was of tremendous importance, was invariably stopped. For instance, shortly after Li;zi's visit to the Ken tish coast, Peswell Bay and the adta- cent nciGhborhood was closed to the public. Prohibited areas one after an other came into being. They followed Litzi Wertheim, and after a time when the authorities woke up to the danEer-they preceded her.
 The police caught the information. but they could not catch the senders Inside the ring which guarded the foreign mails, Litzi and her prrends had little trouble in communicating with each other. and so it was easy for her to send information concern ing the development of PegweII Bay to ROwlandson in Wales. from which point he could put it into code and cndeavOr to get it through to Ger many.
 It is claimed. however, that they were not once successful in passing 1t by the outer ring. That is as it may be, for not everything can possibly be known even to the police. and cer- tainly the band gave their pursuers a great deal of trouble.
 It has just occurred to me as pure theory-for I am not in all these se- crets-that the police may only have prctended to be put off the track of Litzi Wertheim for while in order to restore her self-conffdence. Per haps they were giving her rope where by to hang herself l. is quite cer- tain, however, that her four days disappearance after her Scottish trip. when they had so nearly caught her, baffed them completely.
 IL became necessary for her to go to Scotland again, and this was her very last adventure in the spying bus inees.
 IL began well, and no one interior cd with her. With the return of self confidence she grew careless. which was her beseting fault. As was her usual habit. she hired motor-car to visit the whole district. which so far was not restricted area
 She elected to ride with the chauf- four and get chummy with him. She wsa very inquisitive, and asked him all sorts of questions; she also asked questions of an innocent butchers Tooy. Both of these youths reported the matter promptly to the local police. who by this time were wide enough awake to sit up and take notice
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 I.itz! got out of that town, leaving the tall of her skirt behind her as it were. She was very nealy caught that panic seized her. She had been frightened before, but never like this
 One can well imagine the woman's fear. and how she cast about in her m ha ta l doubtedly be searched. for she was known to be on it. But, curiously enough, the train was not searched. The police were waiting for her at the other end. confident that she would walk straight into their arms at the London terminal. They knew her tick ct was booked to London, and they were not aware that she knew how nearly they had caught her.
 Fut when the train reached Lon don. LItzi Wertheim was not on it. She had got out somewhere along the line and given them the slip once more.
 By this time the authorities had their attention focused closely upon the house where Litzi had formreIy lodged. It was some distance from Regents Park Road, but quite walk ablo distance.
 This house was kept by a natural ized German and his wife. who had a little girl about eight years old. of whom Litzi was very ion I do not know of anything against the loy- ally and integrity of these people, whom I will call chmidt, but two at least of their lodgers have obtained publicity. One was Litzi Wertheim and the other was Miss Eitel Brandes. who has recently been deported as an