El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-06
SECRET AGENT
ENDS HIS TASK
Reported Betrayal to High
er Ups; Got No Salts
faction, He Says.

IN short, the play was 80 well
acted that Reuter-, realizing next
day that he was in a serious pre-
dieument, sought 10 purchase I'M
uiunisy for himself by offering TO
betray me as dangerous German
AGENT
The last I heard Of Reuter- he was
/ in solitary confinement at Fort sam
! Houston ] do not know what dis
I position was made Of his case
Among those present in san An
tonic during the war was one count
I St PierO G Fromente RodynkO. who
claimed 70 be Bohemian he mad
been IN Washington where he tried
D to obtain a commission in the army
and also to get JOB IN the depart
ment OF justice. but failed bis con-
duct was such as TO arouse the IN
terest OF the secret service. and he
was kept under observation for
year. Confidence in the honesty OF
his intentions was not increased Dy
the fact that he was in commuuica-
ton with the German consul, Bopp,
in san Francisco
Position In san AntonIo school.
In san Antonio he obtained POSI-
ton in a military school, and on the
strength OF this he strutted about the
streets in the Uniform Of a major
while he kept trying TO obtain an ap-
pointment in the military Intelligence
department.
TO this person I obtained an intro
duction as a wealthy mine owner in
Mexico. At a suitable opportunity I
confessed that I was a German spy
and. knowing him to be an expert on
explosives, had come to see II he
could not be induced 70 contribute his
skin to the glory Of the fatherland.
In fact. ambassador Won Eckhardt
had sent me 10 get him 20 90 TO Mex
leo. Because I was a true patriot ] l
was willing to pay him out OF ny !
own pocket $500 a month and ad-
vance $1,000.
The count swallowed hook. bait
and slnizer. He even invented
pretended deal in boots for the
Hussian army to cover up my
trail.
Obviously such business as ours ]
could not be discussed in the street |
so on three occasions I invited the I
count TO my room at the Travis club 1
late at night so we could talk in Sc /
curity. Another reason was that /
there was a photograph In my room. I
with wires leading 10 an adjoining I,
room where the lieutenant and his /
two sergeants were listening
Count ROdynkO gave up the IN
most secrets Of his soul, lppar-
emily. He said that he had stud
led medicine and Chemistry.
When attending the war school
in Austria. for he was really m
Austrian. he had studied plans
for destroying whole armies by
sending germs OF deadly diseases
70 be distributed among them by
spies He had GEured ont just
how many microbes would be
needed TO destroy 5OosO10 men
and how far II was necessary 70
20 10 dcmoraiiEe IN army with
disease 50 that IL could be easily
beaten.
As a necessary corollary he bad
studied bow TO render his own army
q .
not understand why the Germans had
not used this method This explained
his prolonged and determined efforts
to get into the American army
The worthy count also said he knew
al about the Zimmerman note BE
said that II Mexico was willing e.
20 IN with Germany. Japan would
also 20 in without fail Hence. il
was Up to Won Eckhardt 70 work
Mexico into the arrangements aa
quickly as possible.
Rodyuko also said that while IN
Washington he had opened up ave-
nues through which he could obtain
the secret formula OF the wonderful
prepared TO use when the war ended
he volunteered 10 obtain this for
muia and place il al the disposal Of
Won Eckhardt and CarranZa-
Keep S=5.O00 Stage Money.
I began 10 be very nervous lest ]
should be arrested. after I had prom
.sed 10 pay the count $500: but he re-
assured me. saving only a fool need
be arrested. However that may be,
was arrested on suspicion. but re-
leased on bail. Unfortunately, the
authorities kept all my cash. amount
ing TO $4,000 In stage money The
count came bravely TO my defense,
assuring the officers Of the military
Intelligence department that. though
q Mexican. 1 was loyal man and
true
But all TO no avail We were both
lrrested and taken 70 Fort sam
Houston. When he found he was
trapped the count malingered and
,onrived TO stay IN the hospital for
months 10 avoid trial To the best
u my Information he escaped any
thing worse than interument-
Affairs OF less interest 20 the gen
aral reader kept me fully occupied
until April /. 1913 Then the war,
being definitely over for the present.
~ least. and the military intelligence
department. in time Of peace offering
lew attractions 20 an active man. I
-esigned- - Copyright. 1913. Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
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