El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25

MNuE uelm QUICK
On January 18th we were able C
. resume our journey 10 Colima; IFer'
] we found there had been another BIG
fight on the road between Colima
. and Msnzanlllo and that as a con
/ sequence there would be no train mex
day. As the biWeekly boat fol
1IaZatlan left on the 21st WabirsH
hired a locomotive for $50 to take
/ US 10 Manzsnillo. The engineer was
instructed not to start from the sta
ton. but to wait for US at bridge a
mile from town We took a cab q
the trysting place On the way
saw the negro in a cab ahead crlT-
ing fast in order to reach the loco
motive first We had not been under
way more than 10 minutes when the
| engineer stopped under preteXt Of
oling round In a few moments he
vas a negro on the pilot who re-
fused to pay his fare Of $40 saying
his boss" was in the cab and would
pay for him. which Wabirski accord
inEly did. Yet, incredible as IL may
seem. he still kept up the preteLt Of
mystery about the third party.
Bandifs Never Sleep
Apparently those bandits never
sleep; for we had not left Coliua
more than 10 miles behind when bull
lets began 10 sing through the cab
{ We were TOO few in number to stop
were sitting on the back OF the tank
: with our feet dangling when the
I shooting began The engineer, a
E Mexican and a very cool headed one
+ at that. merely called out to rs TO
I get down and hang on TO the side OF
I the tank opposite that from which
the bullets came and pulled out for
I q quieter neighborhood- In a few
moments We were out Of danger. for
I the bandits had neglected the usual
I precauton OF taking up a rail for
they had evidently not expected
{ train that day.
Negro Is English Agent.
We arrived at Manzanlllo at noon
and Immediately went 10 see the Ger
nan consul StoIl. and leave our
day Wabirski went alone to see Stoll-
As soon as he was out Of sight I
hunted up the negro and on preteLt
Z OF booking passage on the steamer,
which proved TO be the Josefina, on
which I had voyaged from Mazatlan
to Manzanilo a short time before.
found out his name was william
! Cleaves. also satisfied myself that
he was a secret agent Not TO keep
the reader longer is suspense I may
say here that he was an English
secret service agent
Then I called at the consulate 10
tell Wabirslli that I had obtained the
necessary three passages Stou was
in wonderful good humor over what
Mahirszi had been telling him
admits Germans Are Clever
We are clever, we Germans" he
assured me We are wonderful
people"
To this last proposition assented-
It certainly did take a wonderful peo-
DE 20 send German secret agent
into the United States accompanied
by an american secret agent and an
English secret agent.
The Josefina left on January end
instead OF on the 21st as scheduled.
and arrived without incident at
MaEatlan on the 2zth- Wabirski went
to the hotel Grand: on the pretext
that We must not be seen together I
went TO the hotel Francia- Really. 7
wanted TO be free 70 make out and
transmit a report to the border. That
ton OF Wabirsh and the negro. This
report went through promptly on
time.
Before leaving lIazafIan I con
trived TO buy three rolls OF
photograph film OF size 10 fit
Wahirlzsi's camera. Then I found
m opportunity TO borrow his
camera TO Photograph him with
Max Boeder and a group OF boys.
Some trivial Dreferf enabled me
TO step out Of sight long enough
% substitute one OF my rolls OF
films for the roll OF six negatives.
On reaching Hermosilio / hurried
dnese exposures to uhotoE-
rapher, had them developed and
set Of prints made which were
hurried to the military inteuI-
Eence department At NOEales to
insure rehabilitation Of Wabfrskfr
We called upon Gen Gales by ap-
pointment The general received us
cordially and said he had heard from
Larranza that we were coming and
what We we're coming for. Giving
orders that no one was TO be admitted
Gales sat down with US and went over
Ia detail plans for the secret cam
paign Of murder and destruction
w1ieh Wabirski was to set going in
the United states preparatory 70 the
grand military campaign later IN the
season, and the instructions we had
Drought from Won Eckhardt, Jahnke
and Carranza- Thus I had connected.
step by step, the German AMBASSADOR
the president OF Mexico and the prin-
cipal agents OF both with a plot
against the United States.
Gales Provides Revolver.
when told Gales that ] had been
Instructed TO procure a revolver for
Wabirski the governor touched a hut
ton and summoned his CHIEF OF
starr Col Garcia who obtained a As
caiioer revolver for which Wabirski
paid $50.
A.A =NeAaAEaH GQANLas across the
line from Nogales, Ariz. The moment
the train pulled out I hurried to my
hotel, shaved off my mustache. ap-
Piled iodine TO face and hands 10
acquire a Mexican complexion. jumped
into chauffeur's costume and caught
freight train leaving half an hour
after the passenger train on which
y abirskt travelled I made slower
time, but the American consul at
Nogaless Sonora, had been instructed
70 delay Wabirski so that I arrived
u time to peep through a blind in
the room Of Byron S. Butcher. OF the
military intelligence department In
NoEales, Ariz-, and witness the arrest I
OF Wabirski
Arrested By Intended victim.
Wabirski had been permitted TO
enter the United tSates on a Russian /
passport February l. He came
staggering down the street. evil /
IDENTIFY wen satisfied with his sue
cess. when Mr. Butcher and Harry l
Sharp, another American agent, l
stepped quietly up behind him on I
either side and thrust the muzzles 1
Of their revolvers into his ribs with /
the gruff command:
Haiti Hands NM