El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-02
GERMAN SPIES
GO TO JAPAN
Japs Come to Mexico to
Buy Up Land; I. ". ".
Enters U. S.


until Ungar threatened to have him
ARRESTED.
German SPY in Trouble.
The American consul was induced
I TO stan herr Jacobson along until he
I began to confess, little by little. that
: he was a German secret agent in
trouble. In the end Jacobson went
to Rosario and returned TO the Amer
lean consul with samples Of an in
Z genious chemical apparatus that would
explode in IS minutes after It was
primed Jacobson also had an in
geniOus plan for carrying explosives
concealed in talcum powder tins.
Jacobson said he was engaged TO take
explosives and invisible ink powder
for baggage on a tour to California,
destroying everything he could.
When Jacobson dared no longer
stay in Mazatlan the American con-
sui ". E Chapman. gave him S54
to pay his fare TO Nogales. Arizona
on the theory that the best posi- Oh
place for herr Jacobson was behind
the bars OF an American jail. This
done, the following telegram was
sent TO q. s officials at border.
aFOr Gods sake wake up and
keep this man meaning Jacob
SOM in the JAIL
Friends Jones (Whom I had sent
for) boarded the train with Jacobson
when he started for the border. ac-
companied by an ]. W. ". agltator-
Jones had his trouble for nothing
Border officials for some reason al
lowed the I W ". agent to pass into
the United States scot free and then
instead OF arresting Jacobson some
body found a job for him in near
by saw mill. During Jac0bson's
short stay at the saw mill there were
four disastrous fires in Nogales. the
first in the history Of the place.
To diEress for moment: The first
thing I asked about upon my return
to Nogales was had become OF Jacob
son 7 Immediately hunted up the
German. arrested him and turned him
over to the department OF Justice.
Next dav Jacobson was sent to Tuct
son where he confessed once more
that he was a spy
Made Explosives for Huerfa.
But to return: On the same train
on which Jacobson and friend Jones
Travelled to the border was a Snug
Eler named ronkoWski. q Russian
Pole, who had been imported from
France by Huerta 10 manufacture eE-
plosiVes, for he was chemist AFTER
the downfall OF Huerta kronkOwski
turned 10 smuggling, and after Ger
man firms were placed on the black
list he became one OF their most use
ful agents in procuring goods from
the United States.
Friend Jones cultivated the mans
acquaintance at my suggestion, for
/ had learned that he was doing a
land office business in face powders
and perfumes. OF which Mexican I
women use vast quantities and which I
had become very scarce after the
blacklist was proclaimed Krou- ]
zowslzi procured these goods through 4
3 br0therinlaW in Nogales. sonora, {
cooperating with a German druggist I
In NOgales, Arizona, who conducted a 4
business as a German agent on the /
side. His wife relayed German code /
messages TO Los Angeles.
Spuninrd TO Poison L. s. Cattle.
Another interesting Acquaintance ]
hat 7 formed at Mazatlan was with I
4 Spaniard named Salvary. We met /
Il the German consulate which. ma
.urally. inspired mutual confidence. !
&c believed me to be as bad as he Z
was. and I felt sure he was bad I
enough 70 be worth watching. 50 j /
invited senior Salvarv, 10 dinner
Salvary told me that he had been !
.ngaged by the Germans IN Spain TO