New Britain herald., 1919-11-20

we must live a little while longer.
 And it will be only very short time when our gracious Kaiser will act upon my request and recall me 10 Berlin. Once there, through the good offices of my beloved friend, Minister Schmidt, our Kaiser will be prevailed upon to see the benefit to the Fath- erland in my obtaining divorce and making you my own. Then darl- ing
 Please be considerate of
 YOUR KARL.
 Together with Captain Clifford of our bureau, I went to Station 1 6 and there asked the Lieutenant in charge, for a police sergeant to assist in an arrest. I also told him that l was about to bring him a distinguished guest whose identity must be kept secret for the time. Then we three left the station. At this point be- came suspicious that perhaps Miss Marvin would violate her promise to me and warn pr. Muck of our sci zure of his letters addressed to her. In that case, should he take it into his head to disappear, it would have made it difficult for us to trace him, especially when we were so short handed in the department. l thought that if I went direct to his house we might be told that he was away and that his household would destroy fur ther incriminatng documents, if he had not already done so, that might be in the house. We finally decided to send a messenger boy to his house with a typewriter message, written on the Western Union stationery, and signed by Miss Adele Marvin's inl tials, telling pr. Muck to meet her at the Symphony Hall at once. I gave the message to the boy and instruct ed him to deliver it to pr. Muck per sona1ly, and if he should not be at home to ask where he could find him. Our ruse worked { splendidly, and within half an hour the boy return ed with the information that Kari Muck was conducting a rehearsal at the Hall. We three then proceeded to the hall and on reaching the man. ager's office we demanded Dr. Muck at once. The indignation expressed by tho manager who ought to have been an American patriot, judging by his Anglo Saxon lineage. was shock Why. What will become Of lhe  come of the concert 9" a dozen times. rconcert? Concert? What con cert? Do you know of the concert our boysaa hearing from ten, tIop- sand Prussian guns n the trenches in France. What do they care for yolr concert here; they risk their lives tliat you may laush?' | roared, somewhat losing my control .'>>:s
 
 of my revolver in my. pocket, I start ed towards the auditorium. The man. ager changed his tone and beg ggcd me to wait till the rehearsal was over. consented to this delay but sat in the auditorium, keeping my eyes carefully or pr. Muck, not trust ing the manager and his assistant and their promise that they would not inform him of our presence
 l As soon as the rehearsal was over I proceeded close behind Dr. Mucl and followed him into the private office of the manager of the sym phony orchestra. There I informed Muck that he was under arrest. Ht l thrust the thumb and foreinger o / his left hand into his vest-coat pocket ran the fingers of his right hand ove his head, from the neck up, as i combing his hair against the grain :. and whiStled He made every at tempt to appear cool, but his shal1 ing fingers belied his true inward agi i tation. Bidding goodbye to Mrs 1 Muck in the corridor, he went witl us in the limousine to Station t where he was lodged in a cell, whic1 cell he should have occupied exactl one year earlier had our chiefs a l Washington performed their dut and forwarded to us the informatio that was buried in the departm men files MT. Ellis, the manager 0 Symphony Hall, was given permisslo i by the lieutenant in charge, to fur
 nish Dr. Muck With food. I the
 took charge of Dr. Mucks noteboo 1 and translated it's contents.
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