The Ordway new era., 1922-03-24
True
Detective Stories
THE BOMB PLOT

TAP-Tap-Tsp
The knocking at the door Of the
house occupied by Charles Won
Kleist. In Brooklyn, was not peremp-
tory, nor yet did 1t SAVIOR OF stealthi-
ness. During the silence which fol-
lowed. the two men ON the doorstep
looked at each other inquirlngry.
Tsp-tap-tap they knocked again.
Slowly. silently, the door swung
open and, from the inner receSses OF
pitch-black hail. came voice which
inquired, in cultural German;
who are you, and what DO you
wantY"
I'VE come from the Wolf" was the
reply. He said that you would know
what we wanted"
From the Wolf7" echoed the voice
from within. How do I know that
you are not wolves yourselves? How
-
''This'Il prove who we are" Inter
rupted the man who had previously
spoken. producing a card and slipping
It past the stout chain which guarded
the door Read and act" he contin-
ued still In German
A moment later the chain had been
removed and the two men. their coat
collars turned high. their hats pulled
low, entered the darSened hall Not
until the old man had refastened the
door and preceded them into room
where the tightly closed shutters ef-
feetually prevented any spying from
the outside. did he again address
them. When he did speak, it was
merely to inquire their names
''Barnitz," replied one of the men
the one who had carried ou the con-
yersation from the outside.
"Barth." said the other.
"Barnirz," The Old man repeated ru-
mlnatively "That Is name of the
Fatherrand good name but Barth9
I know 1t nor. Is it not EngIishT'
American corrected the first Of
the strangers 1T would NOT do ru use
too many ~ our citizens in this plan.
It would cause suspicion. We must
use all kinds Of people-that's how we
fool these Yankees Besides should
you doubt there IS the card from the
" utl- lidi hFhTN DtNu nhiu-N-
THAT is SO" agreed the German,
land Won Igel is not one to take any
chances. He is too close to Won Papen
For what were you sent hereT'
THE Wolf wishes to be assured that
everything is going smoothly.
Then, after a moments hesitation,
during which he studied Won Kleist's
face very carefully: Have you COM
pleted the bombs?"
"A few only. 1t will he simple to
make the others Come, I viii show
you"
Through the winding. labyrinthine
passages of the old house the German
led them, and then out into the back
yard-a tiny plot or ground barely a
few feet square.
''As you will note" he said. I'VE can
not be overlooked from any Of the sur
rounding houses.
The man called Barth, glsncing up.
saw that the German was right. Only
the bare walls OF warehouses frowned
down upon them. AS he looked how
ever. he seemed to catch queer CLINT
from one OF the nearby roofs-a CLINT
as of sunlight refrscted from blnocu-
lar-glass.
After he had removed three tulip
bulbs, planted In straight line. as il To
mark a certain spot. Won Kleist pro-
duced small oblong box black and
omInous
This" he said. motioning them back
into>the house, "is the only one / have
a o.. IL.
you in the celIar-in order that you
may tell the Wolf just how his plans
are being carried out-are merely the
cases. But this one Doctor Scheele
turned over to me as a sample Care
fuI Don't drop it
There were several of these on the
Lusitanis, and when the news Of her
destruction first arrived 1 Thought that
my hsndlwOrk was responsible. But
the honor was not mine unfortunately
There are also similar bombs planted
on the Friedrich Der Crosse. in case
these Yankees ever attempt to seize
our property The moment they start
her engines, that moment they start
the bombs Yes" concluded the old
man. you can tell the Wolf that his
plans are being well carried out. Ksr-
bode, Schmidt, Psradis and Praedel
are attending to the ones on the ship,
and ScheeIe and Becker on land"
Splendid :" exclaimed Barnltz.
1.-THE chief will be delighted to hear
this Why not come with us now and
tell him about it?'
Thinking, OF course. that his visitor
referred to Wolf Won Igei, Kleist read
lily agreed. and it was not until their
tsxicab stopped in front Of police head
quarters that he sensed anything
wrong. Before he knew it he was being
walked into the Office Of Inspector
Thomas J. Tunney, with gun In his