The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-16

waited At the hotel, when they drove
out to Tresoney, and. leaving the
car at tho little inn, they both
walked along to the village post
once, where, ever though 20 late,
they saw the postmastsr and sx-
planned that thsy were awaiting ~
urgent telephone message from the
wireless station at Poldhu. Hamil-
ton having made himself known, the
postmaster at NJ agreed to send
along TO the inn-only 4 few yards
distant-and call them when they
were wanted.
Then the pair returned to tho Inn
and ordered supper. Scarcely were
they halfway through II when the
postmaster himself hurried in and
announced that Poldhu was on the
line.
Hamilton rose instantly and dashed
U Five minutes later he rsturned.
"All right" he said breathlessly.
ITS just what YOU expected, Fall
coner. Henway, the chief constable
Of Truro, and four Of his men are
awaiting us just down the road"
Together the pair vent out into
the darkness, and al the end Of tbs
village the chief constable came out
from tho shadows 10 join them.
After q few words from Hamilton,
the police Official u'histisd softly. and
from nowhere, apparently. four OF
his assistants appeared.
Then whispering softly al went
along to Miss T%rethoWen's house,
and slipping ono after the other into
the garden they SURROUNDED II. This
effected, HenvaY rang boldly at the
door, but received no anewer. There
was no sign Of the clicking Of the
Morse instrument. All was quite.
Thrice he rang, when ct last inc
bolts were drawn sai the thin man.
whom Falconer lad seen In the Red
Lion In Truro. cautiously opened the
door.
Next second the police rushed in.
Henway and Falconer were first in
side. and turning into a oom on the
left Of the hail. which was Miss
Trethowen's dininG-roo1n. they saw
upon the table O most up-to-cate
Morse telegraph instrument with
wires attached TO IL trailing along
the red Turkey carpet AMI out Of
the window.
The commotion caused by the
entry OF the police was great. All
four occupants OF the house were
utterly staggered when Henway or
dered their arrest on n charge OF
tapping telegraph wires, the property
OF the Postmaster-Cieneral, and with
the interference o. tbs secrecy Of
messages.
The MA Martin instantly showed
fight. firing three revolver shots
polnt-blank at F%alconer. none OF
which. very fortunately. took effect.
The fellow was. however. quickly
overpowered, and oil four were later
on conveyed TO Truro pollce-stat!on
and placed in the cells.
To cut short this narrative OF the
romance Of wireless II Is sufficient
TO explain that, at was afterwards
discovered. the man who called HIM
self Martin was an expert French
bank chief, who had committed
many great swinGles both In Europe
and America In this particular a >
he had succeeded in obtaining under
threats Of matchmaking from a hard
up bank-clerk In Madrid a copy Of
the secret code used by the London
office OF the Es:remadura Bank-a
great Spanish banking corporation
when ordering telegraphic pay.
mcnts &c be made from the head
office in Madrid.
With his three associates. one Of
whom vas al photographic Of tho
p%ost-ofice at Aranjusz, near Madrid.
Martin had como to England. having
purposely followed Falconer from
Paris. knowing him BY repute as .
Marcoai engineer.
Ills movements had at first teen
closely followed, for the AetropolI-
tan police had been warned Of Mar
:!n's arrival. and he had been sliad-
owed TO Hereford Road by a girl In
the employ Of scotland Yard. But
a~fterwards. &C honest did the man
appear. that the surveillance had
been dropped. ard II had remained
TO Godfrey to investigate the plot.
Martin had. os 1t was afterwards
proved. bought In Chalk Farm Road
certain component parts Of Il very
sensitive and %up-to-dhte appliance
for tipping the land-line from Lon
don 10 Poldhu. which turns from ny
mouth to Z Austc!l. and past Miss
TrethoVcu's house to Truro and
Poldhu.
BY tapping the trunk telegraph
wire that night Martin had been
able, by Il very ingenious arrange
ment which %i'alconer afterwards cX-
amined, to despatch an urEen: mes
sage I Poldhu just as though Il had
been received over the counter III
the Office in l'enchurch Street in
London. and tapped out from MAJ
conf House. This the conspirators
had been able to lnterpose Il false
which they intended should
he sent by wireless from Poldhu to
Madrid.
The whole plot was extremely
conceived. for on that night,
Just before Hamilton rang W
Poldhu. they mad sent instructions
in code presumably from the Lon.
don office In Lombard Street to the
head office in Madrid ordering the
bank to pay 70 4 certain %etor Al
tonso F'onesca. living In the Calls
in MadriG. the sum OF .thir-
thousand five hundred and
pounds sterling at the cur
rate Of exchange.
Needless TO record. the false mes
sage which had been so clcverly I'M
posed upon the land.~ire was v
dispatched from Poldhu. for that
night all messages had been -
and the one In question was