Evening star., 1927-11-06

AS you see, my colleague and L
had had close escape, If 1rma
StaubS message had reached the
lieutenant colonel two hours before,
we ourselves would have walked right
into trap.
l took my prisoner back into the
other room. During the conversation
he had been making the most fero-
ciouS faces at me. We had scarcely
got back when the dog started to bark.
He seemed TO he raging mad, which
reassured me somewhat II there was
some one in the court. it must be my
friend.
Suddenly there was the crack of a
pistol outside. The dog let out
plaintive howl and was silent. A few
seconds later sorie one knocked at
the door.
Still playing my part, I answered
with a rough,
"Werda?"
Friends" answered voice that
recognized as that of my companion.
open the door,
l opened the door and he'd the pleas
ure of seeing dozen Swiss policemen
with my comrade. When the officer
had examined the portfolios he turned
pale. and. visibly shaken, stretched
out his hand toward me.
II thank YOU" he said, "for what
you have just done for my country!
Until this moment I was pro-German!
Stubbornly, 1 believed everything the
pro-German press said. Now / know"
To the head of the Swiss Military
Police. who soon arrived. and his as
sistants, / gave in detail the story of
our recent activities, backing up my
statements with the proof to be found
in the documents taken from Irma
Staub and those in the office of the
lieutenant colonel.
The chief thanked us for this new
service we had done the Swiss Con-
federation, then demanded of the
prisoner:
What's your name?"
TITS none of your business? / am
naturalized American. You will
have to answer to the American con-
sui for these indignities AS an en-
ploye of the owner of this house, I
merely went to Borgone's place and
brought these two men back. -
The Chief turned to his detectives:
search the man.
AS his pockets were emptied a dam
gerOus-looking assemblage of weapons
appeared-a revolver, a burglars kit,
sticks OF dynamite. a BickfOrd hang
mans moose, a Bowie knife along
with forged Identification papers.
There was also a silver cigarette case,
upon which 1 noticed that James
Meyer kept his eyes.
l picked up the case, in which a.
few cigarettes were left, and exam
ined it carefully. I noticed that the
spy followed all my movements with
growing uneasiness.
"Tell me- 1 said to the chief, "at
the customs Office. is there an X-ray
| machine, such as is used to discover
what's inside suspicious.lookinG bag.
gage?"
why, of course" he answered.
A quarter of an hour later, thanks
to the Xrays, we had absolute proof.
One of the cigarettes contained
little piece of paper tightly rolled and
stuck in between two pinches of to-
baceo. This paper had on it the for
mula for the manufacture of an ex-
plosive which they intended to use
to blow up French factories, and in
structions as to how to make it. The
factories to be destroyed were also
named. When he was confronted with
this evidence Meyer had to give up
and admit his guilt.
A few days later the Council of War
at Geneva sentenced him to six
months in prison and a 5000 francs
fine. 1t ordered, moreover, that he
should be deported from Switzerland.
His complices-Borgone and his
gang-were also sentenced to prison.
Copyright. 1927