Evening star., 1938-12-17
By LEON 6. TURROU
as told to
DAVID G. WITTELS

terious Schmidt came to see Rumrich
at regular intervals and paid him of
Nevertheless, on the strength of
this fantastic arrangement, Rumrich
decided to settle down and build
his future. In February, 1887, he
got together 5000.
With it he made a down payment
on furniture and sent for his girl
wife. Curl, and their baby at Mis-
soula, Mont.
He set them up in an apartment
in the Bronx.
But Rumrich was still hoping for
riches from this spy business-de-
spite the fact that he never did find
out exactly for whom he was work.
ing, for whom he was selling him
self and his country.
He knew that Schluter. Schmidt
Welgand and other contact men
told him that the information he
gave them was sent to q group of
experts IN the German war ministry
who weighed It's value and decided
it's price.
He was all confused. The adver-
tisement IN the Public Notices COL
umn Of the New York Times in
April, acknowledging his letter of
application, told him to write to
Sanders, at Post Box 629, Hamburg
l. Germany. The first few letters
he got were signed Sanders" which
he realized was a code name-but
he was mystitied by the fact they
were poStmarked New York!
Then, in September or October
1896, the letters from Sanders
stopped coming by mail but arrived
by messengers, who either tele-
phoned or sent kilograms arranging
meeting places. They explained that
they had been mailing the letters
to him from New York, after carry
ing them in from Germany.
Gets New Address.
Suddenly, in November, 1896, he
got instructions to write to a new
address. This was: "Fraulein Gisela
Scheel, GneisenaustrasSe 26, Ham
burg, Germany" But the letters
he got back still bore the typed
signature: Sanders.
A year later he got word to use
still another address. This was
Mrs. Jessie Jordan, No. l Kinloch
street, Dundee, Scotland" 1t was,
as l explained earlier. the address
OF a middle aged Scotch hair
dresser, who operated a Nazi spy
relay station. She was caught by
Mis-, the British Military Intelli-
gence, which intercepted letters, in
Guiding some from Rumrich.
These later letters went to the
mysterious IN. Spielman," and Rum
rich, on instructions from Schluter,
signed them as Grown"
One reason for all these changes
and fake names was, as I discov-
cred later, to keep Rumrich con-
fused and unable to tell anything
too damaging in case he was caught
and persuaded to confess. There was
deeper reason, involving jeal-
ousy between branches of the Nazi
spy ring, which l will explain later
I questioned Rumrich for three
days after the police and State De-
partment agents brought him into
my Office the morning of Saturday
February l9. For two days we mere
ly talked far into the night, and
each time we went over his story
Rumrich admitted more lies and
told me more details.
Confession 10000 Words Long.
On the third morning I called ir
stenographer, and we began taking
his voluntary statement. 1t ran tc
10000 words. When 1t was finished
we both breathed huge sighs of re-
lief.
And now. Rumrich," said
where can I find some of those
contact men?"
He waited long time before an
sWering. Then he shrugged hi.
shoulders in a gesture of resigna
ton.
The red-headed Jenni Hoffman,
he said. will be on the STEAMSHIP
EUROPA when it docks here next