Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
Out of the Night

had been taken? Or Cilly?
Or Holstein? I refused 10
believe IL. City would come
10 my quarters at midnight,
and find me gone. Shed guess
the truth. She knew that /
had hidden list Of courier
addresses in my bedroom.
She would find them and take
them away and warn the
others.
SPY IN THEIR RANKS
All this was absurd.
The formulation at which
my brain rebelled was this:
among your aides IL a
spy. All big Gestapo coups
are brought about through
spies. Were IL not for spies,
Gestapo work would he
limited 10 a sterile bureau
cratic routine"
/ fought against the realiza-
ton. II made me violently i'll.
Who was the spy? What did
he know? / CROPPED in vain.
you're a fool" the dark
skinned Gestapo man said.
I'D have recognized your face
In a thousand. Don't you re-
member me-"
mo"
Haven't you seen me ride
beside you in the subway In
Berlin ?"
IL don't remember"
Didn't you see me In the
meeting In antwerp where
you told the decker delegates
TO boycott all German ships
that came TO Belgian ports?
Do you remember that"
Il never talked in such
meeting" ] said.
Were going 10 thaw up
your memory, my boy" The
Dlg man laughed where's
your home, boy?"
Il Mas rn-In-the- Rhine
land"
An, know II welt. Is II
not beautiful. your home?"
Eyes, it's beautiful" l said.
SPAT IN HIS FACE
The Gestapo agent thrust
his fist within an inch Of my
eyes.
"And you sell out your
beautiful home To Moscow ~
lie snarled. what do you
suppose should be Done with a
scoundrel who betrays his
country to the Muscovftes,
hey:"
+ said nothing. One of the
big mans colleagues, leaning
back on the desk, spat into
my face.
"Soon you'll lose your
beard" he said, without NOV
ing his lips. shooting is too
good for anyone who works
against his own country"
II didn't work against my
country" / protested.
shut your mouth. Anyone
who wants to destroy Hitler
wants to destroy Germany.
Hitler Is Germany and Ger
many Is Hitler"
! was silent.
The dark-skinned man eyed
me with cold hostility.
zone thing I'm sorry for"
he said. I'm sorry you can't
see your own head roll off
your carcass"
The telephone rang. A
policeman took the receiver.
Herr Magnus, he al
dressed the dark-s kinned
agent. "a message for you.
1T. Georg station speaking"
STRAINS TO HEAR
Magnus stamped over TO the
telephone
/ strained to catch every
word he said.
Herr Magnus oh, yes,
perfect evening You
have the lady? Good. Very
good. Excellent. Call Stad-
thaus for instructions
Yes. YES He'll Hitler
Immediately he dialed an
other number. l watched his
forefnger move. Q-qoe1 that
was the number Of Gestapo
headquarters. | knew IL be-
cause / had called that num-
Der mans@tfnes TO give the
Gestapo misleading informa-
ton.
Then Magnus' rlmbling
voice: Inspector Kraus?
Sure, we got him. He walked
away pretty fast, but we got
him No no, he acted
quite civilized. Had n shoot
ing iron, though. One of the
little ones from Belgium.
Didn't give him chance To
use II Yes, quite civilized
Bring him right away:
Very good. Wlrd gemacht.
He'll Hitler"
The other two leaped from
their desks. The chair was
kicked from under me. The
uniformed officers leaped 10
attention.
"Of we CO."
GIN AGAINST RIRS