Category: History - American
When Carl Ruroede, the “genius” of the German passport frauds, came suddenly to earth in the hands of agents of the Department of Justice and unbosomed himself to the United States Assistant District Attorney in New York, he said sadly:
When Carl Ruroede, the “genius” of the German passport frauds, came suddenly to earth in the hands of agents of the Department of Justice and unbosomed himself to the United Sta...
2. CHAPTER IIThe real mystery in the case of Werner Horn is this: Who was the man in Lower 3? (If he had only known----!) Because, except for this one missing fact, the story of Werner Horn...
3. CHAPTER IIIRobert Fay landed in New York on April 23, 1915. He landed in jail just six months and one day later--on October 24th. In those six months he slowly perfected one of the most in...
4. CHAPTER IVOut of the black picture of the German depravity in fighting this war have emerged four or five dramatic episodes that have stirred the imagination of the world and appealed to...
5. CHAPTER VThe case of James J. F. Archibald, war correspondent, is another sample of the Germans’ fatal gift for trusting a weak link in an otherwise ingenious and complete chain. Their “...
6. CHAPTER VIOne day in October, 1915, a good-looking young fellow wandered into the office of the United States Attorney at Detroit and inquired if the office was making any investigations...
7. CHAPTER VIISecrecy is, of course, the most important consideration in the German plots in this country. When Bernstorff wished to arrange with Berlin to give Bolo Pasha ten million francs...
8. CHAPTER VIIIFranz Von Rintelen was the German tiger who missed his spring. He was the most powerful, the most dangerous, agent of the Kaiser in the United States: and to-day he nurses his h...
9. CHAPTER IXOn going to war with the great masters of spy craft last year, the United States had only a handful of secret service men to guard its internal frontier. Within our borders were...
10. CHAPTER XThe German-Hindu plot to foment revolution in India is an international drama with touches of “Treasure Island” adventure in the South Seas. The characters include Zimmermann, m...
11. did. The two sacks with their contents and the contents of the sixsuitcases were immediately burnt in the engine room. I personally saw some of this literature. It was all printed matter in a character unknown to me. Some of it was in newspape...
12. CHAPTER XIOne day the Department of Justice in Washington received a brief code message, dated from Havana, saying that “Dr. Scheele” was coming home. The War Department also had received...