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100 True Detective Stories
THE BOMB PLOT
Copyright, 1921. by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. Book Rights Reserreu
.Tap-Tap-Zap! '
The knocking at the door of the house
occupied by Charles von Kleist. in
Brooklyn, was not peremptory nor yet
did it savor of stealthiness. During the
silence which followed, the two men on
the doorstep looked at each other in
quiringly. Then
Tap-tap-tap, they knocked again, for
the old house did not seem to boast of
a door-bell.
Slowly, silently, the door swung open,
and. -from the inner recesses of a pitch
black hall, came a voice which inquired
in gutteral German: ' - "
"Who. are you) and what do you
want'?."
"We come from the Wolf,", was the
reply. "He said that you would know
what we wanted."
' "From the Wolf?" echoed the voice
from within.-'-'How do I know that you
areiot wolves yourselves? How. . ."
"This'U prove who we are," inter
rupted the man who had previously
spoken, producing a card and slipping it
past the stout chain which guarded the
door. "Read and act," he continued,
still in German.
A moment later the chain had been
removed and the two men. their coat
collars turned high, their hats pulled
low. entered the darkened hall. Not
until the old man had re-fastened the
these darned Yankees ever attempt to
seize our property. The: moment they
start the engines, that "moment they
start the bombs! Yes," concluded the old
man. "you can tell the Wolf that his
plans are being well carried out. Kar
bode, Schmidt. Paradis and Praedel are
atttending to the ones on the ship; and
Scheele and Becker on land."
"Splendid: exclaimed Barnitz "The
Chief will be delighted to hear this.
Why not come with us now and tell him
about it?"
Thinking, of course, that his visitors
referred to Wolf von I gel, .Kleist read
ily agreed, and it was not until their
taxicab stopped in front- o? Police
Headquarters that he sensed anything
wrong. Before he knew it he was being
walked into the office of - Inspector
Thomas J. Tunney with a gun in his
ribs.
"Chief," cried Barnitz, "that card
turned the trick! You'll have to get a
pardon for the scra"tcher. Anyone who
can forge Von Igle'a writing as clev
erly as that, doesn't deserve to be in
jail. We not only nailed this old bird,
but he's implicated half a dozen others.
Sometimes it pays to ' have a German
name and be able to speak the lan
guage!" But the bomb plot, designed to de
stroy half of the shipping in New York
door and peceded them into a room ; naroor, man t omcialiy. ena until .Kleist
where the tightly closed shutters effec- and bchmidt were sent to Atlanta for
tually prevented any spying from tlie j iwo eurs eu.cn. wnue teci-:er, araais.
outside, did he again address them. Praedel and Karbode drew six months
When he did sneak, it was merely , to ana a SoOU tine.
inquire their names.
"Barnitz." replied one of the men
the one who had carried on the conver
sation from the outside.
Barth," said the other.
"Barnitz." the old man repeated
rumlnatively. "That is a name of the
Fatherland, a good name: But Barth?. I
know it not. Is it not English?" , , . .
"American." corrected -the first of kBarnard B. Evans Held by
the strangers. "It would not do to use AUl., 4-
too many of our citizens in this plan. I vicnciai inSBCiuuij iui ixv
It would cause suspicion. We must I
use all kinds of people that's how we;
fool these Yankees! Besides, should you f
LAWYER LOCKED
UP FOR ASSAULT
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tack on Rep. Sppp.
HOEY UPHOLDING
RIGHT OF STATE
lays Whiskey Decision Long
Ago Gave State Precedent
in Rail Rate Issue.
1 BY PARKER ANDERSON.
: Staff Correspondent of The News.
, .Washington, Feb. 24. The decision of
the United . States Supreme court sus
taining "the North Carolina state law
with reference to the shipment of liquor
into dry territory may be made a basis
for the state's contention and the Su
preme court's decision in the all-important
passenger and freight rate de-.
cision of the Interstate Commerce . Com
mission, which virtually says to ,thq
state that it has no -power to regulate
intrastate commerce. . ' . . . ' '
The dry law which is, known,, as the
"quart law" which prevented .any one
having more 'than a quart of whiskey
in his or her possession at one time.
was upheld by the- Supreme court on
the ' ground that a sovereign state has
a right to say wnetner its territory
should be wet or dry and forbade other
states from violating that law by ship
ping whiskey into North Carolina s dry
territory.
In' the opinion of many, prominent
statesmen here in Washington, includ
ing Congressman Clyde Iloey. of Shel
by, the case of the Interstate Commerce
Commission ordering North Carolina to
raise its intrastate passenger rates is
similar to the whiskey decision and it
is believed that the highest tribunal of
the land wll decide that North Carolina
has the right to make laws which pro
vide for the control of its intrastate traf
fic, both in passenger and freight rates.
In an exclsuive interview given the
correspondent of The News today. Con
gressman Hoey said:
"The decision of the United States
Supreme Court in sustaining the state
law with reference to the shipment of
whiskey in interstate commerce would
tend to establish the claim that she has
a right to fix intrastate passenger and
freight rates.
"In the liquor decision It was held
that -where a state was dry whiskey
could not be shipped into such state ex
cept in conformity with the law of that
state. This same principle should ap
ply in the fixing of passenger and
freight rates when a shipment is wholly
within a state. This Is a contention
which North Carolina and 19 other
states are making in an effort to have
the decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission reversed: -
"But should the Supreme Court sus-
l tain the Commission's decision that a
sovereign state has no right to regulate
rates on purely intrastate shipments
then the last' vestige of the right of a
state- to control and regulate its inter
nal affairs has been swept aside. Here
tofore the only claim has been that a
state could not fix a rate that would be
confiscatory of property and this con
tention cannot be made in the present
case- for the reason that the difference
between the interstate rates and those
fixed by the state for intrastate traffic
is too small for it to be maintained that
the rate proposed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission would be remunera
tive and that the rate fixed by the state
would he confiscatory.
"In the present case, in my opinion,
it is stripped of all questions except
the sole question of the right of a sov
ereign state to determine and fix what
is a fair rate on intrastate shipments
and this right has never been question
ed or denied heretofore.'
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doubt, there is the card from the Wolf.
That bears both names."
"That is so," agreed the German,
"and Von Igel is not one to take any
chances. He is too close to Von Papen.
For what were you sent here?"
"The Wolf wishes to be assured that
everything is going smoothly. Also he
does not care to pay
which Is not being done.. The Father
lands' resources are great, but they are
not unlimited and we must' therefore
be careful that the money is being well
spent."
Then, after - a - moment's hesitation
during which he studied Von Kleist's
face very carefully: "Have you complet
ed the bombs?" -
"A few only." It will be simple to make
the others. Come. I will show you.".
Through the winding, labyrinthine
passage of the old house the German
led them, and then out into the back
yard a tiny plot of ground barely a
feew feet square.
"As, you will note," he said, "we con
not be overlooked from any of the sur
rounding houses. There are no windows
through which they can spy on us."
The man called Barth. glancing up,
saw that the German .was right. Only
the bare walls of warehouses frowned
down upon them. As he looked, how
ever, he seemed to catch a queer glint
from one of the nearby roofs a glint
as of sunlight refracted from a binocular-glass.
Barth said nothing, but
bent forward to watch the. old man as
dug around in the loose earth. -
After he had removed three tulip
bulbs, planted in a straight line as if to
mark a certain spot, Von Kleist pro
duced a small oblong box, black and
ominous. - .. - .................
"This," he said, motioning them back
Into the house, "is the only one L have
ready for use. The ones I shall show
you in the cellar in order1 that you
may tell the Wolf just how his plans
are being carried out are merely the
cases. But this one Dr. Scheele turned
over to me as a sample.' Careful! Don't
drop it! . -
"There were several of these on the
Lusitania. and when the news of her
destruction first-arrived, t thought that
my handiwork was responsible. But the
honor was not mine unfortunately.
There ; are also similar1 bombs planted
on .the Friedrich der. Grbsse, in case
Columbia, S. .C, Feb. 24. Barnard
B. Evans. Columbia lawyer, was Wed
nesday night placed in custody by the
house of representatives of the South
Carolina general assembly and, upon
the order of the house, taken to the
police station, to be held pending fur
ther action by the house in connection
llC I mi.l. 11 .J ,j. -r-.
for any work i tuiegeu assduu oy ivir. jcvansi
uii iicpi caciuauve v.,. A. Oitpp, UI J"4icn-
land county, in the lobby of the house.
The house took the question j up in
committee of the whole.
Mr. Sapp. according to his statement
in the house In explanation of the in
cident, had staHed out of the hall of
the house oL.tipresentatives into the
lobby on hi'Qvay to the senate cham
ber and had "not seen or spoken to Mr.
Evans. Just as he reached the doo".
Mr. Sapp said Mr. Evans called out to
him saying "if you come out of the
door. I'll kill you." Mr. Sapp proceed
ed on his way. he said, and, according
to his statement was assaulted by
Mr. Evans, all of the buttons on
his "waist-coat being torn off. Rep
resentative Sapp said he then knocked
Mr. Evans down. Mr. Eva
his feet, Mr. Sapp stated, and, calling
the Richland representative a liar uraa
again knocked down by Mr. Sapp, who
.a,m max ne neia on to Mr. Evans with
one hand while hitting the lawyer with
the other. The combatants were sep
arated by members of the house.
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hospital facilities for-wounded and sick
war veterans are unjustified,' Chairman
Good, of the appropriations committee,
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When the Southern Railway system
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RECORD GOLD CLAIM
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Denver, Feb. 24. Peter Noonan and
William Wickersham Wednesday re
corded a gold claim in the heart of the
city of , Denver. . In; the ground beneath
the territory containing, the city hall,
the Union station and a great-' part of
the business district, the men allege
they have struck a rich find of gold.
The two men, - who . looked like, typi
cal old-time prospectors, appeared at a
window. . in . .tlie . recorder's Office and
dumped the contents of two canvas
sacks, xxn -the counter. .v.. - -
"We dug these out of lots in the
heart -of Denver," they explained.; "and
claim the ore bodies from which they
came by right of discovery. We want
the ore and our claims recorded."
: Later they presented the proper Da
pers. . .
KRAMER DID IT!
Greenville, S. C, Feb. 24. John F.
Kramer,, .federal prohibition commis
sioner, was "the man with the hoe"
in this county. Wednesday, - person
ally, breaking up a 25-gallon moon
shine still with the- implement used ' to
stir, the "mash."
DENY RIGHT TO ALJEXS
kittle ; Rock," Ark..- Feb.,: 24. A bill
which .would prohibit the owning of land
in Arkansas by non-resident aliens was
passed by the house and sent to the sen
ate Wednesday;
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