The German Spy in America

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Author

Jones, John Price, 1877-1964

Title

The German Spy in America The Secret Plotting of German Spies in the United States and the Inside Story of the Sinking of the Lusitania

Credits

E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Spies -- United States -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55666

Release Date

October 2, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The German Spy in America :: The Secret Plotting of German Spies in the United States and the Inside Story of the Sinking of the Lusitania :: By John Price Jones
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I AMERICA: THE BACKGROUND OF THE WAR — RAMIFICATIONS OF UNDERGROUND PLOTS — THREE EXECUTIVES IN THE UNITED STATES
6. 6.CHAPTER II CAPTAIN FRANZ VON PAPEN, DIRECTOR OF GERMANY’S MILITARY ENTERPRISES ON THE AMERICAN FRONT — CONTEMPT FOR DEMOCRACY — UNDER ORDERS FROM BERLIN — AT WORK IN MEXICO — CALLING RESERVISTS — FOREIGN ARMY ON U.S. SOIL — SECRET AGENTS BLOCK OUT AMERICA — TO INVADE CANADA — BLOWING UP CANALS — SCATTERING DYNAMITE — OBEDIENCE IN AMERICA EXACTED — RECKLESS ADVENTURERS HIRED — BUYS UP EXPLOSIVES — STOPPING SHIPMENTS FROM AMERICA — CONSPIRACIES ON LAND AND SEA — EXPLOSIONS IN FACTORIES — FIRE BOMBS
7. 7.CHAPTER III CAPTAIN VON PAPEN, BUYER OF PASSPORTS AND PROMOTER OF SEDITION — PASSPORT FORGERIES — BUYING PASSPORTS WHOLESALE — CHANGING OFFICIAL STAMPS — FOMENTING REVOLTS — HINDUS LAUNCH BOMB CAMPAIGN — THE REVOLT IN IRELAND — FORCING WAR IN THE UNITED STATES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV VON IGEL AND KOENIG, TWO OF THE KAISER’S FAITHFUL WORKERS — WHO WAS VON IGEL? — HANDLING MONEY FOR EVIL ENDS — “P.K.” — KEEPING WATCH ON SPIES — SHADOWS FOLLOWING SHADOWS — STARTING TROUBLE IN CANADA — VARIOUS ALIASES — SPIES IN BANKS — SECRET INFORMATION ON BANKS
9. 9.CHAPTER V CAPTAIN KARL BOY-ED, THE EMPEROR’S SOCIAL DANDY AND VON TIRPITZ’S TOOL — BOY-ED’S CAREER — NAVAL STUDENT IN TIMES OF PEACE — WATCHING BRITISH VESSELS — SMUGGLING SUPPLIES TO RAIDERS — RISKY WORK FOR SKIPPERS — MONEY SPENT FREELY — QUEER WIRELESS CODES — CUTTING IN ON MESSAGES — FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS — NEW YORK, THE CENTRE FOR SPIES — LODY SENT TO DEATH — INVOLVING AMERICA IN THE MEXICAN MUDDLE — PLANNING WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI CAPTAIN FRANZ VON RINTELEN, GERMAN ARCH-PLOTTER — PICTURES OF VON RINTELEN — VON RINTELEN’S VALUE — A SECRET AGENT’S TRAINING — BACK TO GERMANY — JEKYLL AND HYDE — A PLOTTER AT WORK — IN THE MAZE — THE “LUSITANIA” GOES DOWN — STIRRING UP MEXICO
11. 11.CHAPTER VII CAPTAIN FRANZ VON RINTELEN, GERMAN ARCH-PLOTTER — BEFUDDLING THE PACIFISTS — PAYING THE HIRELINGS — CONSPIRACY GROWS BOLDER — CRIMINALS SET TO WORK — EXIT VON RINTELEN — A VALUABLE PRISONER — A COSTLY FAILURE
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII THE STORY OF THE LUSITANIA — WARRIORS AT WORK IN AMERICA — BERLIN GIVES WARNING — FATEFUL MAY 1, 1915 — BERLIN’S DELIBERATIONS — THE EXPLOSION THAT ROCKED THE WORLD — AMERICA REVOLTED AND APPALLED — LIES AND DECEIT
13. 13.CHAPTER IX DR. HEINRICH F. ALBERT, GERMANY’S BAGMAN AND BLOCKADE RUNNER — THE EQUIPMENT OF A COLOSSUS — HIS VIEW OF THE FUTURE — A MAN OF MYSTERY — WHAT HIS SECRET CORRESPONDENCE REVEALED — GERMANY IN THE STOCK MARKET — THE SHIP PLOTS — NEWSPAPER PROPAGANDA — EFFORTS TO OUTWIT THE BRITISH BLOCKADE — A TWO-FACED PROPAGANDIST
14. 14.CHAPTER X AMBASSADOR DUMBA, GERMANY’S CO-CONSPIRATOR — MORE PASSPORT FRAUDS — MUNITION PLOTS — PLANS FOR STRIKERS — EXIT DUMBA
15. 15.CHAPTER XI GERMANY’S LOBBY IN CONGRESS — DISLOYAL CITIZENS — UNDERGROUND DIPLOMACY — HOLDING THE CLUB TO CONGRESS — PULLING WIRES BEHIND SCENES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII CHANGING THE SYSTEM — TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF HIGH TREASON — AMERICA’S VITAL QUESTION
17. 17.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

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