Nick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew.Carter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew.
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
The men, on a gunning trip, were speeding on Fort Trumbull Beach, going
forty-five miles an hour, when the gale smashed the windshield, causing
Goodhead to lose his hold on the steering wheel. The auto lurched,
struck a telephone pole, and overturned. Both men were buried under the
car and were unconscious when found.
Young Dog’s Strange Fancy.
A lady living near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, tells of a young dog that
is a fierce foe to cats. He will chase them from the house and barn, and
should he catch one, he will bite off its tail or inflict bad wounds on
its body. Several stray cats came to the lady’s home, and she took them
in temporarily. Among them was a black one.
One day the black cat followed the mistress to the pasture gate. When
the horses were coming pellmell for their drink, the dog stood right
over the cat until the last horse had passed through the gate, and the
dog was never known to harm his black favorite, but seemed to enjoy her
company.
Death Penalty to All Spies.
From time immemorial the spy has been one of the most dangerous factors
with which military men have had to deal. Death is the punishment when
caught. Although methods of communication have been greatly increased,
the spy appears to be more dangerous to-day than ever, and daily
executions have followed captures in the war zone. Women have paid for
their daring with their lives. The number is unknown, but they are said
to be numerous. Following are two dispatches, each of which tells its
story of war:
A message received at Amsterdam, Holland, tells of the shooting of an
English woman as a spy in the German barracks at Courtrai, Belgium. The
woman, it was said, was dressed in the garments of a priest when
captured by the Germans.
A German girl spy was caught a few miles outside of Petrograd. She has
been court-martialed and shot. Her clothes were lined with admirably
executed plans of Kronstadt and other military stations.
To what extent the spy has been busy is indicated by the references in
English newspapers to the extraordinary good information possessed by
the Germans concerning the movements and even the contemplated movements
of the British troops. At the outbreak of the war it was declared that
there were thousands of spies in England. In France many Germans have
been executed as spies. A recent dispatch told of the execution of
fifteen Germans who were found in an insane asylum in Lorraine. All the
doctors and most of the attendants had deserted the institution with the
approach of the French army, and their places were taken by the spies.
By clever use of flags, the spies were able to direct the German
artillery fire, at a distance, against the French.
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