[Illustration: William J. Flynn Recently Retired Chief of the U.S. Secret Service] THE EAGLE'S EYE A True Story of the Imperial German Government's Spies and Intrigues in America from facts furnished BY WILLIAM J. FLYNN Recently Retired Chief of the U.S. Secret Service NOVELIZED BY COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK PROSPECT PRESS, Inc. 186-192 West 4th Street Copyright, 1919, by PROSPECT PRESS, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. CONTENTS Chapter Page I. The Hidden Death 7 II. The Naval Ball Conspiracy 29 III. The Plot Against the Fleet 50 IV. Von Rintelen--the Destroyer 71 V. The Strike Breeders 91 VI. The Plot Against Organized Labor 113 VII. The Brown Portfolio 133 VIII. The Kaiser's Death Messenger--Robert Fay 163 IX. The Munitions Campaign 192 X. The Invasion of Canada 217 XI. The Burning of Hopewell, Virginia 246 XII. The Welland Canal Conspirators 271 XIII. The Reign of Terror 297 XIV. The Menace of The I.W.W. 328 XV. The Great Decision 354 ILLUSTRATIONS William J. Flynn, recently retired Chief of the U.S. Secret Service _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Count Johann von Bernstorff and Dr. Heinrich Albert 10 This medal, designed to commemorate the sinking of the Lusitania, was distributed in Germany two days before the vessel was torpedoed 23 The Ansonia Hotel, New York City 32 Portfolio secured from Dr. Albert containing documents relating to official German intrigue 134 The counterfeit passport 167 A munitions plant destroyed by the Kaiser's agents 213 The devastation caused by German spies who razed the town of Hopewell, Va 260 THE EAGLE'S EYE CHAPTER I THE HIDDEN DEATH