When this information reached us, Detectives Randolph and Senff called at Mr. Kotzenberg’s house. He knew nothing of Kircheisen, he said, except that he was a friend of his cousin’s. “Who is your cousin?” asked Randolph, in German. “His name is Othmer,” Kotzenberg replied. “He escaped from San Francisco, and he came back across the whole country, half by train and half in automobile. He stayed here for a while. One morning he put on some overalls and he left and he went away on a Norwegian boat, and I guess now he is back into Germany.” Randolph and Senff searched the house. They found among other papers, an application which Kircheisen had filled out in New York on January 9, 1917, for a certificate of service as an able seaman. In order to be granted such a certificate he had to swear that he was a naturalized citizen of the United States, and that he would “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies ... and ... bear true faith and allegiance to the same,” which he swore without any qualms of conscience. Furthermore, his character was attested to by one Charles A. Martin, who also wanted a seaman’s certificate. The records of the office show that Kircheisen obligingly turned about and swore to Martin’s good character. I have often wondered who Martin was.... We found in Kotzenberg’s house an expense account which the fugitive Othmer had submitted to von Papen after he had left the unfortunate _Annie_ at Hoquiam. And finally, we found two scraps of a memorandum book, which constituted the log of _Annie_ herself. It reads: “Mar. 8. left S.D. Mar. 18. arr Soc. Apr. 5. Start Digg. wells. Apr. 9 boat _Emma_ arrived. 2 sailors. Apr. 10. _Emma_ arrived. two crews working on well April 16. Well 22 feet struck hard rock bottom no water gave up Apr.17. left for Mex. coast ” 22 went ashore in boat look for water Apr.24th. arr at Acapulco U. S. S. _Yorktown_ _Nansham_(?) _N. Orleans_ _Annapolis_ April 27 left Acapulco May 19 gave up Socorro made for coast June 7 (_two illegible words_) got provisions June 29 arr. Hoquiam July 1 arr. W. 1 arr. Investigator Jul. 4 _aus_” So, in a word, Othmer summed up all the efforts of the Hindus and the Germans to hatch revolution in America. All, all “_aus_”! [Illustration: Alexander V. Kircheisen and his application for a certificate as able seaman] V A TRUE PIRATE TALE Of all the stories of the sea to which the war has given rise, here is one that is certainly not the least entertaining. It is not a story of hunting a criminal. The only part which the Bomb Squad played in it was bringing the prisoner back to justice. It called for no service on our part save that of examining the prisoner, and returning him, with his statements and the statements of others who had dealings with him, to New York. And I think those statements themselves had best tell the story.