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Mystery at the Navy Yard Cipher Plot Unmasked
In a 1908 tale, Rand and Duncan uncover a spy ring at a Navy yard involved in stealing battleship gun news. Anita Desarte uses hidden telegraphing devices in hat and veil to relay data to foreign firms, with Sloane McCready and a Baron detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werencki
Duncan
Post Office Department
Berkelen Freres
Berkeley Freres
Richard Dunton
John Ormsby
Eldridge
Speigel
John R. Hart
Alfred Cinametti
Borm
Paris
Navy Yard
Mavy Yard
Dunton
Ormsby
Juilet
Stirling
Strriing
Rand
McCready
Sloane
Denton
Secret Service
Dunk
O’rourke
Athletic Association Committee
Atlantic
Sadie Nutter
Chicago
Anita Yvonne Desarte
Barnum & Bailey
Miss Nutter
Paul Desarte
Coney Island
Miss Desarte
Desarte
Mr. Duncan
Mr. Rand
Bureau Maritime
Hedler's
Far Rockaway
Anita
Yorkville Court
Baron von Oldenhaus
Creagan
St. Auburn
United States
Anita Desarte
Bureau of Military Intelligence
Berlin
New Amsterdam
Sloan
Jove
Slone
George
Pacific