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Mystery at the Navy Yard Ends in Spy Ring Exposed
In a 1908 naval yard caper, Thomas McKue details how chief Rand uncovers a clandestine ring scheming to steal new battleship steel tests. Anita Desarte, a famed spy, uses wire and disguise to relay data. Rand and Duncan arrest Desarte, Sloane, McCready, and the Baron. the case stays secret until the guns are completed.
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Duncan
Post Office Department
Berkelen Freres
Berkeley Freres
Richard Dunton
John Ormsby
Eldridge
Spelgel
John R. Hart
Alfred Ciname
Paris
Navy Yard
Mavy Yard
Dunton
Danton
Ormsby
Stirling
McCready
Sloane
Rand
Secret Service
Dunk
O'Rourke
Athletic Association Committee
Atlantic
Sadie Nutter
Chicago
Anita Yvonne Desarte
Barnum & Batley
Miss Nutter
Paul Desarte
Coney Island
Miss Desarte
Mr. Rand
New Amsterdam
Mr. Duncan
Mr Duncan
Desarte
Bureau Maritime
Hedler’s
Far Rockaway
Anita
Yorkville Court
Baron von Oldenhaus
Creagan
St. Auburn
United States
Anita Desarte
Bureau of Military Intelligence
Berlin
Walie
Heciie
Sloan
Jove
Slone
Dunston
George
Baron
Pacific