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June 20th, 1904

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Maine

805 Hours

The man entered the docks in a dinky wagon. The rear was covered in a tarp, concealing the wagon's contents. He was stopped at the gate by two guards clad in khaki uniforms. One of them walked forward and checked his identification papers, the other checked under the tarp. He found several crates of apples. He was waved along through the gate. The man pulled the wagon onto a jetty, where four torpedo boats were laid up for repairs, and walked to the back of the wagon. He opened the crates one by one and activated the timers on the explosives. He unhitched his horse and rode past the guards, who were skeptical of the man's short visit.

Five minutes later there was a great explosion as the wagon and the four torpedo boats ceased to exist. As this was the second incident of sabotage in a naval yard in two days, a search was organized, but turned up nothing.

The man stared down the road, determined, as he rode the horse down to Virginia.

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