Fair play., 1876-11-23
IN THE TOLLS.
How q Gay Germ n-Anaerscan Woman
Em.l.ve,l sh~ French Minister Of War.

How a Gay Germ n-American Woman
EnslaseL she French Minister Of War.
The Paris correspondent OF the New
York Mercu,y tells the following: Four
years ago, Raymond Young arrived
with his stylish wife, Alice, and his
four-year-old son, Paul, from New York
in Paris, where he took an expensive
suite of rooms s., the Grand HOykl Du
Louvre. He stated that he haA mar
ried his wife, the daughter Of German
parents. in New York, six years before,
and seemed to live with her very happi-
". Through the aid Of the American
Legation, he gained access TO the high
est circles of society. Especially was
this the case at the parties given by the
Minister of War, the illustfiOus Gen.
De Cissey. The General finally pre1
vailed upon Young to take up his abodeA
in villa, near Passy, which belonged
to him. Young remained there but \
few days. After separating from his
wife, who staid At the Generals villa,
he brought 4 suit for separation from
bed and board against her in the Sixth
Court of the Seine Circuit. She made
no defense, and, in accordance with the
French code, judgment was given
against her. by request Of the plaintiff,
the proceedings had been kept secret,
and SO the grounds upon which Young
obtained the decree of separa-
ton were not divulsed. The
Court ordered that the sou be
taken away from the mother and be
placed in the Asylum of La Fleche, =
military institution which she suggested
for that purpose, and for which it af-
terward turned out, she had obtained
the necessary order of admission from
Gen. DE Cisscy. The Court perm1> >4ed
her to see her little son ut certain times
in the presence Of the director of the
asylum. Gen. DE Cissey, As time wore
on, openly became the friend of Mrs.
Young. He even continued his intima-
cy with her after he had married =
beautiful young Mexican lady. lii April
last Mrs. Young drove in her carriage
to the Asylum of La Fleche. and appli-
ell to the director, Col. Andin, for per-
mission to take her son out on Il ride.
Col. Andin refused on the ground of the
Judicial decree. Mrs. Young hurried
to Gen. dc Cissey, who issued an order
to give Mrs. Young the desired permis-
sion. Col. An,lin had tn obey, and
Mrs. Young rode out with her s4p.
When her former husband heard Of IA,
he went to NJ. Du!aufe,
the Minister of Justice, and demanded
that the order Of the Court should he
Obeyed. An investigation ensued, and
Dufaure complained to President Mac
MahOn that Gen. lie Cisscy WAS dis
obeyins the orders of the civil Courts.
was disinclined To dn any
thing against Gen. de Cissey, and for
the time the matter dropped. Young,
however, put u shrcwd detective upon
the wOman's track. This detective
was not long in discovering that the
lady paid frequent visits to the German
Legation. and that she had repeatedly
cashed drafts upon the banker of the
German Ambassador. When these
facts were laid before NJ. Dufaure, the
police were ordered to search the apart
ments Of Mrs. Young. The startling
~ voSSsx T..
nearly year past, she had acted as the
secret spy Of the German Government,
and that she had purlOined from the
desk of the Minister of War military
documents Of the highest importance,
among others the detailed plan of
the ew fOrtiiication of Paris, which
had thus been kept n profound secret
by the French Government. That this
important document should be in the
hands Of the German Government was
u fact which NJ. Dufaure, upon hearing
it, said WAS more injurious to France
than the loss Of battle. He cOmmuni.
Gated the fact to Marshal MacMahon.
who immediately deposed Gen. dc Cis-
sey and gave him a merely nominal
Mrs. Young was, of course,
arrested. Oddly enough, she JUST ed
herself on the ground that she had sct-
ed from patriotic motives. She said she
was not born in New York, but at May
ence, on the Rhine, and that her real
name was Junker. In order to avoid a
great scandal, the French Government
simply had her conveyed to the German
frontier. Her husband was also notified
that he must leave France.
To Worry the Liver