The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19
FAMOUS SPY.

Carl schulmssstsr. the Chief Of the Sc
crss Police Of Napeisen First.
About an hours walk from Stras-
bourg, east Of the village Of Illkirch,
lies q domain known as Meinau, now
desolate and in ruins, bat that was once
celebrated for its grandeur. A proud
castle with stately Greek portals, stood
within the lovely park, and the wonder
full gardens filed with rare plants Ar
rested the eye Of the Traveller. The
owner Of all this had furnished the pal
ace with every thing that wal beautiful
and artistic, and all Alsace talked OF the
wonders il contained. And to whom
did It belong, you ask? A man whose
name disturbed and alarmed half Eu-
rope-Carl Louis Schulmeister the head
spy and chief of the secret police OF Ma
pOieon First.
He was the grandson Of q Polish no.
BILE who, having killed his opponent in a
duel, fed the country, went TO Alsace,
and lived in q small village as ateacher.
He gave no name, and the peasants
called him Schulmeister or schoolmas-
ter, and that name was handed down
to son and grandson. The son mar
ried well and prospered, and the grand
son, At an early age, in his haste TO be-
come rich, became a smuggler; then
abandoning that, he managed to secure
the protection of Marshal Savary, and
was intrusted by him with the rams
portation Of q battalion over the Rhine,
and for which successful operation Ss-
vary gained the notice OF Napoleon,
and then his advancement. From this
time Schulmeister wa brought into in
innate relations with the French Govern
ment. 1t is said that his services were
used in the affair of the unhappy Due
d'Engbien, but it was in the year 1905.
i'm the wal with Austria, that he became
prominently known. When Napoleon
was in Strasbourg, he obtained audience
with him and begged Napoleon to &C
cept his services as spy.
s.What credentials have you?" asked
Napoleon, gruffly.
"None, except my own"
ssThen l can not use you," waving
him off with an impatient gesture, and
walking to the parapet.
As the Emperor stepped behind the
wall, Schulmeister quickly changed bis
costume and came forward completely
altered in appearance. AS the Emperor
saw this strange person approaching
him, he said, angrily:
"Who are you, how came you here
unannounceda"
"Sire, forgive me that l did not 60
away l am Schulmeister."
Napoleon was won by this strategy
and took him into his service as chief
spy. Schulmeister left S~trasbOurg and
went to the commander of the Austrian
forces, the unfortunate Baron Mack and
winning his confidence was installed as
spy. Through the information that he
gave all the military plans of the Aus.
trian army were made. He was called
Mack's sDelpbine oracle" and was
trusted blindly with the deepest secrets
that we're not confided to the other off,
GERS of the corps. And not
alone Mack, but the other Austrian
Generals were completely deceived by
him. He was allowed every freedom,
went among the troops, passed the post
lines, visited the enemy, and profted by
all this freedom without the least mis-
trust being felt against him. He con-
tinued these practices until he was final
ly arrested as a spy, shortly after the
%capitulation of Ulm, and brought to Vi
emma, and upon the advance of the
French transported to Koniggratz. In
his trial his defense was that he had al
ways told Baron Mack and the Generals
the truth, and without doubt he did give
them information, for he was as willing
to serve one IS the other, only holding
to the winning side. At any rate he
played his role with the greatest tact and
cunning, and must have had some claim
to their consideration, else they would
have hung him then and there, instead
of taking him to Kouiggratz for trial.
He certainly understood masquerading,
for at a resting station he suddenly
walked through q group of the escort
ing soldiery bowling on all sides, who
let him pass without q question, never
dreaming that the stranger was Schulz
meister. Ragged and without money,
he begged his way back to Vienna, went
directly to his old protector, Savary,
who was then general commissary of the
French army police in Vienna. Here
he remained until the departure os the
French army, then was again arrested
by the Austrians, and only escaped with
his life through the diplomatic interces-
sion of the French Government.
After this, in the war of France with
Prussia we find him by the side of his
friend Savary, and through his GOODNESS
and courage he saved the Generals little
corpsfrom being taken by . strong Prus-
sian division. he had dropped his name
as Schulmeister, and Was then NJ. de
Charles, also n. de Meinau, and riding
in front Of the corps with forty cavalry.
men through the city OF Weimar, called
upon them to surrender to the ssadvance
guard Of . great army" and the strong
guard of Prussians stationed in the Vi
cinity, fearing to be oyerpowered by
Savaryss corps, quickly retreated. From
this moment his fame was made. Ma
poleon took him into his private service
and gave him the most difficult mis-
sions. In 1907 when Sayary was Gov.
ernor of Konigsberg, NJ. de Charles was
project of the same, and in the wal with
Austria in 1909 he was war commissary.
But during the battle Of Wa9fam, the
Austrians were upon his track, and he
found himself in the garden of q peas
ants house and q detachment of Aus
trian troops approaching to capture
him. Hastily changing his clothes and
the expression of his face he mel them
on the stairs as an old surgeon with q
case of surgical instruments and q basin
in his hands.
"We are looking for . spy; who is up
stairs; have you soen him?" they
asked.
"That one up there b almost gone,"
nodding upward and speaking in an
Austrian dialect, che lies in bed and
viii die soon." The soldiers climbed