Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-22
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TIE CARS AGENTS IN NEW YORK.
An Alleged Russian Secret-Policc Service
In Amcrica--Strange story OF Mrs.
acknowledging wcli Scored.


cinating. cosmopolitan life Of New York
city Is the story Of Mrs. Kraemer, tho Red
Cross Societys and The Russian secret
police. Is there secret police Ia eX-
tstencc here in this great American city.
where even the sculiiops boast OF their
Needom-a regularly organized system OF
paid spies. who report TO uniformed SUI
perior. who in turn advises the great SPY
system of the Russian dcspot IN his OWN
eeni- barbarlc realm OF mouuks ana
d.oshkies! The story Of Mrs. hraemer
rccms TO establish II beyond rea-
tonable doubt. There's a pastoral Looking
little town out beyond Bowery Bsy, on
Long Island Sound. called Stenwav, after
the great firm If piano manufacturers
whose head. William Stelnwav has OF re-
cent years been potential figure IN Dc
snocratic politics hereabouts. In Stelnway
IS quiet-lOoking little country-house
where a friend Of mine not many DAYS
since called on and had the pleasure Of
meeting and talking with the handsome
young Pole who Is the heroine OF this
story. woman has 20 be handsome TO be
able to wrap men about her fingers. And
this is what Mira kraemef must do 20 de
serve her reputation. She Is tall. dark
haired. and deep-eyed, the kind OF creature
@ writer with adicctlvcs 70 spare would
and shaDeiv, and. perhaps. sreie itself on
Mrs Kramer She Is beautiful ana intoiii-
gent, and advanced enough TO have come
under the espionage Of the Russian Secret
Service IN New York. Mrs. kraemer had
expected to sal short time since Tor
Russia among the Red-Cross rehet en-
VOWS. but the secret police nipped her
plans in the bud and warned the ladies'
ana gentlemen who were interested IN her
and Mrs. NJ. Louise Thomas. the Sorosis
speaker and writer. who was TO have sc-
companied her. that Mrs. hraemer would be
stopped al the Russian frontier. All tins
was in New York. remcmb Der. 30 Mrs.
Thomas sailed alone, and Mrs. kraemer's
name was struck from the list Of Red
Cross ENJOYS. The interior Of the Stem
way residence whore thus lady found Sc
clusion al this time showed the home OF
refinement If not Of luxury. There was
IN essential absence Of the commonplace.
II Mrs. kraemer is the head centre of the
most powerful NihilIst group IN America
there was no evidence Of II IN her sur
tOundings.
RUSSIAN BUREAuBACY.
But the fact that she sat there among
her books and paintings an1 cushions in
stead of being on the relief steamer
Tvuehead IN which she was to have sailed
with a Red Cross on her bosom, was con
elusive evidence that 10000 miles from the
headquarters Of their chief Of police now
diving OF slow poison. the Russian bureau
cracv is powerful enough to keep AN
American citizen from even starting for
Russia. The Russian consulate IN New
YORK consists OF several apartments IN the
lower end of the city, spacious enough,
rather gloomy IN their dignity, and
apparently free from the atmosphere
Of espionage. General OlavOwskv,
che Russian consul here. seems to
q rHrn "a
monetary. 10 find out all he wants
g. learn about the siNiy-odd millions
of us vino have never paused 20 cons der
Y1ssibie encounter with q RUSSIAN spy.
GiavOwsky knows all about Mrs kraemcr
or thinks hedOcs. lie sent for Mrs. Thomas
end cautioned her against going 20 the
cars country with such a travelling coin-
yanion. she Is q professcd Socialist.
fa,d hc-there IS something IN the word
Nihilist which hurts the CLOTHS OF loyal
Rus and he casually observed that he
IOlavow.kv0 had forwarded " 5lrs. kraem-
er's biography 10 the Third Section tue
technical name of the political secret
police. Ar. Alexander Greger. the dash
Inc diplomatic bachelor who has Tor some
iSear- been ~ demand a "a beau IN Wash
trgt0u socIeis had already called on Mfs.
NhOma4 IN Washington and cautioned ger
AGAINST Mr.. kraeMcr. so she started
without Mrs. kracWer, whose connection
with the Red-CrOs- Relief AssOciai on mas
now. II is SAID. been formally covered hv
Hr. I. IS. Illnglast. Of Davenport. Zee.
who superirtendod the loading OF the To-
lief steamer Iyuehcal. Here comes N not
the lea.t remarkable thing about the
whole affair. As soon as Mr.. lllllng-
hast heard the "rumors' about Mr~. hrae-
fneT's pronounced Socialism from the
Russian spies. of cOnr-c-he set his own
splee To work and he learned enough from
i . frfT tn u /. la
it his duty 10 cross her name from the list
of ENJOYS. So far the only charge made
against the lady IS pronounced So
Cialism." The word Nihilist has not been
associated with her. She X charged with
having associated with the Pole- ot New
York VINO want 10 free Poland some
time or other in some WAY or another. and
20 have actually attended their meetings
aud made a speech TO them III Polish.
WHY SHE COULD NOT co.
And for this she must not even VISIT
Russia with a Red Cross badge on her
breast That was all a subtertuge. the
spies say. She knew that the Red-Cross
enyoys would not be stopped at the
frontier to have their baggage searched.
She knew that the Russian Ecd-Cross 80
ciety stood high IN tine Cars favor ana
had. not many weeks ago. held general
meeting OF 81. Petersburg under the presl-
dency OF Adiutant- General Won haulmann,
and shown Sl3j.Ol0 m tleir treasury after
& recent OUTLAY q more than "a quarter
Of a million dollars in the famine. sinitten
districts. rlCh and powerful order tins.
not yet tainted with Nihilsm-t the
Secret Service knows IT, And Mrs. hrae
iner mas within month Obtained her
naturalization papers IN the New h0rk
Court of Common Pleas. Fart OF her NE
romance crops out in her application for
these papers. She therein declares that
she was born in December y, 1868, IN Po-
land and that her father, distinguished
under the name OF Smith, emgrated TO
Cincinnati and lived there several years,
writing ana TRANSMITTING for the newspa-
pers. What # ali the Smiths should prove
10 be Nhiiists. Wouldn't the Car have
The agne then? But 10 return. The WI
laius still pursued her. She has never
been free from spies and never VIII De
until she sets her WOmans Wits 10 Work
on some new lines. But II Is the renorse-
ful. revcngCiul work of Just such gifted
creatures as she that wins the great tragic
victories Of NAilism. is II any wonder
the chiefs OK the Third Section die OF slow
poison. mingled, 10 one knows how, IN
ihelT food: Bat what do Americans think
al the picture of the spy system az
work night dnder the shadows of old
glory: Mrs. kraemer has been married
three times. Kline and kruessner being, az
nearly as / can remember, the names OF
Mf. hracmcra predecessors. Helsa trust
worthy employee OF William Stcinway.
His wife 10 roadv-mado heroine Tor any
American novelist who wants 10 seize
great opportunity An episode not quite
a. interesting rs this formed the basis OF
Colonel u. 4. Sayage's fascinating little
story, NV Official Wife" which Archibald
& Guntnr published some time ago. There
the great difficulty tor the beautiful free
tmnkerwas 20 cross the frontier. And she
tuccerdci ln very ingenious WAY. Mrs.
hfaemer viii never despair. for she Is
he-fcdl,ary foe OF the Moscoyite
The NLwAED oF KINDNESS.
Mr.. k0dyartkiphug, the Anglo-Ind an
.lteIary cad, las, / observe. been fayofine
the London Times with series of what he
calls 'lmpre siOns" OF TINS country.
knew be would. / also knew about what
his impressions would De, Judging bv the
series oi vulgar. unfair, aud somewhat idi.
oiic articles which he wlote about this
country after visit made some wears 400
lie was younger then, had travelled H..
and knew less and there was some exc,,se
Tor hin. But the things which he has nee,
saying IN the London Times sboyy