New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-12

| hall door. lie was the detective day duty, and
Was sazng wistfully on i"vy Of nurses aud
| children. Tlic hall door, the hotel just now
! being used private house, was shut. When
! I Knocked the domes,cs doubtless thought that
] was q limb Of the law { me on no pleasant
message from Scotland Yard. had twice TO
repeat my knock before any one came 10 open
When the door was flung back by neat ihaid
she was visiblv agta,ed, and IN that state in
which the heart is said 20 leap out OF the mouth
] asked for Mrs Herr. No answer. asked
again. bat she had not sufficiently recovered from
her fright to speak The hospital nurse who Is
in attendance on the Doctor ran TO speak for
the maid. and lost her voice as well. This shows
what an emotional, sentimental person the
ordinary English girl is. Finally French gov
crncss showed herself She was mistress OF her
brain and tongue In few minutes she con-
Quoted me 20 great dining room which. not
whilst nding its vast size, had q coscy air. At
a central table sat Mrs. Herr surrounded by rcla-
tivcs and friends who had come to stay with
her. They were all at dinner. Among them were
wellknown Belgian painter and his lovely semi
Italian. semi-Spanish wife. Herr was great
patron of the former, and as his wont l., pald
him handsomely for his works before his merit
was recognized by the picture market. The
excellent pair, on learning that DR.. Hers cor
respondence was opened in the French Post
office, came 10 London 10 offer TO be his Cont
mental letter carriers. Both are devoted TO lc
Docteur" az they call him. AS he is muniticent
in his ways, the servants at the hoEl are all
ready 10 shed tears over him. The pretty and
trim hospital nurse, who is the genti"st pcihs
alive, grows indignant at those French lock-
ing up so good q man to turn attention from
the evil goincs on of their dirty politicians
Sornpi iS distinctly
American and Jewish She is lady who under
all circumstances is mistress of herself. She has
LIQUID black eyes, which splendidly lustrons
as WE'LL speaks with deliberate air. cnunciat"s
we'll and always finds the right word for what
she wants TO say. The Doctor, according to her,
being weak and nervous. begged her TO tell me
about the circumstances which Immediately pre-
coded his arrest and any thing else that might
occur TO her as being Of interest for an inter
viewer She began by expressing deep graft
tudc to the authorities under whose jurisdiction
hcr husband mad come for their considerate human
ity and to all the servants OF the hotel for their
genuine sympathy "What dear. kind souls they
are" she said II never realized what Kindness lies
in English hearts until this trial came upon us
The GOODNESS which Mrs. Herr had been showing
here broke down, and she began TO cry lherc
was q long pause in the conversation Whcn
sef-mastery returned. she spoke OF the French
authorities at the Ministry Of Justice and at the
Embassy in London as having acted with bad
faith There was no sign betrayed by her has
band of fleeing from English justice. whatever he
might do il he were certain to face French JUS
tioe. He had left London because his medical at
tendants had told him that if he passed another
week in the thick, foggy air they would not an
swcr for his living much longer suffering IA
he is from Brghts disease. complicated with
malady of the nervous system, the hrst cola ne
caught might carry him of in the course OF the
winter. She began TO cry again In speaking o.
the cruel and quite unfoundcd charges brough'
against the Doctor Of practising espionage
laughed at this She fired up little and assured
me that no more terrible accusation, II judged
by its penal consequences, could now he made In
France than that OF espionage. II render
man liable TO trial with closed doors and long
period of the severest penal servtude. Certainly
the Doctor is not now exposed TO the danger OF
such trial But it was no less certain that II
he were extradited, the judges would keep we'll
in their heads when passing the sentence that the
credulous public expected him to be treated as
spy and given the maximum punishment that could
be meted to the offence for which he might be In
dicted The French have many nice ways and |
are fine artists But they now suffer from spy |
madness Doctor Herr not long ago was cherished |
as friend who was constantly obliging them by |
NM Rouvier, Spuller, Pichon and above all NJ. |
Clemenceau Did one OF them attempt to stem |
the torrent Of abuse which was being poured |
upon the Doctor? No. They let him be martyrcd |
by Matchmaking press, and dropped away from |
him.
/ asked to see the Doctor. After consult |
alton between Mrs. Herr and the nurse, i was
taken up TO his bedroom, large, weu-lightcd
chamber facing south He was covered up with
furs and other wraps, and lying in bed propped
I'D with pillows. l was shocked at the change |
which had taken place in his appearance since
| had seen him in Paris But the light hazel
eye had lost none of its electrical brlliancy. The
under part of the face having become thin, the
head gave one the idea of prodigious power. He
had not seen single interviewer since he came
from France to London in November and was
lad to talk 10 some one who knew what his life
had been, and who understood the inner lines on
which French politicians moved. There was as
much fire in his tcrse speech after he warmed
ND as I'm the hazel eyes The c'carncss and vigor
with which he expressed himself were amazing.
He had had subsequent to his arrest. photographs
Of the Reinach list Of corrupted Deputies brought
Down from London, where the original documents
are in safety. They shown me, and eX-
plantations were given me as TO the circumstances
inder which Reinach gave the list TO DR.. Herr
II bears NJ. FlOqncts name, but not that Of Baron
Mohrenheim any other ambassador. There
s. however, a great member Of the Corps DiplO-
natique deep in the Panama mud, and Dr. Herr
nolds the papers which prove this. A great
european intrigue into which the late Baron
2einach had entered was laid bare to me. 1t had
or its object to read1ust the alliances which now
lind the central powers together and to fill the
pockets Of syndicate Of politicians who were
working under the direction of that bold and bad
nan. They were TO have divided among them
elves tremendously big sum which to have
een obtained a commission on a State loan
ssued in Paris under the auspices of VI. Rouvicr
nd by means of "vircments' or transfers of