Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-29
A FRENCH WOMAN spy.
The Career of an Advcnturess a,
Worldwide Notoriety.

From the New York Sun.
The career of Mime. Afillescamps the
woman recently convicted of espionage nv
the criminal court Of Paris would furnish
abundant material for a sensational ro
nance. Her maiden name was Marie Foret
She worked at dressmaking and gave les
sons in music. She was a well-educated
and handsome young woman. In 1859 she
married one Gennot, a rich and stupid man.
who for many years remained completely
under her control. Shortly after her mar
riage she determined to see the world and
turned her husband into a traveller. With
him she went to Philadelphia and lived
there for couple of years. Then she came
to New York and remained there for some
time. engaged in business. Next she turn
ed up in Buenos Ayres. 1t became too no,
for here there. and she proceeded at once
to Berlin, where she led a CAV life ana
moved for a time in high society. From
Berlin she went to live in London. and
continued there her old style of life.
AT last her husband got tired of her and
thought IT was high time for him to go To
California, or to South America, and keen
himself beyond the reach of his fast and
extravagant better half. This he did. and
Nine Gennot was good enough not to take
the thing too much to heart She reported
that he was dead. and in 1850 returned TO
Paris, where she married NJ. Millescamps.
a well-to-do business man. In a short time
she brought him to the verge of hank
ruptcy. But somehow or other she man
aged to set well of again. Just where her
FUNDS came from remained a mystery. On
coming down somewhat in funds again she
started store in the Rue de Bretagne
where she sold religious books pictures
and statuettes. AS she was remarkable for
her piety, good Christians patrouized her
he Inns
In 1881 Nj. Millescamps died suddenly and
some OF the pious widows neighbors were
left under the impression that she facili-
tated his departure for a better world Tbis
suspicion, however. did not materially
After the death of her husband No p she
carried on the business on her own account
In the evenings she received company Her
little salon was freQuented by a cosmoA
politan group. She was a linguist. a con-
versationalist and an accomplished mu.
stefan.
But, in addition to her religious estab-
lishment, she carried on in another quarter
OF the city matrimonial bureau and also
a table-turning tabernacle, at Which she
was always the leading spirit In the art
OF teaching the tables how to dance and
talk with their legs she had no equal I'm
Paris Wonderful stories are told of her
interviews with the departed and II IS said
that many prominent men. including Lord
Lytton cOwen Meredith'D, often consulted
her.
After time she abandoned the spirits
and devoted herself to the more profitable
business OF espionage. According to a prom
inent man on the Paris police women are
at present In France the most numerous
and the most active agents in this bust
Eess. The police has its eye on many of
them. but they are hard to catch Nine.
Millescamps nature was too bold and in
cautious to fit her for a long ca -eer i'm her
new profession. She took large contracts
and great risks and was ''pinched' at last.
The evidence against her was conclusive,
and she was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment.