New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

HoAxEs AND TRAPS FOR ALL SORTS OF
PEOPLE

Paris CORES pondence Of The London Globe
The spy mania has broken out again I'd on e .ne
present occasion concerns the rdenc ~ Decrion
So far. his has been kept In secrecy pu The
Gently things have taken dinerent .1 hands Of NJ
Tlory has II is said revealed the fact 'na.: h men
Of the dOnss Of DscIS ,wo anS re in
prison in Germany. Some deIas OF s ,r az swim
fSr'n ~S s5e possessed 9sa iue thst time
found himself in the suburbs OF Metz %ht trsva me
iers 10 whom he proposed the following undertake
Ing Il want for M tSe for nas Of
car the nssheSrng toTns Hsre Is , soOa
he Expense. The more you do the more Will you
earn. am going away for few days, ana ,,, nope
yna1 on nmS my ana more numerous The two
smateurs OF photography fully believed their inter
ns,ponze G"S and Was considered gifted artist
Decrion. to convince the yo9ns commercia n.nsas
They set TO work, and Decrion left the country ;
He from Metz to Paris anG is sskea Wen
manner sufficiently mysterious TO interest the IN
tegeace e 20 the German that
ing an agent of the detective department OF frshce
ne possessed the most powerful means OF searching
III is thus he said. that have Just discOSsred
that two French spies installed in the suburbs
Of Comar with the mission to photograph the
fortress of that town" .u, ,,,..,rea
ordered inquiry to be made sad 9 hey pgo
ested but in Vain Judged with closed doors and
Condemned TO ten years in a fortress. they are at
in becrion. The two men were sold to Germany
by Decrion who hoped to inspire commence IN b .ne
We're employed in any way at the Detective De-
parment or any other oels sniss or what are
believed to be such for difference of opinion pre-
Uss IS On o6 6ss sar which the postal
Of St. Es sas was Of sss Current Ge1t
washed it away. and everything was believed
70 lost but such was not the Of ease letters m Sn
tegram The letters which happened os r 10 be n IN
were obliterated. They were opened in order 10
se eo sG be made out q
h0 saa with sen three Views
Of works IN anS a Gu ycu haSe
Please acknowledge the reception Of the present
at the 81 the r O saS eeen
the works Of defence on the French coasts ana
To the Posts and esgraphs
Ts so IN III. hi e1n pa Of
chemical process the writing reappesred and j. was
as1 30 sisT o OF the
An active watch was kept at the p .s of Of
g. in The he TsRy r a5vsS Re"
received from the o Paris sscond
received Prs K5s DE- ef ur RG 1e'ft
a aSO Be Be sse sent to the spy dd
20 prevent his being On nen ba he vas
VI
horn al Roubaix on November 2. 1870. He says
he is commercial traveller in linen drapery In
effect the room which he occupied FOR three days
since his arrival in Paris was full OF boxes contain
me most Interesting part of the case. 1t appears
that the bobbns used for winding up. the riooohs
were so arranged as to provide space Tor DRAWINGS
and photographs of military plans ana notes ~hlch
were thus hidden. ,,. -. 49,. oo.,.
treat IL lightly. and inclined to think that is
a hoax in spite of the crcumstantial evidence
which n appears contain There IL nothing new
s,mne OF the Schwartz affair which happened
few years ago In Paris II may he remem nered
that Schwartz who lived behind the Buttes-
Chaumont photographed the fortresses relauVe 10
the defence Of Paris. and sent the documents TO
foreign Power who paid handsomely for them
'Figaro" says II has mahe an inquiry into Inc
mater and the result of teis that II would make
a good operetta of the Herve type
Since writing the above, the following seml-o1n-
"a warrant has Just been issued by NJ. Boucart
examining magistrate for the arrest or lieutenant
or the retired list. having belonged 10 regiment
Of infantry on the charge of having delvered up
documents which. be 1t added are OF mediocre
Importance" Another telegram. evidently based
on the above communication, has been received
from Nancy: "A lieutenant on half pay VINO pc
lonsed to a regiment OF the Twentieth corps. mas
heen srrestr7 on a warrant for having delivered up
documents concerning the national defence II
the affair. but whether II be connected with the
above kilograms or is case quite apart. remains
TO be seen. At all events the semi-o1cial note ls
UNPLEASANT reading II shows that we have not
yet heard the last Of spies and traitors In the
army who deserve the most rigorous punishment
when they are found guilty. but not till then The
question will doubt be brought before the Cham-
Der when we shall hear the truth OF II.