The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05
Who Sold French Sc
crets to the
HOW THB WORK Was DONE


Atlanta, Ca, August 3i.-The Jewish
Sentiment in It's regular weekly edi-
ton tomorrow afternoon viii print n
story bearing ; with almost startling
directness ,on the Dreyfus trial. Sew
eral statements. apparently new to the
now celebrated Dreyfus case. are given.
together with names OF those who are
said 10 be In possession OF Informal
ton which will throw new light on the
trial.
For the first time. IL is believed. the
mode OF carrying the documents from
the French war office to- the German
government il given. II shows that
dolls were used as the means OF con-
veyance and that the papers went FIRST
TO England and then TO Germany. The
identity OF the yelled lady is also
made known.
The story which The Sentiment will
print ONE from a man who was en-
ployed several years ago by the Ger
man government as a document trans
lator and maker Of relief maps and
who. having quitting Germany. served
in the United States army during the
war with Spain. He shows his dis
charge papers which denote tina he
was a stan officer. The informer says
he was born in Denver, Colorado. The
story, after some Introductory remarks,
reads:
Il was translator OF Gunner at
great staff headquarters at Konig-
CRATER strasse, No. 2, Berlin. / never
heard the name OF Dreyfus mentioned
in connection with the French war Of
flee merchandise shipped TO the above
address via Belgium and London.
/ translated the information regard
ing gun No. 120. The original docu-
ment never left the French war office
and the copy could only have been
given out through the direct agency or
connivance Of n chief OF department.
Dreyfus was at the German
secret service bureau in person or by
name from 1S93-94. This / most SOL
EMMY affirm. The plans, specifications
and details OF gun 40. OF the robin
shell, and OF the French war vessels
'Jaureguiberry,' Charles Marter and
'Lazar Carnot' together with the plans
for mobilization were purchased
through Germany's embassy in Paris,
presided over by Prince Hans Heinrich
Pless, and as much as s16,0 900 American
money was sent by postoffice money
order and telegraph in payment for the
merchandise. These payments were
made in two parts through Mr.. Franz.
a doll manufacture OF Sonneberg, Ger
many, and Alvin F1ooreschurez, bank
director of Sonneberg. The medlum of
women was employed in t~ransacting
the business"
Il met Count EsterhaZey several
times in person at dinings given by
Baroness de Delden, who was Esterha-
zey's s~weetheart-e He furnished much
or the information. These documents
were never received at the embassy
always at "a nhrrrh n nrnhIfn ,.tlA
or a private dinner party. The French
spies were always on the alert and
only through such means could their
watchfulness be circumvented.
VIVA was the last incident that you
recall which bears On the traffic in this
French war merchandise?
Captain Siegel insisted upon his
agents no longer communicating with
him direct and emphatically instructed
them to address him through Mr.. Franz
in S~onneberg. This order was PROMPTED
by the increased watchfulness Of the
French government spies.
Baroness De Delden is the party re-
ferred to in the Dreyfus trial as the
yelled lady She receives from Prince
Pless a regular pension. Every six
months remittances are made anony-
mously to Baroness De Delden through
the Credit Lyonnaiz in Paris. It in
well known at he German ~headquar-
az osdi mat tne amounts are Tor
Warded by Prince Henry Pless. The
credit LyonnaiZ Is innocent of the pur-
pose for which the money is used. I
mention this fact because the records
or the bank will c~orroborate my state
ments. 1 am also in position to name
the postofices in England where the
money was paid to the agents OF Ger
many employed In France.
Mr.. Franz used TO send dollg 10
Paris to be dressed. In the body OF
these dolls important documents were
concealed and they were then sent arst
to a village postoffice In England. for
warded from there to Sonnebere and