The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-05

The next move was to set these payers
to Berlin. Herr franz. toy manuiao-
turer at sonneburg Germany, aided IN
/ .his. lie would send dolls 20 Paris 70 %
dressed In the body of these little play
thnrs these copies OF drawings and de-
/ scylptiye notes we're securely sewed ana
started on their journey to the father
land. FROM paris they were sent by post
[ to Hol.ruoK, o. village I'm England. Here
another aren't was locuted. lie was Herr
T1ndau. at that time "a parteur iu some
mining operations being carried on there
rindau performed his duty b. re-mailnE
the doll messenrers 20 Herr Franz at
sonneburg and once there they were safe
From sonneburg they were brought TO
the great headquarters by Herr Franz
{ once 1 recollect a document OF this ma
ture brought In by the burgomaster OF
/ Ieipsic. whose name I cannot recall
Herr Alvin Florschutz bank director OF
I sonneburg, was also IN the scheme.
About this time, by the way, said Mr..
/ ueuthelm. Herr Florschutz was recon-
meuded by the German government TO
/ the Omitted states as consul for this coun-
| try at souneburg. He was accepted. and
! later OIL. being allowed for clerk hire
/ put his WIFE, Lima. la that position giv-
/ ing her uamo ON the reports as J.. Flor
| schultz Am the dmo that he traffic In
! war office merchandise. as it was known,
was going on Herr Elorschutz was vice
/ consul uf the United states.
NOT THE ONLY rLAN
'was tho don plan tine only ons adopt
cd as a means OF communication between
| She two countries2'
ooh no" replied MI Bentheim "sev-
eral times 1 received documents OF this
/ kind in regular United States consular
envelope. remember It disenveetaolnn
envelope remember II distinctly. II
was l large white envelope with the usu-
al 'omcia business only and something
about a penalty ON &C and sealed on the
back with white paper seal about Ahe
| size of a half dollar and had "a serrated
| border on it. The eagle was the con-
ter figure and above il In a semi-clrclo
were tho words United states consul
late on the other haif OF the circle and
I below the eagle was the single word,
| 'Sonnoburg. There was OF course, COM
siderable correspondence going on be-
tween those few people regarding the war
office traffic. and this was always done
ON the letter heads bearing the one lice
inscription United Ctat@ consulate
| sonueburr' Nearly an the descriptions
of war vessels. new inventions. armor
plate. underground mines. fortlncauons,
etc. were on letter heads bebarlng the
inscription Ministro de Ia Marine, Paris
or Miuistre de la Guerre, Paris. When
over Fugato Captain sgl. who was In
I charge of this work at Berlin went out
on a scouting trip BY himself, he carried
q supply OF United States stationary. and
have seen Information of this kind from
| the French war office come into the stan
| headquarters an an envelope bearing the
consular seal Of the United states govern
mont This you win know was safe
! guard, as nobody would open a letter
With this seal on &C. Florsohutz. however
! d more travelling from Germany into
France than either Sigl or Franz. and he
away5 had some OF this paper in his
satchel He would not go into France a.
rect as that would bring upon him too
close scrutiny at the frontier. He would
go first to Bremen and from there tc
southampton. Here he would board q
steamer either from Cherbourg or Toulal
and land without any trouble. l w'll tel
you how Florsehutz got the plans OF tn
new submarine oat Goubet while in Ber
WAS being built at Toulon. This Florsch
utz told me himself at n theatre In Ber
, lin "a week or two after he returne
, from the expedition. He landed at Toulo
and went 10 hotel Here he sent
note 10 Madame Jansen telling her whn
ne wanted and then proceeded 10 Mont
carlo for a day or two at the tables. I
was arranged OF course that II ther
was any trouble over the work wor,
would be sent him Mime Jansen Is tn
wife OF q naval officer and had the ontr
10 the arsenal nc Toulon. She secured
au the Information desired and II wal
handed to Herr Florschutz on HIS returi
TO Toulon I'm less than one week Infor
nation rcgarmng the construction Of tn
war vessel Gymnote. &C that Time buildin
at Chorbourg. was obtained In the sam
! manner. will cite another case to sho,
, how easily anything .Lat Germany want
ed could be obtained sergeant I'm th
, naval arsenal at TOulon. Thomas b.
, name az the request OF one OF The flve o
! six women Rlcrmishng around thar
at that time purlolncd a drawing whic
give clearly the inside OF the fortres
with the location Of the submarine mine
p, in the harbor This Information, / know
d wsnt 10 Es crhazy but Il took a half doze
women to get Il to him. This drawing wa
copied al the home OF one OF Prince Pies
sweothearts In Paris and the origins
drawing returned two uavs later 20 Tou
lon Thomas was found out IN this mat
% ter however and IS now IN prison. IN
espionage system was such that Gel
many was advised OF the meeting OF "a
boards connected with any arsenal
- fortihcauon.
ANYWAYS SPIES NEAR
'ITor instance. lf "A new gun we're 10
tried. a German agent would bbe loterif
= near tho testing place, and remeb'
% that on one occasion when an exper
meut OF this kind was concluded roug
'- sketch OF tho results was handed n
70 Germany. Oftor a report on the te
70 the grounds, This was sent post haste
,. | Germany OFTEN repora on the 70.
o of n new inyenuon would be I'm On
.e hands Of the German government befoi
M 90 reached the ministry OF war in Pafi
a This caused many laughs On the Office
'' ann headquarters. During all rs time
70 never heard OF Captain Dreyfus and al
~ not know there was such q person unit
Dr. heard Of HIS arrest"
B Mr. Bentheim was asked who handle
= tho money Tor tho maintenance OF Oh
~ Information bureau. Ills reply was;
Captain sian handled an money for IA
merchandise, as they termed Il, 10 He