Evening star., 1907-11-18
GENUINE DIME NOVEL
UIImo Case Has Old SIeuth
Beat a Block.
RECENT FRENCH NAVAL SPY
Fell in Love With Gay Grisette in
Toulen.
CAPTURED BY BOXING MASTER
Pistols, Motor Cars. Anonymous Let
ters and Ructions in the Min
istry of Marine. I
RECENT FRENCH NAVAL SPY
CAPTURED BY BOXING MASTER

istry of Marine.
Special Cshlegram To The Star.
PARIS, November lS.-T.ieut Charles
Cllmo. second in command of the -urppdo
boat Carabine. stationed at Touon. mas
been arrested on a charge of high treason
and espionage. I'llmo. who belongs To an
honorable and highly esteemed family at
Lyon, has practically confessed his
crime. and the story of his arrest reads
like a romance. A few days ago u motor
car hired from garage in ToulOn drove
swiftly to a spot outside the town called
the Gorges dOllioule. On arriving at a
point between frowning cliffs the motor
car stopped and Ullmo got out telling the
driver to take the on little farther
along the road. A few minutes later a
of it and walked a,ong the road toward
Lieut.. tllmo. Ullmo drew a revolver
which he pointed directly at the new
conner and said. Il suppose YOU have
come for the document"
The other man threw up both hands and
said. AS you can see. | am uuarmed YOl
may search me If YOU like, your chauf-
itui So. but unless YOU THROW
down your revolver l siall get into my
car again and GO"
Are you prepared To aCcede 10 my de-
mands?" asked I'llmu.
II have 10000 with me in notes" was
the reply.
tllmo then dropped has revolver and
as he did so the other man sprang at him
like wildcat, struck hn stunning
blow under the chin which fclled him TO
the ground. and pinned him down. At
the same moment fOEr detectives sprang
out of the apparently empty motor car,
where they had been Crouching. They
promptly Clapped handouts on UllmoS
wrists and carried him Ia the car. The
man who had knocked him down mad
been specially engaged for the purpose
He is a boxing instructor at Joinviile, and
could have mastered Ullmo well enough
without the help of the police.
Wanted $4,000.
Tllmo is twenty-five. and was looked
on a good and capable officer. Re-
Gently he had been living extravagantly
with a young woman we'll known in Tou-
Ion by the name Of la Belle Lison.' An
anonymous letter reached the ministry of
marine in September from Toulon. The
writer stated that he had in his possess
sion documents of value which he was
prepared to sell for $50, GOO One of these
documents was the key to secret naval
correspondence and signaling, and there
We're other things. The officials at the
ministry at first took no notice of the
letter. believing from lis arrogant tone
that ii was the work Of 4 nddman.
Soon afterward second letter came,
and this time three photographs Of the
stolen documents were iGcloSed, and the
writer warned the minister Of ma rine that
unless the 100000 were within two days
hidden in specified place i'll one of the
laEdtOrIeS JDlIIDD railway station the
documents would be sold to foreign
power. The naval authorities handed the
matter over to the detective force. whose
chief NJ. Hennion, has shown wonderful
cleverness in discovering the identity Of
the traitor and catching him.
long correspondence was carried on
with the writer of the anonymous letters
until his identity was proved. Then an
appointment was made with him in the
Gorges d'Ollioules. and one Of the smart
est detective commissares, NJ Sebilie,
was sent to Toulon with several men TO
arrest Ullmo. NJ. Sebille and his men
began by making friends with the traitor
They became quite intimate. and obtained
valuable proof of the double life which
Cllmo had been leading. He was popular
with his comrades. and regarded by his
superiors as a hard working and earnest
officer He confided To his new friends
that the extravaganza of La Belle Lison'
was getting him into financial difficulties
but added IAN invention of mine will. I
hope. soon get me out of trouble" 1t
was after this conversation that the join
vile boxing instructor was engaged
Used the agony" Column.
The minister of marine and the pre-
mier, NJ. Clemenceau. had a confer, nee
on the disclosures. and it appears that
some of the stolen documents are still
missing. Photographs of them were
found at the Villa Glegle where Ullmo
lived with La Belle I.ison." but il is
feared that the originals have been dis
posed of to foreign power. The cor
respondence between the French police
and tllmo was carried on by means OF
the agony column.
ILLINOIS first letter to the minister of
marine asked for a reply by advertise
ment in the Toulon newspaper, the Re-
publique du Var The minister of ma
rine was to take the name of Paul. and
address the advertis ament to Pierre. the
name which Tllmo gave himself The
first advertisement of Paul Ohe police
apthorities) ran as follows: Reply TO
your letter telegram was sent YOU
Saturday. Your terms do not give su!ii-
cient guarantee. We are willing to pay
price against delivery Of all the goods.
Paul" This advertisement and ia, fol
lowing one were sent Dy telegram to the
du Var. The last one ran:
Paul to Pierre-Accept your terms.
rived at 11-Paul." The arrest was made
the same afternoon. JllmO left Toulon
under strong guard for Paris.
Inquiries among his In Iother-oiicers
prove that he and La Belle Lison' are
both confirmed opium smokers. The docu-
ments stolen by UlmO concern the gen.
eral coast defenSes OF the country, the
defense of the port of Toulon and a the
books concerning the maneuVers of tor
pedo boats and the establishment Of
i~, j,,Nn Of n
war time the buOys in harbor are de-
stroyed, and among the documen in
ILLINOIS possession was a compile list
of secret instructions how to get into
the harbor, which would be inVa liable
to foreign power at war with France.
La Belle Lisons" real name is Elias
Welsch, and shc is of Alsatian family,
though born at Clermont -Ferrand. SIe
spent what in her lovers cirCums. aces
was a fortune on clothes. and Toulon
talked of 81 900 mantles which she Wore.
She is supposed to have cost him $3.50
a month But the BEAUTIFUL IiSOu was