The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
PLAY HOAX ON
WOMAN DETECTIVE
IriShmen Weave Mares Nest
for Female Spy From
Scotland Yard.

London, May 22-The 'ParneIlism
and Crime" confession OF Sir Robert
Anderson is recalling to Irishmen a
famous hoax played on a LADY detective
employed by Scotland Yard in the
eighties.
Spies were numerous in Ireland In
1884. They posed as engineers on a
holiday from the mines of Nevada, men
of wealth and leisure, passing through
and they were all willing to devote
their knowledge of explosives and their
dollars to the good old cause.
The most picturesque figure In this
moving picture was q woman detective
from Scotland Yard. The story OF the
hoaxing of madame was told in the
Dublin journal, Sport. of July u, 1854
1t was then impossible to give the
names OF the hoaxers, but many OF
them can now be disclosed
In May, 1884. Miss G. a prornin-
eut member of the Ladies' Land league
and q well known novelist. was In Lon
don on a holiday. Among the places
she visited was the house OF commons.
where she met with a Lady in Black.
who afterwards turned out to be an
emissary from Scotland Yard
A Patriot.
The lady in black represented her
self to be of considerable wealth, and
her very heart beat In the cause OF old
Ireland This chance acQuaintanceshtp
led to many meetings between the two.
The Lady in Black" occupied suite
of rooms In q fashionable London hotel.
After many condolences she expressed
to Miss G. her willingness to spend
a portion of her wealth in the purchase
OF such toys as clockwork internal ma
chimes and bags of nitro-glycerine Tor
the purpose of freeing Ireland.
She returned with the fair National
list novelist to Dublin, where she was
introduced to the late James OConnor,
NJ. p. for East Wicklow (who died
few weeks ago.. The Lady In Black"
received Mr.. O'Connor among other
guests IN her rooms at q leading hotel.
From her questions and answers Mr..
OConnor became suspicious and dur
ing her momentary absence from the
sitting room he picked out every par
ticle Of tern-up-telegram which lay
in the CRATE.
Later. piecing It together, he found
that tho friend of Ireland was no other
than a government spy. Mr.. OConnor
resolved to play OF upon the Lady In
Black" q series Of -spoofs-" Mysteri-
Gus mythical individuals were conveyed
TO the Lady In Black" by Mr. OCon-
nor. and the services OF q medical stu
dent in London were invoked to show
the lady "tec~ that in England the
game was still alive, though securely
OF either the chief OF the criminal In
vestigation department or any OF the
satellites.
She was persuaded to see one Of the
presented herself at the chambers Of
the medical student. He told her that
to enable some dynamiter to escape he
wanted some money, and S75 was paid
to him for this purpose by the Lady
in Black"
-Four times the Scotland Yard lady
visited the student. After her special
reports of his reasonable goings-or
he was systematically watched by q
plain-clothes officer. This officer In
cidentally got thrashing from the
student for his interference
The Lady in Black" had meanwhile
expressed her ambition to become a
confidential carrier of dispatches of
dynamite between Dublin and Paris or
Dublin and New York. Mr.. OConnor
Gallagher. the editor Of Sport, who was
represented to be Mr.. O'Nein Of the
bomb factory at Calais"
The merry conspirators talked gun
powder plots by the hour; their table
| talk was Of the merits and dement's of
chemes--ime ginary-to blow up Dub
| lin castle. the general postoffice, the
| house Of commons and the home Of
| flee All tho Lady in Black" desired
/ to discover was who would do these
| things, and when they would be done
| For July 2 IT was arranged that the
| lady spy should be present at an inter
view with young Rosa. A Dublin
doctor personated young Rosa. and
part OF the plot was that the lady
should at once travel to London and
| attend an important meeting at the
| home OF the medical student
| There the veil was lifted. to the de-
| light of everyone except the lady spy
whose next duty was to report to head
| quarters that instead of nest of dyna-
miters, she had discovered 8 smare'l
nest"