The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-19

Stealing Naval Plans Obtaining
smokeless Powder Formula.


time aso some valuable admiralty
plans disappeared from Chatham.
Mr.. McKsnna. the first lord of the
Admiralty. admitted that they had
been stolen. but mystery surround-
Cd their disappearance. 1t Is now
susgssted that a we'll known In
tsrnationai woman spy, who Is ever
ready 20 sell her services to the
highest bidder. be IL the Russian.
German or French government. WAS
respcnsible for the disappearance
OF those plans. It was known that
she was In this country for some
weeks prior to the incident and II
b supposed that during that time
she engineered the plot which re-
suited In the vanishing of the ira
pcrtant papers M
Whatever truth there may be In
the story. II In a very feasible ore.
for u n usually women who prove
the most successful spies. when
it comes to trickery and cunning"
said well known detective to the
writer on one occAsion. "there D
no snatch for clever woman. II
sts n pretty into the bargain I
would back her to beat the cleverest
men at Scotland Yard nine times out
oe ten" And Judging from the
success OF women In secret service
work u would seem that the tribute
- In NO way exagsorated.
II 10 only short time ago that a
beautiful and fashionably dressed
tsachsr Of lan5uages. Fraulein Peter
zen. about IS years Of age. was ar
rested ~ Kisi. In Germany. on suspi-
cion 'of being q French spy. She
was said to have entered into a love
affAir deliberately with a non-co,n-
minseoned ofFicer named Dietrich of
The sxplosives department for the
purposs Of inducing him to divulse
important German naval secrets.
Dietrich. fiattered by the attent-
tone OF such beautiful woman.
could deny her nothing. and at the
ti9s Of the arrest was said to have
besn supplying her with the formula
for the manufacture of the German
smokeles powder Gone Of the most
sfective yet inventcd) and the situa-
tion OF the port mines. To disguis 50
her true occupation she posed as q
teacher Of languages Suspicion was
directed against her on account OF
ohe ample funds with which she was
always provided and OF her fear Of
giving che police the customary
notics Of her frequ ent changes of
e6d&ses. IT, tia8
In Russia. where The secret service
= raised to the level Of q nne art, the
Soman spy II recog aized AZ an ex-
t>Suhely valuable medium for obtain
ing information. not only about for
elem matters but also concerning the
various revolutionary movements
going on At home. One Of the most
notorious OF these feminine police
spies 10 Nine. Joutchenko. who has
been described as female Axar.
This person. posing ss one of the
Torrofists. took part In their enter
prises. and discovering all their plans
save Information to tho police. For
this work she obtained q handsome
monthly salary. she began her ne
farious trade at the are OF 2s. and
her nrst big coup was when she be-
trayed the Respontine plot against
the cxar ira 1895. Scores of those
who had trusted her went into exile
n Siberia on the plot being discover
"a.
She herself. to disarm suspicion,
was sent away also. but was allowed
TO escape and rejoin the revolution
lists In order to obtain more infor-
nation. One of her victims was a
handsome girl named Frania Frouin-
HIN. who was sent to the gallows after
an abortive attempt to kill the pre-
feet OF Moscow. The arch traitress
wormed herself into the confidence
Of families. with the result that num-
bsrs OF persons were banished to
Siberia.
Quite recently the French govern
ment caused q large number Of Ger
man women employed on the eastern
frontier as barmaids to be expelled
from the country. These women had
been watched and found to he in the
pay Of German spies. to whom they
gave the information that they ac-
quired from listening to the CONVEX
sation OF drunken sailors In the tav-
erns.