Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-21
BEWARE OF THE WOMAN spy
Tricks and WiIso Of the Female Ad-
ventures Who Lives by Sehsmins
to Steal State Secrets.

to Steal State Secrets.
II have little doubt that you were
entrapped by woman, who was moth
ing but the agent of some foreign per-
SON engaged In this traffic, and that
you were ingeniously entrapped and
fell. Because ! think that, think
may show some sort of leniency, but
1t cannot be light, the crime IL too
great" a..r a f rtt
It was In these impressive terms
that Mr.. Justice Darling addressed
George Herbert Parrott, formerly q
gunner in the navy, who week or
I two ago was found guilty Of commu-
| nicating naval secrets to foreign
country, before sentencing him to four
years penal servitude. There Is little
doubt that Parrott was fooled by q
woman spy, whom he accidentally met
at music hall, and who passed on the
information which she got from him
to those by whom she was employed.
1t is striking Illustration OF the
tricks and wiles of the female adven-
turess who lives by scheming to steal
| state secrets, character which not
few people consider exists only In the
minds Of imaginative novelists.
AS q matter of fact, this IL only one
Of several instances which have come
to light Of late years, showing what a
prominent part women actually play
in the secret service Of the different
countries. There was notable affair
at Shoeburyness four years ago. A
German governess took up her resi-
Shoeburyness, and said that she was
employed by several prominent fam
lilies to give lessons In German to the
children in their own homes. ~
This naturally took her out and
about great deal. Then came period
ical visits to Shoeburyness, where she
formed an acquaintance with young
naval officer whom she told the people
with whom she resided she was going
to marry. AS a matter Of fact this was
quite untrue, but It helped her to keep
up an acquaintanceship which might,
otherwise, have looked suspicious, :
gave the game away. For week or
two he associated with the girl. but
her inquisitiveness concerning the
guns and naval matters generally,
made him somewhat suspicious, and
these suspicious were confirmed when
she ultimately suggested that for GER
tain plans, there was a good sum OF
money awaiting him, The result was
that he promptly informed his superior
officer. and the young woman was per-
suaded that the country was q sone-
what unhealthy one for her to live IN.
In regard to naval spies, however,
we are not better than our neighbors,
and while foreign countries have hum
dreds Of spies In this country endeav-
oring to ferret out war secrets, we
have ours in their countries engaged In
the same work.
The spies are supplied with all the
money they want, but they can expect
no assistance from their respective
governments should they be caught:
and they are fully alive to this condi-
tion when they enter upon the secret
service for their country.
very much In evidence. Indeed, their
value is fully recognized by our lead
ing soldiers, and Lord Wolseley actu-
ally states In, his well known "Soldi-
er's Pocket Book" "the purlieus OF
Leicester Square could supply our
arms with spies, 80 All should
be petted and made great deal Of,
being literally paid and large rewards
given them when they supply any
really valuable information" During
the South African war. women were
employed by this country to q very
large extent. Disguised az nurses In
the field hospitals. they exercised. their
arts Of fascination over captured and
wounded Beers, and thus secured
much valuable information. "
Short, sharp and rnerciless was the
treatment meted out TO a young Rus
sion woman belonging to one OF the
leading families In st. Petersburg,
who, during the Russo-Japanese war,
endeavored to worm naval secrets
from young Japanese officer In Man.
churia after he had fallen victim to
her fascinating ways. e.hJs
Forgetting all loyalty and patriotism
the young officer In his infatuation
agreed to furnish her with certain
plans and facts concerning the guns
and the movements OF the yapanese,
army and navy, which he had spectai
facilities for acquiring; but his inten-
tion was betrayed by fellow officer
who had obtaind som inkling OF
what was going on. The result was
that both the young officer and the
woman mysteriously disappeared one
day, and have never been seen or
heard of since. Their fate can easily
be surmised. 'n lp
Some time ago the trial took place
at Toulon Of a young woman named
Jeanne Rene, alias Bourg. who was
accused of having induced certain ma
val officers to reveal secrets 10 ner
regarding French submarines, which
she intended to sell to q foreign pow
er. The young woman. for she was
only 81, was en- opium slave, and II
was while in an opium den In Toulon
that she first attempted to bribe ma
val mechanic named Julien, employed
in the central workshops Of the fleet
TO be her accomplice. Julien, fortu-
nately for himself, promptly reported
the matter to his superior, and the re-
suit was that the woman was arrest
ed
Then there was the case Of young
and beautiful woman named Peterson,
who was arrested at Kiel, In Germany,
on suspicion Of being French spy.
Passing as q teacher of languages, she
had entered into q love affair with a
noncommissioned officer named Diet
rich. of the explosive department, Tor
the purpose of inducing him to reveal
important German naval secrets. Sne
had, by the exercise Of her arts OF fas-
cination, attained complete ascenden-
cy over the young fellow, who was
found to be supplying her with the
formula for the manufacture OF Ger
man smokeless powder and the situa-
ton of port mines.
The attention Of the authorities was
first drawn to her by the ample FUNDS
she always seemed to have at her dis
posal. Then there was the case OF the
notorious French beauty known as
La Belle Lison, who fascinated
young French officer, Lieutenant Ul-
mo. who, in order to obta'~ the means
to crafty the extravagant whims OF
this woman, had sold some OF his
countrys secrets to foreign power:
He was discovered, put on trial, ana
the most important witness against
him was the young woman who had
ruined him. In the end he was dis
graced publicly. and sentenced to I'M
prisonment for life.-New York Tele-