Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-15
Love LEADS SPY
TO Sell some
SECRETS
Col. RedI Victim of an Adven-
!, turess in the Employ
of Car ,..,a .s..,

VIENNA-Who is the woman for
whose sake Colonel pRedl ,hetrayesl
the secrets of Austria to Russia 2 This
Iis the question ALI Vienna issasking
while the government Is frantieally
trying to undo the damage done by
Redl before he killed himself.
On good authority 1t is said that
RedPs inamcrata was woman OF
noble birth; In fact related to the
family Of the car. and twas because
of her high standing and the scandal
of international magnitude that would
follow that led the Austrian officers
to allow Reui to kill himself In his
| quarters.
1t further is said that this woman
has been involved in previous inter
national jentangleInents4 and has
served her government well in OBJ
tanning Information Of the highest
value to the car and his forces
4 it is known that Redl furnishsn
Russia with the fullest plans OF tine
agreement between Germany and Aus
ltria for the movement and mobiliza-
ton of allied troops against Russia In
case. troul5ies followed the refusal OF
! Montenegro to evacuate Scutart.
Redf was one Of the chiefs OF the
I military secret service Of Austria. He
| was: close to Emperor Josef and was
one Of his favofites. The emperor
j has been made seriously ill as the re-
4 suit of the incident. He had q gen,
uine affection forbRedl, 1t is saids and
might have interceded for him had
H.
4 he lived. ~
HE Apartments Searched.
4 The fact that there was a woman IN
the case became apparent when the
! Austrian officers searched his apart
4 nients while Reipiwas at, Prague, Bo-
lhemia, where, heehad been sent on a
, fictitious Grand
There letters and other evidence oil
his relations with the woman we're
unearthed, ii Is said. Secret agents
: were sent into Russia to look oveI
the situation there and see II any
thing could be done at even the eley
: enth hour to undo at least part OF
Redps work.
Redl is supposed TO have become
suspicious and to have warned the Wo
l man. for, when after a week he re-
I turned to Vienna, where he was sum
tmoned, the agents reported from st.
Petersburg, saying that there wa
, nothing there that they could learn De
yond the fact that the woman was tn'
one mentioned many times as one Q
the cars agents.
: How cleyerly this modern Delllai
/ must have worked is shown in the FAC
that Redl's information TO the rus
slams had been furnished for AZ leas
: year. Not step that was DeiIs
made by the Austrian government y
! the Balkan imbroglio escaped trans
J mission to the Russians officials.
/ His Suicide Is Dramatic
Fl The suicide Of Redls was dramatls
Two officers came to his quarters II
, The night. They asked for admission
! and he received them. They told mn
, that all had been discovered and tina
he must consider himself under arrest
i AS the officers started to leave on
. tof them laid a heavy army. pistol OF
/. the table and beside it placed oooK
instructions on. how to use 1t. Inc!
told him that they would return
daybreak and take him into CUSTODY
, Then they stepped from the room an'
, stood guard outside his door.
In a few. minutes came the<report Q
a revolver. The officers entered ant
found Redl dead. shot through TN
head. He was but 41yeafs eld am
was in line for rapidspromotion
The war office detesmined TO Keel
J. the matter profound secret. 1t wa
: announced that Colonel Redl commit
, fed suicide as result of insanity caus
ed by overwork in his important posi-
ton. The hour of his funeral was no
I announced, and he was inferred In IN
simplest manner without the militar'
) honors due to his rank. H..
: The incident was only revealed Wnei
: members of parliament demanded Una
! the war minister should contradict Tn
reports concerning the death OF eoione
: Redl in order to clear his memory: In
: authorities were theTeupon compelle'
D to reveal the facts of the case.