The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-05-09
BEWARE OF THE WOMAN SPY
Tricks and Wiles of the Female Ad-
ventures Who Lives by Seheming
to Steal State Secrets.

ST have little doubt that you were
iptrapped by a woman. who was moth
ing but the agent Of some foreign per-
son engaged in this traffic, and that
you were ingenuously entrapped and
fell. Because think that, 1 think I
may show some sort of leniency, but
it cannot be light, the crime is too
great"
It was in these impressive terms
that Mr.. Justice Darling addressed
George Herbert Parrot; formerly a
gunner in the navy, who a week or
two ago was found guilty Of commu-
nicating naval secrets to foreign
country, before sentencing him to four
years penal seryitude. There IS little
doubt that Parrott was fooled by a
woman spy, whom he accidentally met
at a music hall, and who passed on the
information which she got from him
to those by whom she was employed.
As matter Of fact, this is only one
of several instances which have come
to light of late years, showing what a
prominent part women actually play
in the secret servica of the different
countries. There was a notable affair
at Shoeburyness four years ago. A
German governess took up her resi-
dence at Southland, three miles from
shoeburyness and said that she was
employed by several prominent fam
lies 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 matter of fact, this was
quite untrue, but it helped her to keep
I'D an acquaintanceship which might,
otherwise, have looked suspicious.
1t was the naval officer himself who
gave the game away. For a 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 a some
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 hun
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-
ton when they enter upon the secret
service for their country.
In military warfa women spies are
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
armies with spies > =. All should
be petted and made a 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 a very
large extent. Disguised as nurses in
the field hospitals, they exercised their
arts Of fascination over captured and
wounded Beers, and thus secured
ZACH valuable information.
Iarp and meTciless was the
treatment meted out to a.young Rus
sian woman belonging TO one OF the
leading families in St. Petersburg,
who, during the Rueso-Japanese "a.
endeavored to worm naysI acrets