Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-03
HIDDEN IN BEER
CASK, SPY RIDES
PAST HIS FOES
French Officers Conveyance, a
DutChman'S Dray, Passes
Safe Mid Man Hunt.
STOPPED NEAR THE FRONTIER
purioiner Of German Secrets at Namur
Finally Emerges In Holland From
Barrel Refuae--Close 10 Cap
ture Several Times.
ny EpoAR ANseL MoWRER.

BY EDGAR ANsEL MOWRER.
Correspondent of the Chicago Newa)
Paris This Is a story that was told
me by a hotelkeeper's wife at Namur,
who has travelled considerably about
Belgium
After the Germans destroyed the
forts OF Namur with their longrange.
heavy cannon, the Belgians. for rea-
sons which are not yet quite clear,
evacuated tho place. The invaders oc-
cupied the city. made it one of their
eenters of operations and settled down
as IL they intended to stay
with their usual precision they saw.
oven in August, that time might
come when a retreat would be neces.
aary. Namur, al the junction OF the
Mouse and the Sambre. would be one
OF the ptyots for line OF defense.
They hastily began to rebuild the
forts, charging and strengthening
them
Namurrois Go to Work at Last.
But this work demanded many
hands The Germans called upon the
inhabitants. Offering high wages. For
a month not man from the town re.
sponded, The Namurrois would die
rather than work for the Germans. and
said SO So the German military
brought a few hundred civilians from
Germany, but left the original offer
open 20 the Belgians
There was no work In Namur: the
prices OF foodstu0s rosa higher and
higher. Finally one ma1. maddened
by tho pinched faces of hie wife and
babies, shoudered his shovel Nd re
ported ready for work. This was the
signal Not only the Namurrols but
idle men from all over Belgium came
20 toll at the massive fortihcations.
With them one day arrived French
man. who turned out to be an officer
OF the engineering corps. lie came
originally from Gtvet. near the Bel
gian frontier. SO HIS French resembled
that OF the Belgiaus He was dressed
like a workingman. even to the in.
sigma Of the Belgian / ". w. which
he wore couspicuously Ills papers
showed his name WAS Georges Bezon
Belgian thlrty-two years old. born AZ
Neutchateau The Germans accented
him without question or suspicion.
Notices Hands Are Small.
For three weeks the French oflcer
dag on The Notifications. lie did his
work We'll Then, one day. a German
officer, Who happened 10 pause near
where the Frenchmau was digetnr mn.
ticed that the htters hands. despits
their coating 81 dirt. were small and
we'll made, To this German thew
seemed too small and too well made
tie questioned the pseudo-laborer The
latter's replies were satisfactory
hut the German felt that in splte a,
appearances something was wrong
about this Georges Beson. born In
Neutchateau in April. 1852 Tina,
night Namur telephoned Neufchatsap
Search among the municipal rscor3s
failed 70 reveal the name Of Bsron
Wen get him. laughed the car
man officer who had laid bare the 10
ception, and he gave orders 10 arrss,
Bezon the following morning.. Whsr
morning came It brought the worker.
to the Notifications, but Georges Re
Fon was not among them. A search
was made. Inquiries az the hous,
where the suspect had been staytns
showed he had net come in the nigh
before. All of the efforts made by n,
military failed to reveal how the art
ful Georges had escaped. Perhap,
hone OF the inhabitants didnt tell 81