Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-12-31
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promoting the eeSritOrleI army system
IN the. county.
& Was No siundsr.
Il looked 10 n the secret service had
made bad blunder But II hadn't.
They showed ~ direct evidence that
this man during his whole residence
In this country had been in regular
communication with the German gov.
eminent. and that there was no doubt
whatever that his British naturaliza.
tion was q calculated fraud to cover
HIS work on behalf of his native coun-
try. The British secret service knew
everything that had passed between
this German nobleman and the Ger
man government at time when 1t
was supposed to be asleep. II not non
existent. He was simply informed, al
though his infuriated dupes thought
he should be tried and dealt with as
"a spy. But he had seemingly been
quiescent since the war began.
These. II Is said, are only examples
OF q great number of Eases where sus.
poets. having beeE brought up for in
ternment, indignantly contested the
demand on tie ground OF their loyalty,
and who, when they pushed the SO.
cret service to disclosing it's case
were thundcrstricken to discover that
their underhand activities had been
known and watched for years.
There Is COED reason for stating
that within forty-eight hours Of the
declaration Of war every German spy
regarded by the authorities az in the
least dangerous was put away: others
were kept under observation as being
useful as decoys fer the spies sent
here since the war. a
Lenient With Woman Spy.
Anent the killing Of Miss Cayell by
the Germans when she was not even
charged with espionage. the British
government has under lock and key
here now, under. a sentence of merely
ten years penal sepyitude, the Ger.
man woman whose accomplice was
one of those shot in the Tower as
spy. This woman was known to be
one of the most dangerous and most
highly trusted spies in the pay Of the
German secret, service. She was full
of daring, could adopt all manner of
DISCUSSES, and often made up like
man without ever being detected
except by the secret service agents.
who were allowing her to run her
tether. She had control over several
male spies who accepted their orders
from her. She had always planned
to commit suicide If arrested, but she
was shared in way that frustrated
that purpose. She had determined to
take her own life because she expect
ed to be shot or hanged if caught. She
knew that under all the rules of the
game she deserved it.
The most ingenious and daring in
ventors of spy stories are left putting
and painting with exhausted magma
ton compared to the schemes. devices
and sacrifices that the spy Of real
life is known 10 have made in further
ance of the designs of the Fatherland.
An EngIishman's German Wife.
One hears of the case Of the Ger
man wife of q very prosperous pro
fessional man up country. She Is Q
handsome woman. clever
talker, a very good amateur musician
and singer. and an, adept In all the
wiles of fascination. Being married
to an Englishman, she Is OF British
She too had been long
in the books Of the secret service.
She was kind of person who was
bound to be talked about anyway, be-
cause there. was a Teutonic ostenta-
ton about her and fushness OF cash
that attracted attention. Early this
year she came up to London, set up
in handsome apartment, frequented
the best night clubs and other places
where officers were to be found, and
soon had train of them after her.
She entertained lavishly and her par