Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-03-19
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tBy Associated Prsas.l
NEW YORK, March 19.--Four per-
sons claiming French citizenship, but
whom both American and French
authorities say have been intimately
connected with German espionage &C.
tivities in the United States, were
formally arrested yesterday by agents
of the department of justice. They
will be turned over to immigration
authorities for deportation to France.
In making known the arrest of the
Quartette, Charles F. De Woody, d.
vision superintendent of the depart
ment of justice, intimated the depor-
tation of the two men and two wom-
en- was desired in order to place them
under the Jurisdiction of French au-
thorities who may further their
prosecution.
The four spy suspects have been
under surveillance for several weeks,
| but not until two of them, a woman
f, styling herself Madame Despina
Davidovitch Storch, and an associate,
designated as Baron Henri De Be-
vile, departed for Cuba one week
ago after mysterious two-day Jun
ket to Washington, did the authori.
ties consider their apprehension ad.
visable They were halted at Key
West, and returned here where they
continued under surveillance.
The other two suspects are known
as Madame Elizabeth Charlotte Nix
and Count Herbert De Clairmont.
Count De Clairmont, the authorities
said, was frequently seen in the
company of Edmund Roussolot Cas-
tello, erstwhiIe $15-a-week telephone
clerk, who, posing as the Marquis De
Castillot, opened negotiations with
III. P. Morgan & Co., several weeks
ago for loan of $50,0OG,0 900 for King
Alfonso of Spain, OF whom he claimed
to be a personal representative.
When Madame Storch and Baron
De Beville were taken into custody
at Key West while en- route to Cuba
a half.bushel basket of papers was
seized from a safety deposit vault
box in this city which one of them
had rented. A number of cable mes.
sages in code were among these
papers.
Because of embarrassment which
they said might result between the
American state department and a
neutral government which was NOT
specified, authorities withheld com
ment on certain features of the in
vestigation, particularly in connection
with one Of the women under de
tention.
Superintendent De Woody gave
the following detailed history of the
four suspects:
Madame Storch, also known al
Madame Nezie, Madame Hesketci
and Baroness De Beville, claims Il
, have been born in Constantinople q
, years ago. She married Paul Storch
Frenchman, from whom she wa
divorced in 1912. She was familiar
figure in fashionable hotels OF Lon
don. Madrid, Lisbon and at tht
Waldorf and Biltmore in New Yorh
City.
, She claimed intimate association
with very prominent officials OF for
| eign governments At the Savoy
Hotel in London, she Is known t.
have been in the company Of {
prominent British official on numer
Gus occasions. There she was known
, as Madame Hesketh 1t was dur
. ing this time that authorities frs
, became interested in her activities
A short time later. Madame Storcl
was reported to be On route to thii
country, but was next located II
/. Madrid in association with Officials
} of the German secret service
E Though Madame Storch's livinl
l expenses we're approximately $1,000
I since coming here in April, 1916
D her explanations of the sources o
8 her income have been unsatisfactory
She admits having received $500
!. from an official of a foreign govern
= ment just prior to coming here ant
subsequently received three remit