The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
BARONESS SAYS
SHE IS LOYAL;
FREED ON BAIL
Her Letters With 0kIahoman
of Personal Significance,

Is the Baroness lone WllhelmIna
Iollper. American born wife oi a cap
tain IN the Bayarlan army, a victim Of
circumstance, or IS she a dangerous
designing woman conniying at the
destruction Of her country and seeking
the triumph Of Germany
Arrested At Chattanooga, Tenn, De-
cember II, and held without bond for
five weeks IN jail on charges Of cspIon-
age the baroness was admitted to bail
January p as result OF habeas corpus
proceedings She has just returned TO
New York City 10 await her ulal no
April Seen at her apartment at No.
780 Madison avenue, she made an en-.
phatie denial Of the charges against her
and expressed her deep loyalty to the
land OF her birth.
In 1910 she went to Annapolis Nd,
to be near her eldest son, Berc,iord
Shope, a midshipman at the naval
academy, whom she is accused Of plaC-
ing in the service with a view OF using
him in her plotting There She was
drawn into an infatua,ion for Lieut. ]
W. Spaulding Of Alya, Okla, at one
time a ehSSmate OF her son at Annapo.
ls where he failed and was permitted
TO resign, subsequently becoming an Of
fieer in the United S1tes army
Sued For Divorce.
Her husband had broken his parole
and returned to fight for Germany in
1914 after he had given his word to the
British authorities that he would not
take up arms against England.
Baroness Zollner brought suit for d.
vorce from Captain Zollner in the
Maryland courts last October on the
grounds Of descrtion and extreme
cruelty.
She had not heard from Captain
Zollner, the baroness said, since March
|, before war was declared, and did
not know whether she was a wife or a
widow
Her Annapolis house Baroness Zoll-
ner said had been the center OF a gay
crowd OF youngsters, all OF whom were
fond OF her Lieutenant Spaulding, af-
fectionately referred to as Preacher,
spent much time there and was, she
said, like one Of the family" She
declared that stories alleging that she
had PAID the young officers bills and
otherwise spent money upon him were
absolutely false.
when he got his commission, Lieu
tenant Spaulding had not the necessary
funds for transportation and new equip.
ment, and | advanced him $50, which
he has repaid viii you please say
that" she asked.
The baroness produced the code
about which so much has been said
Except for the sinister tinge given by
war tir&s, The terst lines which landct
the handsome, Titan haired woman il
Jail, would have sayored more Of board
ing school r0mance-when not to hay,
a code is not to know the essence o
scntment-than OF tragedy.
The Secret Code.
II read:
Leave soon for Europe via New Yorl
City. Every one well
Leave for Europe via Norfolk. Every
body well
For Europe soon but do not know VII
which port All well
In each case II | can soc you / will
say
This code was also sent by Lieutcn
ant Spaulding to his three sisters, tht
sisters testified at the habeaS corpu
hearing.
On the granting OF the writ OF habea
corpus At Chattanooga the baroneS
promised to refrain from communicat
ing with persons in the military an,
naval service Of the United Statec, a
we'll as all persons in Austria an,
Germany, for the duration Of the war
An exception is made in the case o
her son, Bercsiord Shope, at the nava
academy Young Bedford Shope, tn
,, second son, is with his mother and /
preparing to enter Harvard. They ar
the children OF her first marriage 4
young Baltimorean--New Yorl
World