The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-19
GERMAN SPIES
TAKEN IN RAID
On NY. HOTEL
Luxuri0usly Furnished Rooms
Den of Four Hunnish Evil
Workers 's.t.
CLAIM FRENCH CITIZENS
viii BE Deported to France; Ar
rested While on Way
H. 10 Cuba,


New York, N. Y, Mar. 19.-Fou
persons 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 to
day arrested in their handsomely ap
pointed suites in prominent New York
hotels, by agents Of the department
Of Justice. They will be turned over
to the immigration authorities for de
pOrtation to- France.
In making known the arrest Of the
qnartette, Charles Il. DeWoody, divis
ion superintendent Of the department
OF Justice intimated the deportation
of the two men and two women was
desired in order to place them unde.
the jurisdiction OF French authorities
who may: further their prosecution,
',.'H, Watched Several Weeks.
The four spy suspects have bDen
under surveillance for several weeks
but not until two Of them, a woman
styling herself Madame Despina Dav'
idoyitch Storch, and an associate, de-
signated as Baron Henri De Beville,
Departed for Cuba one week ago after
amysteriOus two day junket to Wash,
ington, did the authorities consider
their apr hensicn advisable.
z The other two suspects are known
as Madame Elizabeth Charlotte Nix
and Count De Clairmont. Count De
Claifmont the authorities say, was
frequently seen in company Of Ed
mund Rousselot Castillo, erstwhile
fifteen dollar q week telephone clerk,
who, posing as the Marquis De Cas-
tillot opened negotiations with J. p.
Morgan & Co., several weeks ago for
asloAn Of $5O,00O,O00 for King Alfonso
Of SPAIN Of whom he claimed to be
q personal representative.
.,5s.. o Captured at Key West.
&; When Madame Storch and Baron
De, Beville were taken into custody
sat4Key West while enroute to Cuba,
& half bushel basket of papers was
seized from q safe deposit box in
Tits city which one of them had rent.
ed. "A. number Of cable messages in
code, were among these papers. w."
X because OF embarrassment which
,theY' said might result between the
American state department and a neu-
tralsgovcrnrient which was not speci-
fed, authorities withheld comment on
certain features OF the Investigations,
particularly in connection with one
Of. the women under arrest.
Superintendent De Woody gave the
following detailed history OF the fuor
suspects: 4. p
i Madame Storch, also known as
Madame Nezie, Madame Hesketch
and Baroness De Beyille, claims to
have been born in Constantinople %
years ago. She. married Paul Stbrch,
Frenchman, from whom she was d.
rorced IN 1912. She was a. familiar fig
lre In fashionable hotels of London.
Madrid, Lisbon and at the Waldorf
and Biltmore in New York City.
S.%%44 Britons Her Gem an,ons.
s..She has claimed intimate asSoci-
aLions with very prominent officials
Of foreign governments. At the Savoy
hotel in London she is known to have
been in company with a prominent
British official on numerous occasions.
There she was known as Madame Hes
keith. II was during this time that au
thorities !, first became interested in
her activities. n. ~ E~'
"a short time later, Madame Storch
was reported enroute to this country,
but was next located in; Madrid in as
ISOLATION with officials of the German
secret service. a'. .H.a
$1,000 From Foreign State
Though Madame Storch's living en-
penses were approximately $1,000 al
month since coming here in April,
1916, her explanations Of the sources
OF her income have been unsatisfac-
tory. She admits ! having received
$4,000 from an official of a foreign
government Just prior to coming here,
and subsequently received three re-
mittances Of $1,000 each which she
claims were loans from friends
while living in Madrid with Baron
elBeville in 1915, they were accused
and apprehended as being German
spies, but secured their release and
went to Cuba and later continued to
THIS country.
si . Changed Her Name
East February Madame Storch OBJ
tanned. q French passport, under the
name OF Storch, to return to Cuba.
She had been living at the Biltmore
up to this time as Madame Nezie
Then, it was noted that Baron De Be-
vile, under that name, also had OBJ
tained . French passport for Cuba.
Quite unexpectedly they went to
washington for two days., staying at
the Shoreham hotel, and then return
ed to New York. They were here
week then, one week ago, departed
for Cuba, but were taken off the boat
It Key West and brought back.
Since then they have been guests
Of the government at an uptown hotel
where they occupied apartments con-
tinually under guard.
Another Woman Spy.
/. Among their associates were Mad.
Rme NIX and Count De Clairmont
Madame Nix Is a German alien, Al
years OF age, and was born in Berlin.
Her maiden name was HERMANN.
Count De Clairmont claims to- have
been born IN Sumatra, Danish East