The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
CAVELL BETRAYAL
AND DEATH TOLD
Nine. Botard Gives Graphic
Narration of Events Lead
ing to Tragedy.
QUEENS PERFIDY Barred
Woman Companion Of Nurse
Also Was Sentenced to
Die by Germans.
By G. s. ADAM.
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PARIS, Aug. SOL had an oppor-
tunity yesterday during n break in the
proceedings of the court-martial by
which Georges CASTOR Quien, who is
alleged to have betrayed Edith Cavell
10 the Germans, Is being tried Of hear
ing from Nine. Botard's own lips the
connected story of the tragic events in
which she played a part.
an November, 1914" she said, IT,
with poor Baucq and the Able de Moor,
was hard at work sending home first
Of all the English jockeys and after
that the British soldiers cut of at
Mons. Many of them were wounded.
The first lot were forty-seven and in
Guided men of the Connaught Rangers
and the Coldstream Guards. In all we
saved 500 British and 40 French.
by March, 1915, things were getting
too hot for Miss Cavell, who till then had
been running her own organization.
The Germans suspected her and searched
her clinic. After that we worked one
line to Brussels. All was going well
when suddenly we were pulled up sharp.
Wo had sent Quien to Holland. In May.
1915, he was back again in Brussels and
on July 20, eight days after that, we
were all in prison"
I asked Nine. Botard to narrate the
parcel incident.
Relates Parcel Incident.
''The papers in question were,'' she re-
piled, "of utmost Importance to me- They
dealt with the war and the German Gov
eminent and also there were five hand
maps made by Baucq of the Holland
route. Now had sure friend in Mms.
Machiels, who is a Dutch subject and
keeps a big shop in Brussels. Icing had
been . customer. AS I was expecting
arrest at any moment 1t was urgent
that l should get these papers away 10
place of safety, so made up a packet
and intrusted 1t to Quien.
That was four days before our ar
rest on August 5. The Germans had
been trying to get me two days before
the actual arrest. but kept away from
home and I was in the street when they
captured me.
,Baucq was arrested two days after.
He had been followed from Miss Cavelrs
house. That was how the Germans knew
he WIS one of us. Miss Cavell was
arrested the day before me. so that
I was last My thirteen-year- boy
was arrested because he had La Libre
Beloiq1o on his person The Germans
kept him in prison six months and only
let him go when he became seriously
Ill.
"As for myself. was sentenced to be
shot, but was saved by the Spanish
Minister. Marquis De villalobor.
"Quion. by the by. had assured me
that he could not deliver the parcel him
self, but had given 1t to a little boy.
I did not see him again. but when
was before the German Judges there
was ona man on the table. and 1 am
convinced that map was one of the
five.
Death Sentence Changed.
my sentence of death was changed
to penal servitude for life. 1 was sent
to Hagen in Silesia and remained there
for three years and four months until
the armistice.
Nine. Thulliez was arrested with
Baucq. as she happened to be at his
house when the Germans took him. I
knew her well because when she came
to Brussels with parties of fugitives
she slept in my house. Naturally when
the Germans asked me how did you
know Mile. Thulliez did not give her
or Miss Cavell away. 1 replied
Through Catholic priest in Mosn.'
The last time 1 saw poor Edith Ca
veil was on Monday night at o'clock,
on October IL, in the prison in Brussels.
We had each been placed in separate
celia 1 tipped a German soldier ten
francs to allow me to say good bye to
her at 8 o'clock that same afternoon
ve had all been sentenced. Edith Cavell
gave me several commissions for her
In Brussels. 1t was not till three years
afterward that I could fulfill them.
Then she kissed me good bye and said
7 am glad to give my life rather than
that any of my soldiers should have
fallen into the hands of the Germans.'
''She was wonderfully brave. but q
little nervous. We were only allowed
two or three minutes together. The
German soldier was trembling lest an
officer should come along. The man had
worked for years in Birmingham, and
perhaps he pitied us.
with Nine. Botard was Nine. Ma
chiefs. to whom the parcel had been sent
and who was also arrested. This ar
rest again is extremely significant as
showing that every one whose secret be-
came known to QUEEN appeared doomed
"Quien went afterwards to her and