The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-31
WOMEN SPIES TRAPPED German Women Who Ruined Many British Naval and Military Oicers-My Narrow Escape at
 the Hands of the Huns
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tho Hands of the Huns

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 with my General I was in possession
 or the full plan of battle in the Wes- tern theatre. Then the General ask ed me to tell him if r , would come through the nsxt period before his leave without -hap. I pretended
 at that moment to be in a deeper and
 more profound trance than ever. Il sat with half-closed eyes and ran a
 pointer over the map of the battle
 line, saying as I did so in a dreamy,
 faraway tone, the tone that always impresses dupes of this sort.
 I see a great battle. I see thou
 sands of men rushing on against pil- ed-up forces and defences see many other thousands marshalled to resist this attack, ana above them I see many machines in the air fighting and dropping death around. I see fi- nally q man go out at the head of some troops and all of a sldden the
 picture fades. I fear that something
 has happened to that man, but what
 l cannot say for certain, because the
 conditions are not favorable today Naturally he asked me who was this man and after apparent hesitation
 told him that he was the man. He was terribly impressed and asked me if I would indicate precisely at which part of the line this battle was to take pAdCo Ildue a sweep with the pointer, tal-fng in a certain region"
 ''The General gave a gasp of as- tonfshment, and exclaimed You must be a wizard. You have discov- cred what no more than half a doz- en men in Britain are aware of . In a few days time our troops will be launched in masses against the en- emy positions you have indicated, and shall be playing an important part in the attack. I only hope my fate will not be so bad as that which your prophecy has prepared for me.
 Merest Coincidence
 "All this was the merest coincid- ence, but do not think any one could have convinced your General that he was not in the presence of a lady with great psychic gifts from which noth- ing was hidden in the future or the present. He left me with many promises that he would lose no time fin bringing my gifts under the notice of the proper authorities, so that they might be turned to the service of tt Allies That was just the last thing 1 wanted him to do, for I knew vel enough that all British officers were not fools, and too many inquiries in to my accomplishments might prove awkward to me.
 Some days after that I read of the battle around the part had indi- cated and I read also of the death in action of this particular General. It was a most amazing coincidence, but ooincidences are happening every day"
 This story may seem incredible to those who do not realize the extent to which the period of emotional stress during the war made the minds of men and women affected, and more liable to be the victims of peo-
 pie like Madame Ramallah, but can vouch for its absolute accuracy. Il did not feel called on to make the admission to Madame. but we had found the great battle plan of which she spoke in the house to which it had been removed after her flat in the West End came under suspicion. Highly placed officials of the War Of flee examined this plan. and compar- ed the notes respecting the positions of the different British units at suc- cessive dates with the information at the disposal of the War Office.
 Madame sent her information to Germany through a renegade seaman named Hanlon, who came into Tfl- bury on frequent trips, and made his way in secret to the West End house os Madame, taking his place with the clients in the usual way, but always managing to be seen at once. Han lon was given this hint about the pending attack of the British forces very soon after the visit of the Gen eraI as described by Madame, and 1t reached its destination in Germany, and enabled the Germans to mass their reserves just where they would be most wanted
 On Nfadnme's Track
 Refora the battle the officer wrote a letter to the Director of Military Intelligence directing attention to the presence of Madame Ramallah, and expressing his own belief in her pow CTS and further suggesting that she should be given suitable employment by the government. This strange letter was not sent off on the day 1t was written. but was taken into ac- ton by the General. It was subse- quently removed from his person by a German soldier who rifled the poe llets of the dead. Some time later this man who was caught In eis ehoulish work, and before being shot handed over this letter and other ar ticles belonging to the dead General.
 The letter was forwarded to our department in this roundabout way,
 and I was put on to find out all I could about Madame, who had al-
 ready attracted some attention by req son of the number of officers on leave from the front who were visiting her salon in the West End. The civil po- lice were watching Madame also, and apparently their methods were
 clumsy, for she took alarm and made an attempt to leave the country be- fore I had a chance of completing the ' inoturies I had set on foot to bring home to her the charge of being an agent of Germany,
 That evidence was soon forthcom- ing, but in a most unexpected man ner Madame had become so reckless by reason of her continued immunity,
 that she had taken to writing long letters to a person in Holland known to be a. German agent, telling Of her
 work in this country, and glorying in
 the fact that she was tricking the au-
 thorities. This she had entrusted to Hanlon in the usual way, but that
 rascal had come to the end of his run
 of good luck. The ship on which he sailed was torpedoed, and his dead