The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-25
nARING OF GERMAN
SPIES IN ENGLAND
,,d ynrI Exposes Ph"t OF D'si'-
ing Tourist" and Women
companion.
SPY FACES FIRING SQUAD
ell. uerthcim Condemned TO Ten
Yrar~ of Prison
solitude.

,,xnpN Nav eG.-.-ln the form
',rg official announcement;
siy,1r n, details IN" censor hou
,,d The lrush pubic on IN" mrrh-
~, october %. 1915, or the 'aSt
Wv, M one ~ the most astonishing
AZ, lr,mHs ~ the great war
'Piu, did ro' trouble 10 disclose the
,i,,pt, ~ ,Yr Distinguished German
n,,,l dFreor who. weeping ana
,.smh,.n. Ike % child, collapsed be
,,,. a.. ,N,ruIoncrs at the rover
Of London.
Mar a.d the censor make any
.t..ro, ,o IN, epy's woman accom-
aur. vh. I'm her despair ana
s..oruuu behind the wall Of an
p,gIl.l r,rM prison. appealed vain
10 tor n-, glimpse Of the man she
,,,tJ d. fore he went 10 his doom.
Thr sunday Express is now able
=, sprf.n the Rtory and tell some
.sirr about the record Of two OF
IN, mos, rrmn~kahle figures In The
Gorulr secret service
tn, man wls q fair complcxioned
d,sh.rr rouue officer from the WI.
tsiof.,,a..r VINO came 10 England
a, August lIli. and posed under the
r,r,a ~ V,a.ndld Rowlands
THO ,untn who was his associate
., e.p.,uler WIS known NJ Lizzie
wsr,bc.r. mo daughter-in-lAw Of q
y,fvrlIl1ci German subject who for
,ctry held on important post In the
british Diplomatic service.
Queen Of Hun Spies.
chc I.I lived In this country for
same wears. aud long before the out
hreak ~ war was curIgCi In inter
rs,iorpl espionage and intrigue. llH-
,is Wcthoim was the queen 0f the
Germ1u secret service. u gifted, 0c-
,ompNynei daring subtle woman,
and when Scotland Yards arrested
h,r urrr steiner. the directing
Genius W the German intelligence
.y.'erI los, ono ~ his most yalu-
ableA ml rc-ourceful agents
Lzzlr Wcrthcim may hc described
a. ne handspring Of German cspion-
are in Grrdi Britain. Her record *
ssnstuon4l and. with Rowlands. she
ven, vi'h.u.an ace OF bringing or
ono NJ The most thrilling spy codps
Of he war
Lizzie Wcrthcim. a plain looking
sallnw- comp plcNioneh woman about
'hlrty-scven years OF age. with dis
tinciish,ng features, shared a small
fiat In ihc UammerSmith road WIN
Miss Wrlles. "a German private sec
rttAry who was recently dcported
II was A. this flat, the top one
IN a large block close TO Hammer
smith broadway. that Lizzie Wer-
'hem received all her instructions
from steiner Sho hlA = hc,vs mai
every week and correspondence
reached her from Berlin Brussels,
Antwerp and various parts OF IIo'-
land
Dressed In Newest STYLES.
In the nclghborhood she was u
familiar figure Her dress was dis
tinctlyc and she Invariably wore the
--latest Partisan models Several times
aveck she rode in Rotten Row, and
once narrowly escaped serious acci-
dent when her horse bolted and cole
lided with u motor car In the eve
ming accompanied by Miss Brandcs,
she dined a. fashionable restaurants.
At certain intervals she left Lon
don and made excursions 20 differ
ent parts OF England and Scotland.
II was only wheh her flat In Ham
meSmlth was raidcd that the police
found mass Of evidence which
showed that she was n very dan
gerous enemy agent
Now for some Of her exploits with
Reginald attack to tho German
Admiralty and was recognized as an
exceedingly able and clever officer.
The German. n.Eovcrnment sent him to
London TO ascertain the dispositions
~ The British Grand Fleet and any
other scraps of naval Information
which mlrh, be useful 10 Won TirritZ
Li1zl" Werthcim was informed ot
his mission and met Rowlards when
ne arrived IN London. Rowlands had
unlimited resources, and was thus
able to sop at the best hotels In
london
Posed ns Tourists. q
They spent their time largely In
moving among naval and military Of
hcers and passing themselves off as
tourists on an exclusion Of pleasure,
made numerous friends.
During tho dav they made leisure
" trips over all the munition areas
IN London and In the evening dincd
At hotels which were trcquentcd 10y
admiralty and waI office officials
It WAS the naval base. such a.
Harvich Dover and Rosyth. which
Nherc the real ohicctiyes Of the pair
Rowlands remained In London
While Wertheim sct out for the
coast She had no difficulty IN
reaching Dover, and while there she
picked up some unimportant details