Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-02
CLEVER BRITISH SPY
KEPT SERVICE BUSY
Woman Proved Master Mind"
That Kept the Boche
Sleuths Dancing.
TOLD ENTENTE MANY SECRETS
Disclosed Progress in Submarine
and Aircraft Construction
in Germany.
TOLD ENTENTE MANY SECRETS
ny WILLIAM }. HITLE:U.

i'j:' DcN. Mar. i.-From out the
maze OF thrilling entente spy stories
there looms one master mind'-a
woman.
She is Miss Irene westcrmann. From
the outbreak OF the war th,s mvs-
gus ihau. her welcome guest IN
German homes, cleaned from German
hish officials Information OF The great
est vain. TO the allies
According - the Germans own
story, she obtained and passed 10
agents OF the entente Information re-
SUBMARINES, the latest type OF air
planes and the new gun which the
Germans had invented to deaf with
What the German high command
tNidcht!E ielt most Of all was the Iart
mat when they had arranged for tn.
preparation OF a new poison gas which
MAS TO ne Il greater surprise to the
allies than the nrst gas, this mystery
syE obtained I'll. formula ia some way
ahn passei ~ on TO the allies. The
result was that work vas begun on
a new type .; rcSpirator. and when
the gas was used II proved a Srca:
failure.
she had established very widx con
i;.t,i"n and gave lessons TO, the chill
families in Germany She was a
teacher of music in Berlin before the
war anu spoke German So we'll and
nI.i Acquired the outward appearance
oi me typical German girl TO such an
eN;t 1T mat &c one took her for any
thins ciSc hu. q German
ChENi;RNESS Of WOMAN
DISCLOSED IN REPORTS
brought to light through German
documents found by British author
Ties at ihe headquarters OF the Ger
man nigh command ~ Spa.
Despite price OF 5000 on her head,
the whole OF Germany during Inc tour
tl. t,,,, 4,
and obtaining Information from the
very German secret Service viva rds''
VIZ Va Ne no ofy, ing, 70 "a ptnre her.
mistice--in October, l3IS--ihat the
Eerlin Secret Service got on her track
Eui when they went TO her apart
ment 70 arrest her she had iiown and
is now enjoy ing q wcll-earued rest in
.tnnet Village IN scotland.
SUCH clever agen; of the entente
came 10 the German Secret Service in
ne early part of 1915. when they
we're warned that lady was OBJ
tanning very important, information
ana passing IT 10 suspected agents in
neutral countries.
SECRET SERVICE MADE
ENTI;NDED SEARCH FOR HER
Major Weissmann, ,;erm,ny.s snv
expert. made six months scarf,
throuEhont Germany. but fnally con-
tes.e" iaiiure to locate her. Weiss
mann appears to have been among the
last to suspect the charming Miss
NeSicrman, who was a personal friend
o. ms and actually on severa! oc-
!aslons discussed with him the mys-
i,HrN OF the woman spy who was BAT
nihS me best brains OF the German
Secret Service.
IN one occasion WeiSSmann cap
tured ana had shot two French Secre,
service men who had stolen some i'm
2oriant documents from him Weiss
;,,"ih was rather proud OF his success
IN getting these papers back and in
i'aNii!E the Two spies executed.
ne could not help Boosting about
his success 10 the lady and he evan
showed her The papers She appeared
efeaii Interested in them and LOST
~ adm!raiion Tor the resources and
:k!'! ~ her companion. II was only
when lac reached his own lodgings
mai the major found the papers miss
MS theory was that they had been
taken from him IN the streets and
likely cuipri;s were searched for in
every direction but the real one.