New-York tribune., 1920-09-12

out error and that he could there
fore rely upon it.
To indicate warships The Hand.
book of the Fleet, by Weyer, was
to be used. Victorica would give
first the number of the page and
then the number Of the ship. For
instance, in the handbook for 1915
the ship Diamond is the 2lst ship
on page 80, and in her message it
was indicated simply by the NUM-.
Der 0oSi' Il
Had Plenty Of Money
Victorica had dealings with Buff.
falo lawyer, and in writing to him
she used a different kind Of cipher.
They agreed upon q certain little
dictionary to serve as their code
book, and then their letters con.
sisted Of numbers. The numbers re-
ferred to the pages and lines In this
dictionary to indicate the words de-
sired. Like other German agents in
the United States, Victorica also
made use Of a prearranged code for
referring to we'll. known locations in
New York where she might wish to
meet and confer with associates. If
she telephoned to somebody from q
pay station and said she would meet
him cat Borough Hall in Brooklyn
at q o'clock" for example, it might
mean that she would see him at a
drug store in the Times Building at
o'clock.
After Victorica's arrival in this
country she was at first kept plenti-
fully supplied with money, and 10
known to have received q great deal
Of money, probably $4,000, from a
German banking firm in New York.
There came time when it was diff.
ficult for her to get money from Ber-
lin through any of the regular chan.
nels. 1t is believed that she then in-
duced certain pro-German Araeri-
can to advance her money out Of his
own funds. It is said that he agreed
to give her 81, 900 a month and that
she received altogether between $4,-
600 and $1,000 from him.
Duped Clergyman :.
One Of the most noteworthy en-
terprises attempted by victorica In
the United States was planned by
the German Foreign Office before she
came here. She made the acquain-
tance of a clergyman at a rather
obscure little church in New York,
and got into the habit of going to
him to make confession. In these
confessions she brought out that she
had vast wealth, and that her fore
most sins had consisted largely Of
spending too large part Of her al
most limitless income for worldly,
material pursuits.
The churchman was deeply touched
by the frankness and penitence she
showed in her confessions and by her
desire to atone for her previous lack
of interest in things spiritual. She
unfolded to him a pretentious
scheme that was in her mind to
build for his church, out Of her per-
sonal income, a beautiful chapel,
which should be so artistic and ele-
giant in design that it would be q
great source of inspiration to all
comers and would do much to place
her on a better basis with the AL
mighty.
Statues Filled With Explosives
After all the details of these plans
had been approved by the clergyman
and members of the executive COM
mittee in his church, orders for ball
ustrades and Apostles were placed
with New York wholesale estass
lishment. Through this concern fs
orders were to be sent to a .Gszn s
Sweden which, Victories explained
was the very best and most skilled
in the world in the manufacture OF
marble statuettes Of Apostles.
The Swedish firm to which she re-
ferred was indeed q famous concern
in this line of work, but the truth
was that it had been bought up by
the German interests and was filled
with German agents placed there for
certain definite purposes. The bal
! s,s.sae7s ana Apostles ordered by
Victorica were to be shipped one as
a time. They were harmless look
ing merchandise; but carefully con-
cealed inside each one Of these Az
ticles was supply of explosives
which was greatly desired by Vic
torica and other German agents In
the United States for use in Destroy
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