The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09
WOMEN SPIES
ARE Selfish
Betray Their Friends for Money
Rather Than for Patriotic
Motives.
WAS DISTANT KIN OF KAISER
Nine. Victoria In German Secret po.
lice EmpIoy-Turkish Spy Kills
Self at Ellis Island TO Avoid
Deportation.

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Deportation.
Now YOrk.-That little rOnnnce sur.
rounded the women spies IN the world
war ls shown by intimate bits Of his.
tory Of the more prominent women
who rlskcd, aud lost, their lives 10
gain Information. Money alone seems
10 have been the lmpelliDg power IN
the lives OF these women. rather than
any heroic motive or patriotic desires.
Nine, Marie X. de Victoria. who died
or pneumonia In New York city re.
Gently In private sanItarlum, was
one Of the most mysterious figures
who nrOse out OF the maze OF intrigue
unenrthed by American secret service
agents IN their delvlngs into the plots
OF Count Won Bernstorff. She was ar.
rested In 1918 and In May. 1919. told
q United States Judge and jury what
she asserted was the true story OF he-
life.
Lie Filled With Adventure.
II had lasted only 30 years, but 10 II
were crowded thrills, intrigues and
hnirbreadth escapes almost number.
less. The indictments against her
were never pressed TO trial. due 10 her
III health. A distant relative OF the
former German kaiser, she drew n sal.
nry OF $1,000 n month rs a spy and
lived In luxury.
Mournful was the funeral OF the
Turkish spy" Nine. DespIna Dnvido-
witch Storch. famous for her beauty
and for the diplomatic intrigues Of her
life. which lasted only % years. She
died IN prison on Ellis island, the OF.
fcinls believing that she took poison
rather than be returned 10 France.
Only three mourners accompanied
her body TO Mount olivet cemetery.
They we're the young Baron de Beyille
and his aged father and mother. The
young Frenchmnn. whose infatuation
for the beautiful Turk entangled him
In the web OF her intrigues, made all
the arrangements for her costly fu'
neral. Despina was married TO an
Englishman, James Hasketh. In 1913,
but she left him TO take up her life OF
adventure. and soon was numbered M
the German pay roll.
Her beauty and wit enabled her 10
ensnnre many ofzicers, from whom sh.
learned military plans which were OF
vslus u the German war minisery. The
department Of justice has many Of her
love letters, but the real secrets OF her
life were buried with her.
Msts Hari's Dramatic End.
rn the season Of 1900 an exotic dan.
Ger. Matn Hari, made q spectacular
debut in Partisan circles. The little
Japanese dancer entranced all by her
graceful dancing and her charming
personality. On October IS. 1917. Mata
Hari faced a nring squad ut dawn In
q French prison yard. They fred and
she fell face forward, dead
The real name of the woman was
Marguerite Gertrude Zelle. who had
been convicted of treason. She was
arrested In Paris. February Is. 1917,
and II was proved beyond doubt that
she was a trusted agent Of the Ger
man special police and had acted for
them for decade before the war. She
was known In Berlin by number and
for years had furnished them with
valuable information OF French mil
itary plans and equipment.
In 1914. shortly after Germany had
invaded Belgium, Marguerite Zelle left
Paris for Switzerland. which she said
was her native country. She returned
after a mysterious visit which aroused
the suspicious OF the French secr''
police and thereafter her activitieS
were directly for officers In the Ger
man army. with whom she communi
cuted and from whom she received
large sums OF money. To them she
sent Information on the construction
OF the British tanks and the informn.
tion was intercepted and traced 10
her.
Mata, on being arrested and con-
fined In a fortress In Paris, made 10
denial but stated that her father had
been a German officer and that what
she had done had been for the father"
land. This was false. for II was proved
that she was not Of German origin
but had played the role Of spy simply
for the money she had received.