SPY TRAPPED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3329, 6 November 1919, Page 3

SPY TRAPPED.

W().\l_l~JN *8 FATAL ERROR. How :1 beautiful young woman caused the umnzlsking of the German spy, Count Lllxblll'gfl, who earned infamy as the author of the spurlos versenken (sink without leavinvgfi trace) policy for [.'»boats. is revealed by the leading Al-gelliille,jrmrna.l “141 I\*:l<=.io=l." of Buengs .~\_vros, whose informant :15sumes the name of “Bishop.” -C'ount‘ Lnxburg“ was The German (Tharge d’Afft'airs at Buenos Ayres, and his n..<si.<‘rallt.,- whose arrest is also <-ft'ec.led, was Count Utto Von Dinke—lage, who filled a minor post in the (‘u~.rm:md l'.ega.tion in the same city. The most. important part of the account refers to the manner in which Von Dinkelage, under the name of Wilson, and calling himself a British sllbjocf_. succeeded in leaving Buenos .-\_yrc-s and. in reaching New York, there to act as a German spy. .-\‘r'ter staying at San Antonio “\7.Vilson” went. to Chicago. followed by detectives.

“\Vilson’s” love of ostentation was his undoing. One day an agent inseullled pm'nlanen’rly af the post Office mrlvwl ihut a pai'tie.lil:ll']y _well—dl'essed mun \\'ithdi'C\v from his pocket :1 wallen“ fillv.-<1 wit"h “yollowbacks.” He iememberod the description of th~ nmeh~wzmfed “Wilson,” and spoke to him_ “‘\Vil.<oll” gave hiinself away cmnplei'el_y. Me was arrested and takon to the .Tllstiei:ll'y. “Bishop” was enti-u.sted with this task, Hg bocaino a leading light in G-3l'llllllliC propagandzl. cil'cles._ Spear}iiig money lavishly, he. selected his gmiesrs among those siispccted of pro(‘r«‘rn;:misnl. Finally, at a banquet. he xms nrrestcd with great eelnt. “P.i.<}mp” was conducted to Ellis Isizllid, whither previously “Wil.<'ml” had been interned, and was waiting; a stlrgieal operation at the camp hospital. ;\.t.slnnl»ng illness. '4“Bishop” was also 5011'; to the hospital, {lll;i.i:‘\,' a:'i‘:nn;:enlcllt was given :1 bed next (‘0 “Wilson.” -’

\~\'i‘«,hmlt nl‘ousin_: suspicion, “Bishop" wol‘ked in a skilful “f’colol-” as to__lmw the dispatches were bo_inf_>; tl'ail§lllitfod from Bucnos Ayres to~Berlin. and obtained 21 conf’osSion Hmf Very foxv wm'o writ by wireless. the

grvut majority lwving br-Mvn. transmitted by moans of on«1o to}og‘l'anls fhx'oug‘h neutral logaticms in Buonos A.yro.<. NO. tiglo was 10st in .<oclll'ing' copios of't‘llL(’>se telogl'zlllls;.bLlt the rode romaillod :1 comple’to puz'/.10. ’ ]'nstructio.ns"h:ld been given flm’.r “Bishop” Should ans\'\‘ol' any t:\l<~p}nonv calls for “Wi].<:on.” Two days before an arnmged escape for the spy :1 womulfly \'nico- called for “*‘Wilsoll.”

“Bishop” alls\\'oz'ed the fo](~plmne, at the time insh'uc:’ring_>; the Dopni'tment of Justice to discover whcrice fll(‘__:Qdl‘i (31113.-n{l‘CC‘('l,‘ and al'v'os/r the spnal<:H43l’. skilfully engaged the woman ’i.l:lL_-oE‘,oll\’~ol'S{ifiOll for eight minutes, (‘|i.lil'il}‘g';.\\']ii(e}l the police in a f:lstinnl'nl' cap‘ had arrived at the place where the E;xfoni_a}ii was speaking. Q h\;_;¢l‘e:ull was heard by “Bishop” th_roug'h .f-he t—:*lo’phonn,, and immedi:3t'ol_\' .'_lf'tol's\'2ll'ds the gmfi.’ Voice of a plain ciothes man advised him tthaf ‘l'h'o“é’l’ri-nst had’bon effected. The woLll‘illl’.(i'(‘l‘{li!lCd was found to he a gov--orllb'§s in a well-known American :i’|f{ll)il.;”_V, and very bc-aiififul.

She collfcsscd (says the “Daily hTnil"’ in quoting’ tho :<fo~r_y) that she know""A‘Wi]son.” and had occupied a Haj \\7ith him shortly bofol'e his ar--1-o:.:;'t; also, that she had :1 ‘rrunk holotxgfiug to him, \\‘hi<:h he had lvff in hm‘ C£Ll‘(‘, pondin_«_r his rvinrn. A fmv nlimlfi‘.~§ l:1h\1' JOl-.w‘rivo<: searcher? fhc -fiaflfiéxld found the xnuch~\v:=.nfz)d 0060.