Show I BLONDE LAY LADr HEED HEADED HUNS HUNS' SPIES SPIE IN FRACE FRANCE Testimony nony at Trial of Aged Traitor Shows ShOTS Woman Directed Espionage Hr Ily lT Int International News Neim Service Lillo Lio Jan 31 a. Admissions made beCore be- be tore fore a c martial court urt hero here b by a a Frenchman French French- Fench- Fench man named Blanquart accused of ot in intelligence In- In with irith the tho enemy have re reVealed revealed 10 re- re the existence all al through th tins the war of or a a. German espionage e center near Antwerp the time directing spirit o of of which was waR a woman Her Identity ha has not yet ct been absolu absolutely established but t. t enough h hIs Is known to make certain that she he was tho daughter or the niece of oC Gen Gen- oral Von Yon Heinrich former German governor gov SO of Lute Lille Ile She is referred to in tn all aU the tho testimony before beCore martial court as The Tho Biondo Blonde Iad Lady Endowed with wih extraordinary beauty gifted wih with unusual intelligence and charm this m mysterious woman was picked out carl early in the war ar by the time I German ep spy bureau as s oJ one of or th the most 01 ot its IS Her work was centered in a f chateau near tho the Great Belgian port where sho she beg began n her activities ac nc- soon after the occupation of oC that city in the fall CaU of or 19 1914 4 Blanquart was one of ot her principal workers Inside in inside inside In- In side the time French frontier according to te tho the charge charte made mac against him by Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Vernier president of the tho court court- martiaL martaL In Environ Environs n of Antwerp Captain Vernier in his preliminary examination of oC the man tried to ob obtain tain from Blanquart precise Indications Indications Indica tons of ot the location of ot the chauteau The alleged SP spy however declared ared tha that 1 although ho visited the time place man many an times in the tha course CUrse of or his work worl ho is unable unable to tell teU exactly when It Is except that the thc th chateau is In tin thi environs of ot Antwerp Every ery time he had occasion to g Jr gc to tho the spy center Blanquart asserted he was as blindfolded an and moreover tIm th curtains of ot the tho automobile which trans tuns transported transported ported him and his guides were care carefully carefully cre cretul tul fully pulled down own so that ho could no noCO see CO the road which they followed followed- No Nobody o bod body was ever admitted to the chatea except pt at nt night Questioned regarding the Interior o 0 othe time the place Blanquart described it as perfectly organized office with wih a lar larg staff taCt of ot secretaries clerks clerics translator women omen stenographers and t typists al al ai alunder under the time general direction of ot Germa staff star officers There Thero were an and telephone systems and abc en e powerful wireless plant was c on the roof of ot the chateau Blanquart who is G 63 65 years c rs old oM wa asked how ho came to betray hl his wa try and enter Into the service o of th tim German espionage e. e Plenty of r Gold raid She gave gaC me mc gold gol he said said- lot lotof lotof of oC gold When I 1 was as presented entel I t her hel The Blonde Lady showed mo mc 10 sack filled tied with wih gold old coins She too a. a a handful and spread the tho coins on th tb table Then she emptied empted another sma ama sack letting the monc money tall fall al all al ow OV tho the carpet She filled that sack agal agai azal and handed It I to me saying This his for tho the present If It I you OU Oo do o your OUr wor won well wel you ou can have the big sack thou thought ht it was an cas easy wa way to get get rich so I accepted accepted Blanquart maintains ho however th tho he S' S gave gue ve no Information to tho the Germans Ger Ocr Germans mans that ho merely took the mone monc from the time Blonde Lad Lady and deceive e her regarding the Information ho he con COl When hen Captain Verner aske him whether nil all al time the Frenchmen acc se accuse of oC aiding the enemy there enemy there are a or more on trial before this mar court-mar accepted Hal accepted monc money ho said saId some sonic c them were captivated b by the time woman beauty beaul and nee needed ed no other As for me ho ad added ed Im 10 too to old so sue she offered me sod god Jod |