Iter husband was serving with the
French army, and Lambert, leaving
her child, became the mistress of
Thomas. Bo important a part did she
play under the guiding hand of Thom
as that shs eventually was given a seat
on the benoh of the German court
martial which tried persons denounc
ed by the MLon Informers"
An even worse ease is that of Adele
rVhnslsr. This woman's husband was
rervlng In the French Army, and after
one ef the aetlons be became separ
ated from his regiment. For days the
man wandered around the countryside,
until he at last arrived in rags at his
own home. He was received by his
wife, who, having hidden In a cel
lar, denounced him to Thomas, . and
Thomas had the fugitive seised, and
he was sent to a reprisal camp and
brutally ill-treated. While 25 of the
pang are now undergoing- their trial,
the French detectives are searching
for other known members, who. It
is feared, have escaped to Germany.
Amongst those Is a man named De
moaux, who betrayed Mons. Triquen
aux. It was this unhappy Frenchman's
little daughter who failed to recog
nize her father on the day of the
execution. Mons. Trlquenaux was a
foreman of a quarry, and in order to
obtain money Demeaux "discovered"
a store of dynamite and denounced
his foreman, who, after his arrest,
was horribly ill-treated. In order to
force a confession from him and as
certain whether any plot was being
hatched the Germans tied the prisoner
to a beam by his ankles, and while
he was. thus suspended head down
ward they beat him on the face and
body with sticks and prodded hjm
with their bayonets.
