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An exquisitely carved white coffin containing the body of Madame
Despina Davidovitch Storch, the most romantic spy suspect America has yet known, was placed in a vault on the east slope of Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, -Queens, yesterday afternoon. Thus was drawn the curtain on a life which in
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Turkish Beauty led a "butterfly existence". She frequented "social affairs", adding new and important admirers to the long list of her suitors.
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Paul Storch when she was 17 years old. Though they later divorced, their former marriage created a peculiar situation due to Paul's service in the French army while his ex-wife was suspected of spying for France's enemies.
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Turkish spy suspect entangled him in the web of her intrigues, wept silently and cast a last look upon the vault as he was led back to the car." The service was held in a
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Despina Storch was a frequent guest at parties due to her remarkable beauty, a fluency in French and her dancing skill. At many parties she had no difficulty getting in contact with military officers who served for
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at age 23. At the time of her death the authorities believed that she died of natural causes, but some publications later indicated that she could have bitten on a poisoned capsule.
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held for a Madame Storch in a New York bank. It was said to contain important correspondence, with notable people from around the world, some of which was coded.
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authorities to suspect that Madame Storch was a spy. She traveled the capitals of the world frequently changing her name: "In
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twenty three years knew more diplomatic intrigue than even the popular fiction spy heroine is given by
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