The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
LODY DIED WITH
 EYES UNSH|ELDED Description of Execution of
 German Spy GAME TO THE LAST Execution Takes Place Within Few Rods of Spot Where Several Eng fish Celebrities Have Paid Death Penalty

London, November 1s.--(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)-At o'clock on the foggy morning of November 6, Carl Hans Lody, the German naval lieutenant whom the public had come to know as 'Lody the spy" sat in chair in a court yard of the old Tower of London and faced a firing squad. Convicted by court martial of communicating with German authorities to the detriment of England he had been sentenced to pay the death penalty.
 As the court-martial was in London, as remote In many respects from the scene of fighting as New York. some doubt was expressed at first whether the ex- treme penalty would be inflicted. It was said even that. certain members of the cabinet favored life Imprisonment. But Lord Kitchener, quick to see the neces. sity for extreme action with the spy menace so rampant, is said to have in- sisted upon execution.
 Eyes Unshielded
 Ton seconds after Lody sat in the chair in the Tower courtyard with eyes un- shielded at his own request he toppled forward iifeless with seven bullets through his breast. Half an hour later an undertaker's wagon took the body away for burial in a pauper's grave.
 The execution was the first in the Tower since the middle of the eighteenth cen tury Lody died within few rods of the spot where Anne Boleyn. Lady Jane Grey and other English celebrities were executed years ago. All the retainers and employees in tht Towers clutter of old structures soor heard of the execution; in fact, many of them were awakened by the volley and visitors who came to the Tower tha1 day were told of 1t in whispers. Lod, had died game. they said. Throughou the night he had prayed with British army chaplain. and to the last refused to tell for what person in Germany h, was acting
 Nor was it disclosed just what reports Lody sent to Germany. When certain doc uments were discussed, reporters wer barred from the trial room. But thos' who shave read some of the reports pa. high tribute to Lody's acuteness. of hi observation and declare his data form one of the most remarkable exhibits evel brought to the attention of Scotlan, Yard.
 Lody was 8 years old, but locke, younger. native of Berlin. he had tray eled widely. He spoke English with al 1 most an American accent. This. and tn fact that he looked like an American doubtless was the reason he was sent a a spy. He had spent much time her before. but on the last occasion he cam 1 in August, shortly after hostilities began Watched by Officers 1 Clever as he was. the war office 500 l got wind of his actions and he wa
 watched. It was during this shadowin that he insisted that he was Charles A Inglis, an American. Tn this role he eve complained to the police that he wa l being followed.
 He was arrested in October Enelis counsel defended him. The courtmartia was short, and the prisoners span of If after sentence even shorter. He was take
 secretly to the Tower. and not until fou
 days after his execution was the new officially made public.
 l No Englishman laments his death bu
 all the newspapers pay him the tribute 0 dying bravely, like philosopher. He ha
 accepted the risk and he paid the penalty