Evening star., 1914-11-21
.LODYS EYES UNSH|ELDED
AS HE FACES EXECUTORS
German Spy Dies in Tower Of Lon
don Like Philosopher, Eng
lish Admit.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON. November 13-At O'Clock
the foggy morning of November Carl
Hans Lody, the German naval lieuten
ant whom the people of London had
come to know as 'Iody, the spy. sat
in a chair in courtyard of the old
Tower of London and faced a firing
squad selected to put him to death. He
had been convicted by court-martial of
communicating with the German au-
thorities to the detriment of England.
and. in view of the agitation raised
throughout the British isles ON the
question of alien enemies. no penalty
but death seemed to meet the situa-
tion.
This is the usual fate of all spies
caught in war time, but as the court
martial was held in London. as remote
in many respects from the scene of
fighting as New York, some doubt was
penalty would be inflicted. 1t was said
even that certain members of the cabi-
net favored life Imprisonment. But, so
the gossip runs, Lord Kitchener, quick
with the spy menace so rampant, in
sisted upon the death pelanty.
His Eyes Unshielded.
At any rate, Lody is dead. Ten sec
onds after he sat in the chair in the
rover court yards, eyes unshielded at
MS own request, he toppled forward
lifeless with seven bullets through his
breast. Half an hour later an under
takers wagon came, and the body was
taken away for burial in 4 pauper's
grave.
The scene of the eXecution-the first
in the Tower since the middle of the
eighteenth century-is but few rods
Lady Jane Gray and other English
celebrities died by tn axe many years
ago.
All the retainers and employees in the
Towers clutter of old structures soon
heard of the execution-in fact many
of them were awakened by the volley-]
and visitors who came to the Tower
that day We're told of it in whispers.
Lody had died game. they said.
Throughout the night he had prayed
with u British army chaplain. To the
last he refused to tell for what person
In Germany he was acting.
Reports Kept Secret.
Nor was 1t disclosed at the court
martial just what reports Lody had
sent to Germany. When certain docu-
ments We're discussed, reporters were
barred from the trial room. That they
We're important. however. is generally
admitted. Those who have read some
of the reports pay high tribute to
Lody's clearness of expression and the
of his observation. Taken as
a whole, it is said that his data forms
one of the most remarkable exhibits
ever brought to the attention of Scot
land Yard
Lody was about thirty-five years old,
but looked younger. Though a native
of Berlin, he had travelled widely, and
he spoke English with almost an Amer
ican accent. This. together with the fact
doubtless the main reason he was sent
to England as spy. He had spent
much time here before, but on the last
occa sion he came in August, shortly
before hostilities were declared with
Germany.
His Actions Are Watched.
Clever as he was, the Intelligence de-
partment of the war Office soon got
wind of his actions, and he was watch
ed. 1t was during this shadowing that
he insisted that he was Charles a. In
gIis, an American. In this role he even
went to the police and complained that
he was being followed. This for a time
pionage was later renewed and in Oc-
tober he was arrested.
English counsel defended him The
court-martial was short; the prisoners
span of life after sentence was pro-
nounced was even shorter. He was
taken secretly to the Tower, and not
until four days after his execution was
the news officially made public.
Whether relatives will make any at
tempt to claim the body is not known
here. The London papers have been de-
voting long accounts to his death-in
one sense strangely out of proportion,
since thousands die each week on the
continent. But Lody was a spy, and
there was q dash of the picturesque
about him, and he died in the Tower,
which appealed to the British imagina-
tion.
No Englishman laments his death. but
all the newspapers pay him the tribute
of dying bravely, like a philosopher
He had accepted the risk and he paid