Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02
D|EO CAME
SILENT TO LAST
Documents Found In His Pos
session Said to Have Been
Truly StartIing-Kitch-
ener Adamant.

London. Special. by NALL: At Z
o'clock on the foggy morning Of Mo-
Nember q, Carl Hans Lody, the Ger
ma naval lieutenant. whom the peo-
pie of London had come to know as
"Lody the spy" sat in a chair in a
court yard OF the old tower of London
and faced a firing squad set to put him
TO death. He was convicted by court
martial of communicating with the
German authorities to the detriment
OF England. and IN View OF the agita-
ton raised throughout the British Isles
on the question OF alien enemies no
penalty but death seemed to meet h
situation.
This is the usual fate of all spies
caueh In war time, but as the court
martial was held in London, a. remote
IN many respects from the scene OF
fighting as New York, some doubt was
expressed at first whether the extreme
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
to see the necessity for extreme action.
with the spy menace so rampant In
England. ordered the execution.
AT any rate, Lody is dead. len sec
onds after he had sat in the chair In
he tower court yard, eyes unshielded
at his 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 II pauper's
grave.
Died on Historic Spot.
The scene of the eXecution-the first
in the tower since the middle of the
Eighteenth century-is but a few rods
from the spot where Anne Boleyn, Jane
Gray and other English celebrities died
by the AK many years ago.
All the retalnerS and employees IN the
towers cluster of old structures soon
heard of the eXecution-in fact many
of them were awakened by the volley-
and visitors who came to the town that
day We're told of it in whispers. Lody
had died game, they said. Throughout
the night he had prayed with a British
army chaplain. To the last he refused
to tell for what person in Germany he
was acting.
Nor was it disclosed at the courtmar-
tial just hat reports Lody had sent to
Germany. When certain documents
were discussed reporters We're barred
from the room. That they were import
ant. however, is generally admitted.
Those who have read some of the re-
ports paid high tribute to Lody's clear
ness of expression and the acuteness
of his observation. Taken as a whole
it is said his data forms one of the
most remarkable exhibits ever brought
to the attention of Scotland Yard.
Lody was about 50 years old. but
looked OUNCE Though a native of
Berlin. he had Travelled widely and he
spoke English With almost an Ameri-
can accent. This together with the
fact hat he looked like an American
was doubtless the main reason he was
sent to England as a spy. He had
spent much time here before, but on
the last occasion he came in August
shortly after hostilities We're declared
With Germany.
Clever as he was, the intelligence
office of the wal department soon got
wind of his actions and he was
watched. 1t was during this shadow
ing that he insisted that he was
Charles A. Inglis. an American. In
this role he eve went to the police
and complained that he was being
followed. This for a time threw off
his pursuers, but the espionage was
later renewed and in October he was
arrested.
English counsel defended him. The
~courtmartial 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 beer
devoting long accounts to his death in
one sense strangely out of proportion
sine thousands die each week on the
continent. But Lody was a spy. anC
there was a dash of the picturesque
about him and he died in the tower
which appealed to the British imagi-
nation. No IInglishman laments hi:
death, but all the newspapers pay hin
the tribute of dying bravely like I
philosopher. He had accepted the risl
and he paid the penalty.