Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-21
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WHEN. SHOT As SPI
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Fo' .RLv OF OMAHA NIT
.ATH uNFLlNcHlNoLN.
5 .cuTEo IN FAMOUS
OLD TOWER or LONDON
Details Of Execution Made Public IL
America For First Time, show Lsdy
Died eravely-important Documents
Found in His Possession Not Made
Public-Possd a. American

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London. Nov. 2l.-At Z o'clock ON the
foggy morning of Nov. 6. Carl Hans
Lody. tho German naval lieutenant.
formerly OF Omaha, whom the people 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 8
firing squad selected to put him to
death. He had been convicted by court
martial OF communicating with the
German authorities to the detriment or
England. and in view OF the agitation
raised thruout the British isles on the
question OF alien enemies. no penalty
but death seemed to meet the situation.
Kitchener Insisted on Osath Penalty.
This IL the usual fate of all spies
caught In war times. but IA the court
martial was held In london. as 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 tho cabi.
net favored life imprisonment But 40
the gossip runs, that Lord Kitchener.
quick to see the necessity of quick
action. insisted on the death penalty.
AT any rate Lody - dead. Ten SEQ.
onds after he sat in the chair In tho
tower yards. eyes unshielded, at his own
request. he toppled forward lifeless with
seven bullets thru his breast. Hall an
hour later an undertaker's wagon came
and the body was taken away for burial
ir. a pauper's grave.
Death Place Of Notablss.
The scene Of the executton-the l,rsA
In the tower since the middle OF the
eighteenth century-is but . few rooo
from the spot where Anne Boleyu, LAAvl
Jane Grey and other English calohsataGa
died by the axe many years ago.
All the retainers and employees II tho
towers cluster of old structures ooop
heard of the execution--in fact many of
them were awakened by the vsley~-ana
visitors who came to the tower that day
were told of II In whispers. Lody had
died game. they said. Thruout the
night he had prayed with q British
army chaplain. To the last he refused
to tell for what person In Germany he
was acting.
Bore Important Documents.
Nor was It disclosed at the court
martial just what reports Lody sent
to Germany When certain documents
were discussed reporters were barred
from the room. That they were i'm.
portant. however. Is generally ad-
mitted Those who have read reports
pay high tribute to Lody's acuteness
of observation. Taken as whole II is
said that his data forms one OF tho
most remarkable exhibits ever brought
to the attention OF Scotland yard.
Lody was about 30 years old, but
looked younger. Tho a native Of Ber.
lin. he had travelled widely and he
spoke English with almost an Ameri-
can accent, This. together with the
fact that he looked like an American,
was doubtless the main reason he waA
sent to England as spy He had
spent much time there before but on
the last occasion he came in August
shortly after hostilities were declared
with Germany.
Posed as American.
Clever as he was. the intelligence
office of the war department. soon got
wind of his actions and he was
watched. 1t was during this shadow
ing that he insisted he was Charles
A. Inglis. an American. In this role
he even went to the police and COM
plained that he was being followed.
This for time threw of his pursuers,
but the espionage was later renewed
and in October he was arrested.
English counsel defended him. ThS
court martial was short: the prison.
ers span of life after sentence was
pronounced was even shorter. He was
taken secretly to the tower and not un.
III four days after his execution was
the news officially made public.
Not Lamented by EnsIishmen.
The London papers have been devot-
ing long accounts Of his death. in one
sense strangely out OF proportion. since
thousands die each week on the cons
tinent. But Lody was n spy and there
was dash of the picturesque about him,
and he died in the tower. which ap-
pealed to the English imagination. No
EngIishman Iaments his death but the
newspapers pay him tribute for dyinA
braveiy like n philosopher. He had ac-
cepted the risk and he paid the pen.
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