Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-02
GERMAN SOLDIERS
EXECUTED AS SPIES
SUSPECTS BY HUNS

AMSTERDAM. Dec Three Ger
mans, including one non-commis-
stoned officer one private and a civil
official, have just been executed IN
Germany as entente spies. The leader
of the group. according to the Ger
man newspaper accounts, was a Dr.
Rcose His associates were Joseph
Schnitzler. a non-commissioned Off
Ger in an artillery battalion at the
front, and Albert Strudel. soldier in
a telephone section in COblentz.
The Cologne Gazette gives the fol
lowing account OF the case:
The enemy espionage service not
only succeeds in now and then send
ing enemy subjects and suborned neu-
trails with false OF stolen passports TO
spy in Germany. but OCCASIONALLY a
German succumbs to the temptation
OF money.
"A German court-martial had to
deal with one of these cases a short
time ago The three men named were
accused of treason. Dr. Roos. who
had been a failure in his profession
and in life. while on a business jour
ney to Switzerland in 1915, made the
acquaintance of a certain Joseph
Kraft in Geneva. whose business was
to get agents for The French intelli-
gence service. Here Dr. Roos was
also introduced TO an alleged Captain
Barrat
1T was agreed that Roos should
CGtfla in
send military and economic informa-
ton to Switzerland TO a covering ad-
dress, Grevilliot, Geneva The infor-
nation was written by Roos in invisi-
Bile ink between the lines of newspa-
pers which were then sent in wrap
per looking quite innocuous in the
post. As reward for betraying his
country. Roos at once received an
advance of 1000 francs and a monthly
payment of 1000 francs was guaran-
teed him.
In October, 1915, Roos began his
activities in Frankfort. At first he
had his own observations only TO rely !
upon, but later he gained accomplices |
in Strudel and Schnitzler. He sent !
several reports monthly until finally
the secret writing was discovered and !
it was ascertained that he was the |
sender. Soon afterwards his accom- |
plices were discovered. All then /
made full confession.
The activities of these three spies |
has done great injury to the father |
land and the army, as the two sol |
diers, especially Schnitzler, who was
at the front, were able to give infor- |
nation. The court-martial condemned /
al three to death. The punishment /
was carried out soon after.
IN addition, it was possible to have |
a number of other members of the |
espionage organization brought to l
trial. The recruiting agent, Josef I
Kraft, and Greyilliot, who received |
letters from Roos at Geneva, were |
ried by the court there Kraft was
fined 300 francs and sentenced to |
three months Imprisonment. Grevil- 4
lot got 600-franc fine and four
months imprisonment for obtaining
IN behalf of a foreign power"
Another account of espionage activ
ties in Germany is printed in a num-
Der of German papers this week 1t
pays a grudging tribute to the activi-
lies of an alleged Russian agent
named Lander, of whom it says:
This versatile and cunning spy, who
S generally described as a man of
education and of an amiable nature.
las been rendered harmless. But the
espionage service of the entente will
ind other ways. Only the greatest
against all suspicious
persons and the greatest restraint and
,aution in conversation can relieve
Germany from these pests or make
heir activity futile"
1t is stated that Lander himself is
/ Swede. His two principal accom-
,lices we're Plammer. formerly a Ger
nan subject, and Hopf, a German.
according to the German newspapers,
he three have been condemned to
ong periods of Imprisonment.