The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-31
ALLEGED GERMAN SPY ARREST.
ED IN PARIS (KY.)

the Imperial German Government at
Berlin, and of being a part of the
gigantic spy system Germany is en-
deavoring to maintain in this coun-
try, man giving his name as Geo.
Majors, occupation soldier, was
placed under arrest in Paris by Chief
of Police Link and taken to the Paris
Jail.
The man was arrested in Paris two
weeks ago by Chief Link on a nomi-
nal charge of drunkenness. He was
tried and given a sentence of seven
and half days in Jail. He told
Link that he was a member of a
machine gun company at Fort
Thomas, Company %, so he stated.
Investigation showed that there was
no such company stationed there.
Chief Link decided to hold the man
on suspicion, and see what could be
learned of him. He was put through
course of sprouts" at the Jail, but
stuck to his first story all the way
through.
Further suspicion was cast upon
Majors after United States Sc
cret service officers, who had been
notified, visited him here and put
him through a course of grilling.
He told them that he had been asso-
ciated with a Captain Cults, of the
army, and was receiving his orders
through him. Cults is said to have
been touring the country for the past
fifteen months in the garb of a cap
tain in the United States infantry.
Majors was taken in charge by
Deputy United States Marshall Fin
mel, of Covington, on the specific
charge of impersonating an orderly
sergeant in the United States army
and with unlawfully wearing the
uniform of a United States soldier.
He was taken to Lexington, where
he will appear before United States
Commissioner Samuel S. Yantis to-
morrow morning for hearing.
The star witness in the case, ac-
cording to information from the au-
thorities, in Frankfort woman, to
whom Majors is alleged to have writ
ten, telling her that he was not a
United States soldier, as he had rep
resented himself to her, but that he
was a representative of foreign
government. The trial of the sus-
pected spy at Lexington tomorrow
will be attended by a special agent
of the Department of Justice, who
will come from Washington for the
purpose.
Majors persisted even in Lexing-
ton in denial of the charges that he
was a spy and denied most vehe-
mently that he was without author
ity to wear the uniform of United
States soldier. He also denied that
he was the agent of any foreign gov
eminent. He claims to be native
of Cynthiana, and says that he was
in the marine service of the United
States from 1908 to 1912.
The night before his removal from
the Paris Jail to Lexington, Majors
made an unsuccessful attempt to es-
cape from the Jail. He had pried
all the cement from around large
stone in his cell, but fellow-pris-
oner who had knowledge of his plans
tipped them off to Jailer Jos. Farris.
Search of the cell disclosed an iron
bar in Majors bed under the mat
tress. How it got there no one about
the Jail was able to tell, but if his
plans had not been exposed in time
Majors could easily have made his
escape.
Papers found on Majors person at
the time of his arrest indicated that
he had travelled a great deal in the
company of Captain Cults, and
that he had made at least one trip to
Porto Rico, and one across the At
lantic on a ship of the Allies, as an
orderly of Captain Cults He wore
on his coat sharp-shooters' medal,
but it was of a different regiment and
had been awarded to man with a
different name.