The Springdale news., 1919-03-21
HOW HUN SPIES
 MET THEIR FATE
T, of Traps Used to Catch Them When Cornered Most of Them Were Abject cowards.

+ions or OPPN
 ..orv correspondent heard dur tha' .ta war but could not write. Ils o+ the war IS over, 1t IS pos .i ;Sle to tell the stories of the deaths sio., .tase agents of Germany who were Ol l4 in the ancient Tower of London SiiOs a tbroughout the centuries ot so ''sns . executions Even yet, details ii,' .to;r careers, the methods by which Ol p,. ' were trapped, may not be told, rre' r,a their name. for reasons l can f.tbom remain in the secret ar chives. ', .L 4a1o ;. tho exploits of the great and mys- .ar;ons chief of all British sleuths-
 aon familiar in appearance and by .antation to thousands, whose very ame is unknown to all but trusted fov who must never be addressed ex- .ant;no bv an initial, who alone of oommoners has the privilege of driv- ;ng through the Horse Guards Arch, where royalty alone may pass, and the ar;y;leoe reserved to royalty that mo- bodv to whom he speaks may address him question Every policeman In cortral London knows "S' by sight and salutes as his ear speeds by, but hava never met man who knew .siso name, or, if he did know, who wonld tell. But the story of "S cannot be told now, and perhaps not in this generation.
 ar I should like to relate a story of fiction that 1 know to be tfue-how blue-blooded, titled, apparently good for.nothng man who stayed at bome' camoufaged in uniform, em- ployed apparently in silly ceremonial jobs to which his lineage entitled him, was in reality a daredevil who single handed caught more than one of the men whose deaths are described be- low This scion of the nobility on one occasion had no evidence against a man he was morally certain was a spy He asked the accused who claimed to speak no English to write on typewriter in French state m,a. of his whereabouts on certain doubtful days
 Spy Is Trapped
 The suspect began to pound the keys then the young aristocrat said in stage whisper in English to an assistant: "We'd better give him the extraordinary torture provided under the secret clause 1 of the de- fense of the realm act for suspected spies. The man at the typewriter struck four keys together and stopped in confusion. His inquisitors were on him like flash. Before he re covered himself his involuntary ad- mission that he did understand Eng llsh was used to wiring from him a confession. Betrayed by the type writer, "C' died one cold morning at the Tower
 But intelligence departments, in peace as in war, don't want them selves talked about. This story must perforce confne itself to the deaths of spies whose operations would afford plots for a hundred dime novels.
 Il was the first spy of importance to be captured in this country. His mission was that of endcayorine to ascertain the disposition of British naval forces, but in the Naval In 'elilgenee department he met his "a'eh, Fl was tried by court maftlal-as laid down by information al iaW-and was shot at the Tower Vi London in 1914 While the last tread rltes were being performed "H" ..inained perfectly self possessed and S''Heed around intelligently while the s,laps were being fastened. When =" was complete he leaned forward % p 'He assistant provost marshal in t' aaise of the execution and said to ta, ferhaps you will not care ~o, snahe hands with a spy, but will you With German officer ?" The A. P. Nj. did so.
 
 M was the next German spy to ps:.. s. HIS death, although he did so at .a aN'Oh Prison by his own hand. A ba s. eo"ardly creature, his death by aanglng saved the authorities the nb;, ,'e oi arranging his execution, days later. p'a'e ie"
 Waiter Easily Caught.
 nana the time of Ms" death Ger many became aware that spvine on n,aa eapio England" was not the simple aMss She fondly imagined. After os ueath more elaborate measures tb.t sp'ohage were devises and for in soa. a' pose the German ministers arr.aa a'" America had instructions to tralar a''se for Latin-American 1neu- un wha. tune to England and pick tho aa' sn information they could At offcarA ane tune several German naval rui'sn pussrs who' it is thought, were dis. ,l "o Seamen manarad , .