The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
Another Was Hanged and Many
More Are Serving Prison
Terms.
False News Manufactured So That
Germany Might Be Misinfcrmed-
Spies Were Of Very Little
Service to Germany.

FOOT ponce Is peculiarly made leath
er strap-or, rather, a series of strap
7, for which Madame Tussaudl
doubtless would pay a large sum o
: money.
; It is the strap with which German
spies caught In this country and con
demned to death were fastened In q
special chair at the Tower of London
prior to being shot. Like wise man
the sergeant-major had the STRAP
made to his own design and paid fol
it with his own money. 1t is to him
a priceless relic of the great war.
Germanys Wanted spy system.
ike the overboomed German navy
hardly realized expectations. There
were, it is true, great many spies In
England, both before and after the
war acting on behalf Of the kaiser
Most of them were neutrals, and came
originally from South American
states.
The British secret service resem.
bled it's magnificent navy. 1t did Its
work as silently and effectively, and
the necessary reticence observed as to
Its doings contributed very materials
to the discontinue felt by the Ger
man government owing to the mis-
leading information which ''fell" into
German hands.
Mythical 5arrage IN Channel.
As matter of fact, the naval I'm
telligence department, under Rear AID.
miral Hall. acting In conjunction
with the censor's department, provid-
ed false information to the Germans,
an instance being the mythical Strait
Of Dover submarine barrage revealed
by Sir Roger Reyes.
Nearly all Germany's spies In this
country attempted to forward their
Information by post. But thanks to
the censor's staff 1t was rarely these T
letters, even although written in i'm
visible ink, went undetected.
All spies were not arrested imme-
1iately they were detected. The Brit
sh secret service, ever considerate,
allowed them TO send and receive let
ters and collect information, but it re-
served the privilege of opening the
both ways and max
ng alterations likely to be Of more
Use to the allies than to Germany.
1t is difficult to estimate the value
+ the information obtained By this
METHOD. The Hun, With his profound
isrespsct Tor British fnesse, prob
bly, never win believe that Britain
ould be guilty of such astuteness.
1t is certain that Germany obtained
cry little that was useful from her
pies In England. From the outbreak
+ war the ports were too carefully
to permit Of much leakage Z
Up and down the east and south
vest coasts of England were, how
yer, many "hydros," palatial hotels,
ullt right on the sea, with large cop
er domes twinkling brightly for many
liles out at sea. And the manager
'as often & German.
Eight, German spies were executed
a this country, while many more are
long terms Of penal servi-
ude. For obvious reasons the names
f many never were revealed. The
IMPERIAL government continued to
with them blissfully
that their agents had gone
0 a bourne from which not even a
ierman spy returns. The British Sc
ret service kindly acted as the spy's
equity.
Executed in Tower.
The execution of these spies is nat b
rally an unpleasant subject, but none
he less interesting. After the secret I
rial and condemnation to death the
py was taken to the tower, there to
wait the dread summons in the early
ours of the morning. Taken from
is cell by a party of military police
he spy was strapped to chair in
of the tower. There, fac
ng him, about ten PAGES distant, was
firing party, usually eight men, from
he battalion Of guards on duty at the
line.
A low instruction from the officer
n command to aim at the heart, 9
harp order "Firei'' burst of fame,
nd the crack Of eight rifles had end
d the career Of another Of Germany's
ools.
One spy was hanged at Norwood
scrubs prison; seven others were
hot. The hanging cost about 500.
nd, coming to the conclusion that IT
would be justeas effective, to say moth
ng of considerably cheaper. 1t was
Iecided to shoot all spies at the tow
r. Eight cartridges at three cents
ach was a much more appropriate
Of a German.
OF the female spies much doubt
ess win be written by fiction writer's
4. the future. Like the men, they sue.
eeded In getting comparatively little
Of value out of the coun-
~. Most Of them, neither young nor
Ike the spy o. the story