SPY'S MISSION FAILS
DETAILS OF FRENCH CRUISER SOUGHT (Received March 5, 7 p.m.) LONDON, March 4. The Brest correspondent of the •'Daily Mail" says that Lydia Oswald, a beautiful blonde and_ an accomplished linguist. has been arrested on a charge of espionage. She confessed to the police that she went to Brest to captivate Count de Forceville, an officer of the newest cruiser, La Gulissonniere. to obtain for a "foreign power" the secrets of the cruiser's construction, but fell in love with her victim. She said she was paid money for this mission, but could not carry on the scheme. The pair were arrested when on the way to Paris. Count de Forceville says he will marry the spy ;
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21415, 6 March 1935, Page 11
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