FIRST WOMAN SPY BROUGHT TO TRIAL
TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.
London, November 10,
A clever and accomplished woman, speaking fluent Englisli, and dressed in the uniform of a Red Cross nurse, met British wounded at Carl du Nord railway station in Paris and invited the officers to dine with her. While under the influence of her charm and hospitality she tried to wheedle military information. She also visited the hospitals and attempted to discourage the men. It was then discovered that she was the divorced wife of a German officer, of 'British-Russian descent. She was tried and -sentenced in Paris to two years' imprisonment —the first woman ■spy to be brought to trial
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2305, 12 November 1914, Page 6
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112FIRST WOMAN SPY BROUGHT TO TRIAL Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2305, 12 November 1914, Page 6
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