LODY'S LAST LETTER
'.'I HAVE HAD JUST JUDGES." Amsterdam, November 30. .The "Cologne Gazette" to-day publishes a letter written by Hans Lody, the German spy who .was ehot at the Tower.of London, to his relations at Stuttgart, on the 'day before he was shot. The letter, which is dated from the Tower of London, November 5, contains the following passages:— My Dear Ones, —I havo' trusted in God, and He has decided that my hour has come, and I must start on. tho journey through the dark valley like so many of my comrades in this terrible war of nations. May my life bo honoured aB a humble offering on the altar of the Fatherland. A hero's death on the battlefield is certainly finer, but such is not to be my lot, and I die here, in the ohemy'B country, silent and unknown, but toe consciousness that I die in the service of the Fatherland makes death easy. . The Supreme Court-martial of London has sentenced me to death for military conspiracy. To-morrow I shall be shot here in tho Tower It is a consolation to me tbat I am not treated as a spy. I have had 1 just judges and I shall die as an officer, not as a spy. Farewell. God bless you.—Hans.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2357, 13 January 1915, Page 6
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215LODY'S LAST LETTER Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2357, 13 January 1915, Page 6
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