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HOW A SPY WAS CAUGHT .

■ A LADY'S MEMORY FOR FACES. The remarkable memory for faces possessed by Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the .former Ambassador to Germany, has. resulted (says our New York correspondent) in the conviction and imprisonment for ten years of Henry Bode, tho only American soldier known to have entered the service of Germany as a spy. Bodo's career has ken adventurous. Born at Vi ; ilholmshaven in 1877, ho went to San Francisco as a stowaway in ISilOy and enlisted a few years later iu tile United States Navy. After working as a miner at Bu'ttc, Montana, ho went to Klondike. Ho made .£3200, but lost it by Rambling, liodo next married an American woman at Dayton, Ohio, and entered tho Russian service as a spy. He escaped capture by tho Japanese by disguising himself as a womah. He afterwards wont to Mexico and enlisted in Madero's army. Later Bode entered the American Army and deserted from Fort Bliss. Texas, when tho war, brcAe out. Ho worked, his way to Denmark, joined tho German Annji .served undtr Marshal Staekensen, was twice wounded, and received tho Iron Cross. hi the autumn of 1915 ho was summoned to Berlin, assigned to the Intelligence Department', supplied with money, and instructed to report to the German Consulate in New, York. Before he left he made his great mistake. Ho called at the American Embassy, and was seen in German uniform by Mrs. Gerald. On his arrival in Nev? York; in tho character of William Ree'l, the German Consulate gave him SAW, He travelled to Vera Cruz, his instructions being to blow up the Tampico oilfields and embroil tho United States in war with Mexico. .: In July, 1918, to escape arrest by the Carranzist troops, he crossed into California, was detained by tho immigration officials, and later was sent to Governor's Island, wVre Mrs. Gerard identified him. Frank Hall, tho Ambassador's valet, testified that ho was a spy who dogged Mr. Gerard's footsteps when the Ambassador returned io the United States via Madrid.

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 233, 26 June 1919, Page 6

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HOW A SPY WAS CAUGHT . Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 233, 26 June 1919, Page 6

HOW A SPY WAS CAUGHT . Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 233, 26 June 1919, Page 6

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