Spy's Suicide in Prison.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 July 1915, Page 2

Spy's Suicide in Prison.

u.\ u.\ »i SiiAiij. .i..: .Hitlv'U 'll LUC uWllUwll L 1111 .1 iitui iovjiit. jLYiii-piCiß', uiu itiJcgeU ii'.ua , cuiiiiiiuteu siiieiUo Dy nang nig uijiisai in nis cell at Diixtoii, i'riaon on inujallay last week. liciore ''iking iii.s iue ne wrote on a slate a in ess-a-.'iMiiltiiig luaL lie was a Uerhian jsuiUier, aiiil mat what ne iiad dune lie nau iione lor liio country. liie message was as follow:—To whom it may concern. My nam,is JLvupierle, ne at iSolliligeii a ltastatt j/ii. (.in fJadenJ. lam a soldier yitii rank which i do not desire to mention in regard on my behalf lately. 1 can say LiiaL 1 have had a lair trial ol the United Kingdom, but, 1 am unable to siaiil the strain any longer ,and take the law in my own hand. 1 have hud many a battle and death is only a saviour lor me. 1 would have preierrad the death to be shot, but do not wisu to ascend the scaffold as a [.at this point a .Masonic symbol with tlie letter ' U" in the centre had been drawnj, and hope the Almighty Architect ol this universe will lead me in unknown land .in the East. lam not dying as a spy, but as a soldier. .My l'ato 1 stood as a man, but cannot be a liar and perjure myself. lvindly .1 «shail permit to ask to notify my uncle, Anibros Droll, Solliugen a. ltastatt, i/H . Germany, and all my estate shall belong to him. "What i have done k have done for my country. 1 shall express my thanks, and may the Lord bless youiis all. The message was . signed by the prisoner, and on the other side ol tlie slate he had written, "My age is 31 years and I am born June 11, 1883.''