THE GERMAN SPY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 59, 31 August 1911, Page 5

THE GERMAN SPY

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright London, August 29. Schultz has been committed for trial and bail refused. Mr. Duff, solicitor, and Mr. Tarran, a tradesman, gave evidence that Schultz represented himself as a correspondent of an important German newspaper and promised them £SO per month for their services and ultimately pennanent positions at £IOOO per annum. He asked Duff to obtain information for the Plymouth district and Tarran for Portsmouth, Southampton, Woolwich and Chatham. He told Duff that if he were unable to answer questions he must say so, and that the Government must see the information before it was published, hence the need for accuracy. He intended to depart, leaving Duff and Tarran to send the information. He received money from a man named Tobler at Ostehd, and a cipher code, which was frequently used, was found in his possession.

"TOBLER" FAILS TO MATERIALISE. Received 31, 12.30 a.m. London, August 30. The police permitted Schultz to telegraph to Tobler announcing his arrest, and requesting him to assure the police that the charge of espionage was untrue. Tobler has not replied. Numann, a German waiter, is unable to explain how the letter addressed to Tobler at Ostend came under the cover of his house. He declared that his wife dealt with his correspondence and he did not know what became of the contents. The wife was subpoened, but was too ill to appear. DANISH BOAT SEIZED. Berlin, August 29. A Danish ship's boat has been seized near Kiel, and five arrests made for suspected espionage. Received' 31. 150 a.m. 1 Berlin, August 30. The two Englishmen who were aboard ■the Danish boat, which was merely pleasuring, have been released.