ALLEGED ESPIONAGE
A GERMAN EPISODE. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London. August 5. The five yachtsmen, who include a 'marine painter, doctor, engineer, barrister and student, photographed the new torpedo shooting stands at Altenholf, and were found in possession of plates with exposures of all the harbors and bays in Sehlcswig-Ilolstein, especiallv of Kiel Harbor. Their explanation was unsatisfactory. IDENTITY OF SUSPECTS. Received 0. 0.20 p.m. Berlin. August fi.
The accused men—MacDonahl. a solicitor, Stone, a surgeon. Roberts, .1 doctor in Sheffield, a well-known city solicitor named Gregory, and, Robinson, a marine painter, left England four d.avs ago on tlie steamer Kaiser Wilhelm. Their eamera,s and papers were rigorously examined. A PREPOSTEROUS CHARGE. Received fi. 11.5 p.m. Louden, August fi. Friends state that tlie charge of spying is preposterous. None of the accused speak German.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 68, 7 August 1912, Page 5
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134ALLEGED ESPIONAGE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 68, 7 August 1912, Page 5
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