THE WOMAN PAYS.
London, July 2S. A Paris message state that at a courttaartial the death sentence w(ls paggai ®» Marguerite Zclls, the divorced wife of a Dutch o(liter, and a weikinown Japanuae 'ianseuse, whose stage name iviu llata Hari. She had been convicted of espionage. The trial of Mata Hari caused a sensation. She was arrested some month* jijgo on a charge of espionage in comingticn with the IDIG spring offensive. Inquiries showed that the mystical serpentine Hinuu ritual dancer, who attracted fashionable Parisians to the Musee Grimet and leading theatres, was one of Germany's most skilful spies. She was cleverly defended, but the court-martial was unanimous in its decision.
\Vlien sentenced to death, Mata Hari muttered, "It is inip.f.Uble! Impossible!" v
£ : he is now in the same cell at St. Lazare prison which Madame Steinhill (now Lady Abinger) occupied.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1917, Page 5
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140THE WOMAN PAYS. Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1917, Page 5
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