PARACHUTE CASE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1940, Page 5

PARACHUTE CASE

CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN IN IRELAND APPEARANCE BEFORE MILITARY COURT. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. DUBLIN, May 26. A woman whose husband is believed to be in Germany was charged under the Emergency Powers Act at a special military court in connection with the parachute case. In asking that the accused should be remanded in custody, the prosecutor alleged that in addition to the parachute and other military matter, the police discovered certain articles of men’s clothing. The evidence would show that these were recently purchased by the accused, who had actively assisted in a conspiracy to prevent the apprehension of a person who had committed a most serious offence affecting the safety of the State.

An open used parachute, together with a radio transmitting and receiving set, and military equipment of German origin were found by the police' in a house in County Dublin on the night of May 22. The police also found documents and maps referring to Irish harbours, aerodromes, roads, and bridges, and the disposition of the defence forces, a secret code, and a box containing 20,000 United States dollars. The occupier of the house allegedly made a statement saying that a stranger came to the house on the night of May 19 and asked to be accommodated for a short period. The stranger disappeared on May 22.