NEWSPAPERS AND SECRET COMMUNICATIONS.
A CLEVER SYSTEM-
Ifc was stated in the proceedings against Dr Krause recently that one of -the law papers had been used as a cover for seditious communications from England to South Africa.
The method of using newspapers for secret communications is very simple, but by no means easy to detect. The person, sending the message pricks the paper with a pin immediately below certain letters of the text. These pinpricks are as far apart as possible, bub the recipient, on holding up the pages of the newspaper to the light, finds no difficulty whatever in deciphering the words. If, for instance, the 1 sender of the message wishes to say " but," he pricks the paper below a " b," but allows several " u's "tb pass before he fixes upon that letter, and the same with "t."
This system is by no means new. Ifc was brought to light many years ago, not before, however, it had escaped detection for many years.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7319, 4 February 1902, Page 2
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