ALLEGED ESPIONAGE
TWO SOVIET AGENTS.
ACTIVITIES IN BRITAIN.
On! A SUPER-SPY.
(Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 16. The Attorney-General (Sir Douglas Hogg) prosecuted at the Old Bailey at the trial of McCartney and Hansen, on charges of espionage on behalf of the Soviet-
Sir Douglas said that McCartney was an Englishman who had been in Russia’s pay from March to November, in ■1927. Russia was responsible for instigating this conspiracy. Hansen was a German student and McCartney’s superior. If what Hansen told Monkland was true, Hansen was Russia’s superspy. Monkland, cross-examined, admitted that he knew McCartney for three years. He was also aware that Macartney had been in prison.
It is alleged that Hansen and McCartney approached George Monkland for information regarding the shipping of arms to Esthonia and Lithuania, and Monkland informed the Admiralty.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 82, 17 January 1928, Page 5
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