JOURNALIST SPY?
LONDONER CHARGED. Recording Information Likely To Be Useful To Enemy. GOT MONEY FROM ABROAD. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. Photostatic copies of scores of letters intercepted by the Post Office were produced in the Richmond Police Court when Donald Adams, aged 56, a racing journalist, was charged with recording information relating to His Majesty's Forces and likely to be useful to an enemy. The prosecution stated that Adams represented the Dresden manufacturers, Fedor Burgman, and received letters from Hamburg exporters named Eaedlcr, which were intercepted by the Post .Office, ostensibly concerning racing and enclosing money purporting to be placed on horses. Adams in reply sent bonks and other information, including a copy of the Infantry Training Manual, which though it could be purchased at bookstalls, would be useful to an enemy. A photostatic copy of a code, also intercepted, was produced in Court. Adams pleaded not guilty, and was remanded. Bail was refused.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 165, 15 July 1939, Page 9
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159JOURNALIST SPY? Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 165, 15 July 1939, Page 9
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