GERMAN SPIES.
»- THE CAREER OF THE GOULDS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, March 4. The Goulds, who wero arrested for espionage, have been remanded till tho llth inst. Mr Bodkin, K.C., who appeared for the Crown, stated that a letter found in Gould's letter-book, written to a correspondent in 1903. showed that his real name was Schroeder. He fought in the Franco-German war, and visited most parts of Europe as a member of the secret service of a foreign Power. Mr Bodkin remarked that Gould had been acting as a spy in Great Britain for many years. He told a former schoolfellow that he was an agent of the German Government. Letters copied in the letter-book proved the payment of money, and also contained a request for two hundred marks. (Received March 6th, 12.35 a.m.) LONDON, March 5. Mr Bodkin stated that an official chart of Spithead, drawings relating to engine-room arrangements of battleships, also a gunnery book, were found in the possession of the Goulds. %■
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14909, 6 March 1914, Page 7
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