WHIPPED IN STREET
Witness in Espionage Case Paris, May 8. Major .lean Froge, brother of tlie Froge mentioned in the latest, espionage ease, encountered Major Derenque, a witness in the case, mid horsewhipped him in the main street of Belfort, shouting, "That's how 1 treat liars and cowards.” "I swear 1 told the truth." cried Derenque us lie dodged tlie whipstrokes. A policeman arrested both. Meanwhile the authorities are taking steps to prevent a duel between tlie disputants.
A Paris message on May 2 stated tliat a case paralleling that of Marie Louise was unearthed during the hearing of espionage charges in which Major Froge and George Sybert. alias Stanisi-.iio Krauss were implicated. Two Germans Joseph Moeller mid Otto Gies, have already been sentenced to two and five vears’ imprisonment respectively rad banished for 19 years.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 190, 10 May 1934, Page 9
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136WHIPPED IN STREET Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 190, 10 May 1934, Page 9
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