SOVIET SPY HUNT
MOKE DEATH SENTENCES
(Received 26th Sept., 1.30 p.m.)
LENINGRAD, 25th Sept. Four Russians, accused of espionage on behalf of the 1 British, were sentenced to death, and a fifth to ten years' imprisonment. The prosecuting counsel was wildly applauded when he declared that the prisoners, acting on the
instructions of Captain Ross,.supplied most valuable, information to the; Polish and Finnish, leaving the espionage , departments, receiving in exchange bombs, visas, and money, with which 'they plotted and participated in'terrorist acts. ' ■-. ■-
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 75, 26 September 1927, Page 10
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