GERMAN DOCTOR ARRESTED
ALLEGED ESPIONAGE FREQUENT VISITOR TO ENGLAND Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ; LONDON, November 19. The ‘ Sketch ' reports the arrest at Harwich pi' Dr Hermann Gortz, 'a German, on a charge of espionage. He is alleged to have Jiad possession of documents contrary to the Official Secrets Act. Before the war he studied surgery at Edinburgh. He returned to Germany on the outbreak of hostilities and served with the German Air Force. After the war ho frequently, visited England, occasionally accompanied by a young and beautiful golden-haired woman, believed to be his daughter or niece, who acted as his secretary. He spent varying periods in the west of England and in places near London. : Early this year he went back to Germany. In the late autumn Gortz announced that he intended to return to England for a few weeks. Ho was arrested as he disembarked at Harwich early; this month. TWO CHARGES PREFERRED LONDON, November 19. (Received November 20, at 1.5 p.ra.) Dr Gortz has been in custody a week. The German Embassy has supplied him with a list of German-speaking lawyers. It is understood that the charge is related to alleged espionage at the Royal Air Force aerodrome at Mansion, near Broadstairs.
Dr'Gortz was charged first, with contravention of the Official Secrets Act, and second, with conspiring with another person not,in custody to commit offences against the Act. :
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Evening Star, Issue 22191, 20 November 1935, Page 11
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