NOTORIOUS SHIES DEPORTED

Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 103, 18 February 1924, Page 6

NOTORIOUS SHIES DEPORTED

WAR-TIME SECRETS OE SCOTLAND YARD.

Adolfo Guerrero, a Spaniard, and Franz Griete, a Dutchman, two or Germany's most dangerous spies captured in London during the early days. of the war, were deported from England recently. Guerrero, a member of a distinguished Spanish family, wais engaged at £'-50 a week.J His special work was to collect information of the sailings of British merchant ships, in order that the U-boats could intercept and torpedo the vessels. Guerrero moved about London at will, never suspecting that his every movement was shadowed by Scotland Yard men, some of whom actually conversed with him in different places. v\ 11 his correspondence was opened, and photographed, and afterwards delivered to him. His own cables were decoded, rendered harmless and then sent on to the Master Spy. Guerrero during this time wooed La Sultana, a beautiful Spanish dancer appearing in Paris. She arrived in London to marry him. She was met by the Scotland Yard detectives, and later confronted with her lover. He was sentenced to death. He made a full confession, and stated that lie was the lu-ith spy tent by Germany from Spain. His sentence was afterwasrd commuuted to penal servitude. Grieste was caught when sending messages to Holland in invisible ink before he could do much harm. -■ s