SPIDER OF DEATH.

Grey River Argus, 8 December 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)

SPIDER OF DEATH.

WAR PRISONER BRANDED. AMER 1 <' AN ’S EXPE RI EN CES. Albert Nyßoughton (70), an Am t rican, across whqse forehead was with failing to register himself as an tattoed a huge spider, was charged, at Bow Street (London) Police Court alien. An officer from the Aliens’ Registration Office stated that Roughton called at Buckingham Palace and asked to see the Lord Privy Seal. Me was referred by the police oh duty at the palace to the Aliens’ Of flee at Bow Street, and it was then ascertained that he came to England with the American forces during the war. and had never registered. It was also stated that he had travelled round the world as a fortuneteller, and wa.: in many respects a re markable mai The magistrate asked how Roughton had got the brand on his forehead, and the witness replied that the accused told him that he was branded by foreigners in some outlying part of the world. His wife was a British subject and left him recently. Roughton now said that his wife- wa> quite justified in leaving him, as he was not able to take care of himself, and much less of her. He was brought to Europe from Chicago during the war. and was discharged at Suton, destitute . and without a pension. He wished to return to America, but was afraid that he would be sent back under the immigration laws, as he had served in the British . Army. The magistrate fined him 40/- with the alternative of one month’s impris onment, and recommended him for deportation. Roughton, a white-haired old man stated to Press representatives tha? he was engaged on secret service during the war. According t 0 bis story, he was captured by the Turks while in hiding at hot irons were applied to his forehead, and for two hours one old Turk was employed in tattooing the representation of a spider acro-s his brow, extending from temple to temple.