COUNTESS TO DIE

Grey River Argus, 12 May 1934, Page 5

COUNTESS TO DIE

A GERMAN SENTENCE Sensational Spy Case (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received May ]] at 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN. May 11. A secret Military Tribunal has sentenced to death Baroness Benita V<»n Berg, and has sentenced Caplain Georg Von Sosnow.sk i to Iwenlv years’ on of military espionage. The German press ignores the ease, though it was the sequel to the most sensational post war spy case. Baroness Benita Von Berg is a fascinating society woman, and a member of the llohenzollern entourage. Her husband was a distinguished Russian air ace in wartime.

C'apt. Von Sosnowski is a brilliant Polish soldier, who has been social’y prominent in Ber'in. a nd is a wellknown racehorse owner and motorist The Captain and the Baroness anl scores of others who are well-known in theatrical film circles, were arrested in February on charges of espionage, for Poland. Germany’s newest ally. The majority of those arvested, however, were released.