SENSATIONAL TRIAL
Fascinating Blonde Appears as Self=Confessed Spy DRAMATIC STORY UNFOLDED NATIONAL DEFENCE SECRETS (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph , Copyright). Rleceived 1Q.30 a.m. to-day. BREST, Sept. 11. Mademoiselle Lydia Oswald, aged 29, horn in Switzerland, a fascinating blonde and a self-confessed spy, appeared at a naval court-martial to-day in one of the most sensational espionage trials for years with her lover, Lieut. Jean de Forcevi-lle, and a fellow officer Lieut. Rene Guignard. .AH the charges- involved important national defence secrets. A story unfolded behind, locked doors showed how Lydia attempted to enmesh a young French naval officer, and how instead he stole her heart. It also showed how she deliberately turned the tables on the foreign Power employing her. The woman was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment and the two naval officers were acquitted. Oswald paid a tribute to the gallantry of the French officers. She said she came to Brest to spy, but their nobility and chivalry made her change her iilans.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 12 September 1935, Page 5
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164SENSATIONAL TRIAL Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 12 September 1935, Page 5
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