IN AMERICA

Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1938, Page 5

IN AMERICA

THE SPY HUNT TWO MEN AND A WOMAN GAOLEff (United Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). . .NEW YORK, December 2. The first sentWces iV 'f‘o'f‘ fespioridge in the Unitedj-States -siiite the (Great War were meted opt n when Voss, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, Miss Hofmann to four years, and Glaser and Rumrich to two years each.

Judge Knox, in passing sentence, commented: “We can take a small measure of comfort ■ from the fact that the Germans, have shown, but little improvement over the bungling efforts of Count von Papen and Count voii Bernstorff during the World War. Puerile and contemptible as this ring was, it is a party system which cannot be tolerated.” He added that the sentences were mild compared with what would have been inflicted if the defendants were convicted in Germany. He also expressed sorrow for Miss Hofmann, whom he described as “clay in the hands?;-of the persons who were flushed with success in restoring German national pride”’ He said that if she alone had been involved,;- he would have been glad to withhold' sentence and send her back to Germany. Judge Knox criticised what he called ‘ ‘the ineptitude of the protective agency which was responsible for the escape of William Lonkowski, contact man, and Doctor Ignatz Griebl.”