HOW GERMANY SPIES

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1914, Page 2

HOW GERMANY SPIES

SCHROEDER-NOT GOULD.

IMPORTANT NAVAL SECREIS

'■■ LONDON, March 7. ! M^/fiT^ °oUple ' Frederick' and ; 2Sn£ dtobe of use to an Prosecuting counsel said that there S! Xi^ 011!* that Mould's real name was Schroeder. He hadbeen acting ter had been found setting out his | "£"£ in **»£ it was staij that he r b,^ n.m Germany in 1854, was educated m Englandf arid served £ tne Oermany^army against France for two years. He was then employed in engineering work in America, after-wai-ds_ returning to England, where he patented eky-sign devices with swingd g + letter^ .T^ ese were Prohibited; by the authorities, and. then, unexpectedly, he was offered employment m the secret service. He was the licensee of a hotel in Rochester, Kent, I and was there for five years, up to De^ j member last, and in a heap of rubbish left behind had been discovered a number of important letters. This correspondence was traced to an unknown in Potsdam. Germany, and indicated that GonW had received money in commission and expenses for the; purpose of keeping up acquaintanceship with a good class of people who declared their readiness to "deliver the goods." The. hotel at Kochester was a resort of naval and military men. Gould collected maps f ot the English, Irish, and Welsh i coasts and others showing railway