ROMANCE AND SPYING
REVEALED AT FRENCH TRIAL. A FASCINATING WOMAN. DESIGNS ON SECRETS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received September 12, 8.40 a.m. BREST, Sept. 11.
Mdlle. Lydia Oswald, aged 29, who was born in Switzerland, a fascinating blonde and self-confessed spy, appeared before a naval court-martial today in one of the most sensational espionage trials for years, with her lover, .Lieutenant Jean de. Forceville, and a iellow-officcr, Lieutenant Rene Guignard. Ail tlio charges involved important national defence secrets. The story, which was unfolded behind locked doors, showed how the woman attempted to enmesh a joung French naval officer and liow, instead, he stole her heart. It also showed how she deliberately turned the tables on the foreign Power employing her. Mdlle. Oswald was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment .and the two naval officers were acquitted. Mdlle. 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 plans.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 244, 12 September 1935, Page 7
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166ROMANCE AND SPYING Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 244, 12 September 1935, Page 7
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