ESPIONAGE CHARGE.
ARREST IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Nov. 19.
The Sketch reports the arrest at Harwich of Dr. Hermann Gortz, a German, on a charge of espionage. He is alleged to have had possession of documents contrary to the Official Secrets Act. Before the war Dr. Gortz studied surgery at Edinburgh, but he returned to Germany on the outbreak of hostilities, and served with the German air force. After the war he frequently visited England, occasionally accompanied by a young and beautiful golden-haired woman, believed to be his daughter or niece, who acted as his secretary. He spent varying periods in the west of England, also at other places near London. Early this year lie went back to Germany. In the late autumn Gortz announced that he intended to return to England for a few weeks. He was arrested as he disembarked at Harwich early this month.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 303, 20 November 1935, Page 8
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146ESPIONAGE CHARGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 303, 20 November 1935, Page 8
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