A SPY’S DEATH

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 16 October 1920, Page 9

A SPY’S DEATH

I The death in reported from New 1 York of Marie de Victorica, who was charged during the war whit oeing au important Lnk in the German spy s.vu aM Marie Victorica plac-al the leaning r«.*ie m the trial for -.“ I amu of J&vemiah O’Leary. In June, 1918. Ma lame Mane K do Victorica, who -had, Oeen arrested on April A on a charge of spreading German propaganda, and who was declared to have re*ceived money from u mysterious lieutenant m I lie. German .Navy, termed Lieut. C|oiti manner X., was indicted in a United States court, together w-ith AJberg P. Fricke, Wilbur 1 ,T .Hobin.non, Karl Rodger. John T, Ryna and Emil Kipper, Madam de Victorica and Karl Rodiger were charged with being German spies, and it was alleged that L’odM'-i' was a former German officer who entered the United Nines by- means 4‘ Ouflnn noiJonArf TTo moa m*nn..

-jahly the mysterious Lieutenant- j 1 1 ('umii'iarKl-or “ran whom Madam ;d© Vidorica r • ■ money., Mndfyn pi,lo 'ViciormV .“-no Kur! ilocliatr \ | were foreign o *-. The others, who ’t wovf .-dl.i7.ptls f :!ip United .State

I wore charged with treason. Eyar was a lawyer, of Buffalo, whc I (was mentioned. In the indictment, • but was not. actually indicted, in 1 connection with the plot to blow ‘ up the bridges over the Welland 1 Canal . ; Jeremiah o‘Leary was indicted about the same time. The indictj incuts charged him with the 001 l l looting and transmission of information regarding the conduct of the war, the destruction of piers, docks, and troop transports -with bombs, the destruction of quicksilver mines, the hampering of the manufacture of munitions, the assisting of Germany in landing an i armed expedition in Ireland, the fomenting of a revolt: in Ireland, the raising of funds in America tn fmnnw these onerations. and

she destruction of munition factories and mines in Gfeat Britain. {The indictments also alleged his ; participation in a. conspiracy to ; commit treason, and in a conspir■acy to commit espionage. The seven individuals who Were indicted with O’Leary were charged with complicity in both conspiracies.* Public officials intimated that sensational facts concerning , the relations' of. the German and ■ Irish leaders would develop at the i trial, and stated that O’Leary, who knew the charges which the 5 Government was prepared to make fled before his trial on a charge , }f publishing disloyal matter.