GERMAN ESPIONAGE.
gENTENCE OF A SOLDIER.
j>ONEY WANTED TO MARRY.
■v-PLANS SOLD TO RUSSIAN.
fir Telegraph—Press Association—
(Received July 15, 11.30 p.m.)
: Berlin, July 15. A cOURT-martial has sentenced Sergeant Pohl to 15 years' penal servitude, 10 years' deprivation of civil and military rights, and dismissal from the army for espionage. Sergeant Fold's salary amounted to £84 P er annum. He was employed Upon clerical work at the military engineer headquarters, and thus had access to the plans. Desiring money, with a view to marrying, he sold the plans of Pillan fortress to Colonel Basaroff, of the Russian Embassy, for £25. Colonel Basaroff asked for the plans of the fortifications at Heligoland and Borkum. Sergeant Pohl secured sketches, and arranged a meeting, but was arrested in the interval.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15662, 16 July 1914, Page 7
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