LATE SPY'S LAST LITTER.
RESIGNED TO HIS FATE
"I SERVED MY COUNTRY." ANOTHER MAN'S PASSPORT. (Received November 15, 7.30 p.m.l Washington, November 14. Carl Lody, the German naval officer who was convicted of acting as a spy in Great Britain, and who was shot last week, wrote to a friend in Omaha from the Tower of London. He stated that he was prepared to make a clean breast of the whole business, but that he must protect his friends in the Fatherland and avoid humiliation to those near and dear to him. In the course of the letter Lody said: —" You may have an opportunity to say a word to some of those in whom I still feel an interest. Ask them not to judge me harshly when they hear of me again. Doubtless my body will be placed in concrete beneath this old tower, or my bones made into a pyre, but I shall have served my country. Maybe some historian will record me amongst some of the despised war victims." After referring to the visits of his spiritual adviser, Lody added: — Doubtless my demise will be heralded as that of a spy, but I have the spiritual consolation that others have also suffered, and I must accept the award of fate." Mr. W. J. Bryan, American Secretary of State, is investigating a statement made by Charles Inglis, of Chicago, as to how his passport came into Lody's possession. The passport was submitted t the German Foreign Office for en dorsement, and it disappeared. The Foreign Office declared that it was unable to trace it, and Inglis was obliged to secure another passport. It is believed that the original was handed to Lody.
Lody, who also -went by the name of Charles Inglis, was arrested at Killarney a few weoks ago on a charge of attempting to convey military secrets to Germany. By means of an American passport, he travelled extensively in Great Britain, and for some time he had been watched by the authorities. He claimed to be a citizen of the United States, but subsequently confessed that he was a German naval officer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15767, 16 November 1914, Page 8
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356LATE SPY'S LAST LITTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15767, 16 November 1914, Page 8
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