CLEVER WOMEN SPIES.
NOTES WRITTEN ON SKIN OF THE \ BACK. -M The Swiss police and Customs office^» make a very careful examination of *•* passengers into Austria to prevent their|X carrving military news across the frontier- ;•,... Women spies are very frequently caugj" The other day a woman with her arms splints wept ' bitterly because the pout* ' . insisted on undoing her bandages and pi*' > ter. The young woman's arm was foundto be quite healthy but wrapped round * 1 ?M military documents. A stranger device was adopted DT fj| other woman who had notes of great nil"tary importance written on the skin <* her back. The trick was discovered ■SB the woman had been bathed by the *"■?!* 1 searchers and the rouge and powder wit* m which, tha -writing was covered washed c— ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16123, 11 January 1916, Page 8
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