ESPIONAGE CHARGE
GERMAN HUNCHBACK REMANDED.
LONDON, February 27. Wilhelm Claire has been remanded under observation, for a year. There was active correspondence with Brussels and Berlin.
Wilhelm Claire, a German hunchback, was arrested on the 20th inst. on a charge of attempting by a bribe to secure a secret naval code. A confidential naval torpedo book was found in his possession.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8367, 1 March 1913, Page 5
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61ESPIONAGE CHARGE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8367, 1 March 1913, Page 5
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