SPY STORIES
INTERESTING REVELATIONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, February 7. The "Horning Post,'* in its. spy 'Eltoriei. 'tells how "George Breeckaw, who posed as on American, and was associated with Mrs AVertheim, at-i tempted to secure naval information. After be was arrested and placed in a lonely prison cell, Breeckow lost hi" nerve, and fearful of what thn woman would say. Ho himself wrote a voluminou3 confession, concluding with a nauseating appeal for mercyHe in a state of semkcollapso at the trial, and broke down completely in the execution chamber. The inquest showed that ho died of heart failure before the bullets struck bun. The woman is serving ten years' imprisonment. A' man. najmed Buschman, who was a. fine violinist, was a spy of more manly type. He posed as a traveller on behalf of the Dierkß Company, and eaid hs was selling picric acid. The prosecution pointed out that tbe Dierks were previously cigar merchants. When condemned, Buschman asked, to be allowed to play the violin to solace his final hours. He spent the last evening in the Tower playing, and when led forth to execution, picked up his violin, and kissed it passionately, saying, ""Good-bye, I shall not want you again."
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10510, 11 February 1920, Page 5
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205SPY STORIES New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10510, 11 February 1920, Page 5
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