ESPIONAGE AND TREASON

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18511, 23 March 1922, Page 5

ESPIONAGE AND TREASON

NTJESE CAYELL’S BETEATAL TRIAL OF ALLEGED INFORMER. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 21. Belgium’s greatest espionage trial has opened at the Hainault Assizes. Armand Jeannes, who was denounced as the informer in the case of Nurse Cavell, is charged with espionage and treason. The prisoner, who was cool, surveyed the crowded court with the utmost assurance. It is expected that the trial will last for several weeks.—Reuter. SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS. LONDON, March 21, (Received March 22, at 10.45 p.m.) The Daily Telegraph’s Brussels correspondent states that the trial of Armand Jeannes, charged with the betrayal of Nurse Cavell and other Allied nationals, is producing most sensational incidents. The evidence shows that Jeannes is a most curious type and a product of modern unhealthy detective literature. He took a mad, passionate interest in police work which was the only thing he did well during his whole idle life. He has a mania known as “policeana”—a new form of insanity. His self-assurance is colossal. He -has a trick of gnashing his teeth which, combined with a malignant circular glance, conveys a sinister impression. Jeannes is defended by an officiallyappointed counsel, others refusing to act voluntarily. When the prisoner arrived at the court, a multitude of men and women howled with rage and bitterness, the police intervening to save Jeannes from the fury of the mob, who otherwise would assuredly have lynched him. —A. and N.Z. Cable.