ARRESTED IN BRAZIL
FORMER NAZI CONSUL ESPIONAGE & SABOTAGE CHARGES. REPORTER ALLEGEDLY CORRUPTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) PERNAMBUCO (Brazil), May 25. The police today reported the arrest of Karl von Steinson, a former German Consul, for alleged espionage. The police said they had found records of payments for espionage activities, including 75 dollars monthly to a reporter for ship data on arrival. It is alleged that the reporter received 500 dollars to sabotage an Army plane, resulting in an accident in which a military pilot was seriously injured. The reporter had free access to an aerodrome.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1942, Page 4
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