Espionage Case
SENSATION IN FRANCE j | MANY ARRESTS MADE PARIS, Doc. 21. As the result, of an eight months’ campaign by 3UU members of the special [Secret Service tho most sensational espionage case since the war has been discovered, leading to twelve arrests d of suspects, all of whom were prepared [ e for flight. Much Polish, Russian and German correspondence has been 11 seized. y The alleged ringleaders are a. Rou--0 manian-born Canadian merchant Bercowitz and his wife. A large sum of h money was found in their house. r ‘ The others include an American Switz and his wife, also a. French 8 schoolmistress, who is an expert wirql ’ less fan and photographer, also Louis Martin, interpreter to the Ministry of c Marine, whs fainted when arrested. e .' BENJAMIN BERCOWITZ d CANADA MAKING INQUIRIES g 11 WINNIPEG, Dee. 21. L Benjamin Bercowitz, who was arY rested in Paris, was naturalised here l ' in 1911. He conducted a store, but 0 suddenly closed it when the Great War broke out. The Dominion authori7 tics are investigating his movements 1 du ring tho conflict. 3 ~ - ~ i
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 9
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184Espionage Case Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 9
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