Former German Master Spy Dies In England
LONDON, May 30. Germany’s master spy of the 1914-18 war, Captain Franz von Rintelen, was found unconscious to day on South Kensington Station, and died in hospital shortly afterwards. He was 72. Rintelen’s name was known throughout the world during the First World War, and he had written several books. He lived in Britain for 20 years and was naturalised. He was interned at the beginning of the last war as a former German citizen. Rintelen, who posed in America under the name of E. Gibbons, was responsible with his spy ring for destroying or damaging 3'2 British ships. Right until his death today he remained a suave, fastidiously dressed character who might have stepped from the pages of cloak and dagger fiction. He was known to his neighbours as a nightbird who went out and came in during the late hours.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 1 June 1949, Page 5
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