ESPIONAGE.
THE STEWART CASE. MISTAKEN IDENTITY CLAIMED. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, Sept. 16. Lieutenant Stewart, who has been arrested on a charge of espionage at the mouth of the Elbe, in a letter affirms that he does not belong to the British Secret Service. He had no plans cir photographs in hia possession.: He does not speak German, and the case is one of mistaken identity. He a'flds that the Germans believe tii.it he was conn ■ctscl with the Borkum case oi which be knows nothing. He cannot >be tried before November. Lieutenant Stewart adds that he has not altered his hooks and papers.
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Waikato Times, Issue 12182, 18 September 1911, Page 5
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104ESPIONAGE. Waikato Times, Issue 12182, 18 September 1911, Page 5
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