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Show Alleged German Spy To Face Naval Court NEW YORK, .March 3. Fe-.ieral Judge Manton has decided in Brooklyn that Herman Wesscls, an officer in thy German navy, charged with having been a German spy here during th war. a crime for which the penalty is death, must stand trial by naval court martial. J Wessels, who wa3 arrested on May 1, 1918, while posing as "Carl Rodi-ger," Rodi-ger," a citizen of the Swiss republic, sought trial by jury In the federal court on the grounds that lie was taken tak-en into custody In New York. In dismissing dis-missing the writ, Judge Manton saidt 1 . 1 1 1.1 jiLViaTiuutiiiiimr n inn 1 in . i r uan "Military tribunals should have pow- , er to try spies wherever found, othejr- ) H wise they may not be subject to trial for that offense. In this great world , IH war, the field of operations brought JH the port of Now York the field of ao Ji, tivo operations." |