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Show .,T - . I"..-.-; r , "J i .''' ! i J f. , y ? ,.mh li-A. V 1 -. ' !do "' .''--:Vv I f- ": -i. .:?. J.. Xk - " , lrt -. ,' - .V X i . ' A: .. -.-. v. ;: J . V .- ! a " ': i i.t- . . . . to Sr ' ' in foldier Bringing in. a Russian Spy Disjmsctl as a Peasant and ' i Caught Signalling Behind the German Lines. I I 11 : Masquerading in Dead ildfers' Uniforms, Signal- ing with the. Hands of e Church Clock and Other Ingenious Tricks That yave Been Discovered and ' Ended in a Summary j Execution pHE tricks of the spies and the I hgenuitr displayed by army olicers in fitting them out on :de and hunting them down 0:1 l fc'jsr hare been among the ftost !, i-atic features of the war. -' vxcessftil spy may do enormous Ri to the side he i3 -working -':i-t. For instance, he may in- :wthe position of the command-. command-. Hrreral and his staff, and enable ?:emy by a well-directed volley r:!lery to wipe the headquar-:-Rnization out of existence. 1 spy's work is so much feared one is caught he 13 exe- ( '"i-- quickly as possible and in t l! am terrifying manner. He doe-! !;,!!Ie the benefit of every pos-1 pos-1 doubt, like a murderer on trial Vork. The spy mosf feared 1 '' Med is nat iraily the one who - a;ainst hia own country. . have Dl?i many of these fl n the war. .'. :-iki"? illustration of the fate , ' wets the traitor spy is con- 3 10 a photograph just received Post by the roadside where '"S3 executed. Upon the post is a hich bears the words, .. '"" m large letters in French, ','.;'' traitor to his country!" i ' body was left lying by ;. J "oadiide for days outside the J of vrey, near Rheims, which-, n.f 'r"'' h23 been a centre of the J,f..-fe(Hous "Shting. He was a A'." rar"i hand in the neighbor- ij '- traitor communicated with 1 ','"iim hy shifting the hands , ' l: 3?e church clock, accord--J a code prearranged with the :"s The clock had stopped .' during the fighting and 'fi'-n"1 that accompanied the !:. "tt"lan occupation of the vil- hii,'"'5" tl,ey retreated thev I ! "1 in a 8'y- A v''rit-tcn code ';-(! ,. e Prisoner's possession w": lhe han3 at various '-t-h h, t0 b- a K'S"a' that the na:-v artillery was in the ''on, the f'rench army was -T- ,hat ony a Frenf:l1 Pt- :- i " was 'n the village: ,) b.r"Ch WPre "fi' anoing by ! vV road- anfi thai, the II I,;- 80' "g by the eastern 'il.r!f'"'vc'J J0 francs less ,1 "'1 , ir 'hese service;; . M-Wrdingry movf-ments of "":or ,! u iock attracted ho "a int'sillEent ;.Vf:acb 1:10 s?y waa aciz-t Overwhelming proof of his ctnlt was found. Twelve French soldiers put twelve bullets throui.il his bodv with heartv rood-will, and he was left by the roadsiae in the dramatic manner shown in the photocraph. Another traitor, as related bv the French new snapers. was a French ! Enopnerd. wno led his flock of sneep t just In front of a concealed French battery, by previous arrangement f iviih the Germans. After he had lineered here a few minutes he prudently pru-dently passed on. As soon as he was out of sight a storm of Ger ! man shells fell upon the place where f his sneep had been. This attacx put three French guns out of action and 1 tilled a number of valuable French artillerymen. ! Another French traitor indicated 1 the position of his country s artil-lerv artil-lerv bv mean3 of fires ?X night. Ho vas caught and promptly executed in the same way as the others. The P.ritish have repeatedly declared de-clared that 'he Germans were sending send-ing sple3 into their ranks wearing id - 1,-..,, 0 Execution of an Austrian Spy Caught in Civilian Clothes by tht Servian Army. ; : ' Ch ! . . " l V , mr. ' ' l- " " 4 " - " . V- , - VZ i ) t ",i v 't 1 : - . . 1 r I ; ( - " I Stmt's .. ' , i V 1 - - "r ; - n ' "X- - - , ..1 - . I -it ;.-,., v.,;- r j . ,: ; ' , . v. Execution of an Austrian Spy Caught in Civilian Clothes by th . , :'. V- ;-:-V' - 'i-. .v.-.;. :'i ' ' . -- Servian Army. v . - j.......1' . . .r . .:'.!.'."',. :.-. j..' . - ' . ": : , -; J " J " 0 ' ' .' t ; dnironn- taten from dead British on a darls ml lon t0 behlna . ' 2 ' . 5 v - " , Midlers The Germans have many the BrltIsh llne and B,Snal certaln ' i , l i 4 men who speak Engli h perfectly or thlnS that were happening there , ' ' ; -? nearly so A soldier in a Canadian Of cour e, they were promptly exe- w ''; f " ' . s J Highlander regiment that wears the cuted It hardly need be remarkeo , I . ' , , kilts savs one of their servants that to undertake uch an enterpnst - , , ' ' f t - -5 ent out to observe a German a tni requires more nerve than to ' , - r - ' " ' ' - r 1 trench and failed to come ack face tne ordmarv risks of war I-.- - . . ' .1 . i.:;..';..- :-: V'- ' r i: Thev knew he had been killed or Undoubtedly soldiers often feel . V... "".) - . i 1 j v ' -'. ' ;. ' ' - '' " ;-f. j-.. ' ' .' r , . . ' ' ' ,: taken prisoner. sympathy for a captured spy work- j: ' . " J -- ' '".;'--";. ""'V From" previous experience the mg for his own country, but such are IT - "- ; '-.- -' . - ' - -' V.' r -1 colorTel of the Canadian regiment his possibilities of causing disaster t v! . ' .. V : ' -'.,-..: : V-,.V..'; '..',.:,..'.': v-V; 1 believed that a German wearing the that no mercy can be shown. .-"-.;' -.-! -.- f., '1 r- ' . T- - " ' '' lost sergeant's uniform would soon The aeroplane is an extraordinary :. - - v. , .i ;- . ' .. -,;' : :,.M" vv.--- insinuate himself into the Canadian instrument of espionage. The Ger- : . '.. ' .--- - - ' ' .- '.;:-' ranks. He therefore obtained per- man ofticial reports have recently . . i -,,v .... ij mission to change the position of hie stated that the Allies were dropping i.. . -" -- ;-. . .:- -- - . '. i men in the trenches with an adjoin- spies from aeroplanes m tne rear of i' - ... ' iv.i' --..'1 . -?.r .jr.;.!- --;--,- ... . . ... ig battalion not wearing kilts, so their lines. This would appear to be r ' ' 1 ' -.. .--.'.v ' VV:". '.. I. A': .--. ..-'"'.- that the spy could be discovered a very effective trick, as the Allies - ' j . i v t - " - ; . - -v , r v .. ! more eailv have at their disposal a large number ' - Hi v-- kHV-' ''-'" -ir .;':..' In two davs a kilted sergeant of natives of the parts of France and . i 4' f:V. .',;.'.; . -.i- : ; - 4 f walked boldly up to the trench Belgium now occupied by the Ger- . , V.v-.:. -.-. v : .' v- -.. , '- ' . .. . -'-!( which the. kilted Canadians had oc- mans. The regions from which these ' . . :. "' ;' ' ' - .. - - .. ' r- -.';-...' cupied. The Canadian colonel easily People come are the most critical ' . . ''' 'i :-. . ; , .. "' ' picked him out from the ranks of points in the present military opera- , V "' - -. S - " . : .- r'--- ' -, ' - .- ..A the trousered soldiers. When he tlons- and a few native spies, m- . f VN ' .; ... f ' . . . -was qwstioned it was found. spired by genuine patriotism, mignt - :. S::,--..:;i;'.--"- : , r.' -:"':'.:-:-' -1 strange to state, that he was quite cause serious disasters to the Ger- - - - .' L vv. '!; :. - - . : -: r " .'' familiar with Scotland- hut knew mans. J f .!..-.,.-:,..- ' ; 1. ; - ; -' -:v--; , - - - nothine about Canada. He was a From the military point of view, it V';- il j'- i - : ; V . .-' y . .. I German who had lived in Scotland. 13 a compliment to say that the Ger- - - - f !.?. J x- i y ;, -i";r ' .; :..- : ' - , A short trial and Immediate exe- mans have tne greatest espionage .---.! : - . ;; ' - -v. ; -",! .- ;'" ,,U cution behind the trench ended this astern n the world. Their spies ---.'-..:- V;1 f -v' ,.- ' - j.v ..-.-.-;--v , . i-,.;: daring attempt operate not only on the field of t J 4 ' ' ' ' " ' " ' 1 The Bnt'sh a sert that Germans battle but in the Go ernment office f '-;.....-.- '.- : --y have done much effective spving and legislatures of every enemy ' - . ' . . -5 work in fat automob les Even country and po ible enemy country i ..;;. ., ' K ; - l-. -- v v .. -:--... c :-;-.:-. -f. : .v-i where the Germans were suspected. If only a small part of Mr. Ignatius i.: . ; - . , .' 'j: '-: T:'.' r r v,t s v u . ! thev were able to escape through the T. Tribitsch Lincoin s admissions are j --r . " ;.. ..,.;.- -v- .-. -,-r .-;. c., -. 's, - -. - . ... . ...-.j speed of their cars, borne of these true. It proves the vastness of the I. i ' v -.ij " -"'" 5 ." " "''":"" j cars are equipped with wireless and German spv system. Mr. Lincoln, I- :. v - ... ,i-f- , ,.f --. . 4 ' .. .i- - - A can thus communicate any observa- .h ...... ,,j-.j 1 ' jj . s 1 u . J 1 tions they make imrrediatel to their Wn aa 'en recent1 extradited t : . t ; x j ,- t- ' f '-. 'i f. - vi .: ; '-.i own side, even if they are miles from the United States on a charge j V .... . ..:-' -: ' f'C"'J V' f ..-f l.i. : .- i awav ot forgery, was originally a Hun- ; ,-r --.?-".. J?if$ ; -:;.'".-; v .-j The motor car has figured in many farlan by the name of Tribitsch. He ' i exciting spy exploits One day a then became successively a natural- ' . ,tt' V V ' " ' swift motor car came racing up to lzed Englishman, a clergyman of the ' - , " r , . -I V i 4 ' v . the British lines at lpres In it Church of England and an English ' ... k. I5 were two apparent British uniforms member of Parliament. All these ' - . "4 n, Z. and between them they held a burly things he says he did m order to be . , " J , v ' , , w German officer prisoner apparently a aDle to furnish mtormation to Ger- t 1 ' tw 1 " v ' j'5' desnerate character who was deter- may about British plans. - f . mined to escape or perish m the at- I went to Rotterdam just before - 1 ' - V-.Tr " ' ' mpt The British officers en- the war and saw the German Consul." ; . J ' V . " , - deavored to force their way through confessed Mr. Lincoln. "In due ; ' LiT. ' r- ' the lines in a peremptory way on the course of time the plan I outlined to ' . - v t f- " " grouiid that thev were taking their blm was approved by the German ;'-" . . .-;;:,: . -V-.-, ...." . ' . "f V vs - " - , " - prisoner to headquarters, but a Government, and I was then made a - i; - - , ' . Ot superior ofticer present insisted on member of the German espionage . ; ... r - . , ... . ' . " 1 stopping and examining them. He system. I -;' ,--'-fv ' . ; . . . ? had just been fooled by some other J. was also acting as spy for the .:.- .' -' ' " W. . jC-.-.'.-J ingenious trick, and he was intensely British becret Service under Captain -.- j -f,- ' 'i; ' " -.i suspicious Hall, which I thought wouiu prove an -' ' . ... " The supposed British officers effective blind for what I was doing ... ... ' . . . ; proved to be Germans speaking lor Germany. At a given time two ' " . -A. - -K- '; English perfectly and wearing the or three German cruisers of obsolete - ;,; . .. H " ' " :' -.. '; J uniforms of dead British officers. class were to mane for the English n- - ' .J '- - ', - . .. j. I They had been fitted out in this way c0? f; j , 1 . . . . ' , . ... , . Knowing m advance of this move- -- .V jjv ;- 1 ment I was to tip off the Admiralty, uniforms taken from dead British soldiers. The Germans have many men who speak English perfectly or nearly so. A soldier in a Canadian Highlander regiment that wears the kilts savs one of their sergeants went out to observe a German trench and failed to come hack. Thev knew he had been killed or taken prisoner. From previous experience the colotfel of the Canadian regiment believed that a German wearing the lost sergeant's uniform would soon insinuate himself into the Canadian ranks. He therefore obtained permission per-mission to change the position of hie men in the trenches with an adjoining adjoin-ing battalion not wearing kilts, so that the spy could be discovered more easilv. In two davs a kilted sergeant walked boldly up to the trench which the, kilted Canadians had occupied. oc-cupied. The Canadian colonel easily picked him out from the ranks of the trousered soldiers. When he was questioned it was found. Btrange to state, that he was quite, familiar with Scotland- hut knew nothing about Canada. He was a German who had lived m Scotland. A short trial and Immediate execution exe-cution behind the trench ended this daring attempt. The British assert that Germans have done much effective spving work in fast automobiles. Even where the Germans were suspected, thev were able to escape through the speed of tneir cars, borne of these cars are equipped with wireless and can thus communicate anv observations observa-tions they make immediately to their own side, even if they are miles awav. The motor car has figured m many exciting spy exploits. One day a swift motor car came racing up to the British lines at lpres. In it were two apparent British uniforms and between them they held a burly German officer prisoner, apparently a desnerate character who was determined deter-mined to escape or perish m the attempt. at-tempt. The British officers endeavored en-deavored to force their way through the lines in a peremptory way on the ground that thev were taking their prisoner to headquarters, but a superior ofticer present insisted on stopping and examining them. He had just been fooled by some other ingenious trick, and he was intensely suspicious. The supposed British officers proved to be Germans speaking l-.nglish perfectly and wearing the uniforms of dead British officers. They had been fitted out in this way V INTt PTfCW'- r';J "LvrLC, ' . . , i , ' ,'-' 1 J t v ' . - i . t i r . . . 1 , it t r -i. . v I J fit . k t- a , ' ' ' , , , ; ' - ' v - ' " " l, . i-' J 1? , . - - , , . , f, I si I ; r y i w5 i ' " nl, i ' - - t J ' - st t- f i ? ' II'-, (- ! vj 1 , -i i- " - ' 1 ' - w ' . . V 'V t Is ,. k , m . - x - - r , J i i - - ; 1 " v . - - v ' ( - , v . 1 '. ' ;',: ' ' S'-.y,- . . . --; .-. 1 :. ' 1 ,.- .t-- ''.".'(.-' .-V' .-VvA 'i -i" yiiiii . ' - . j . . . L' ..." .-i . .- "J '"Sfi '" " '- ' '.-: ' i f , 'J " . . .r-" ' 'f ' - ' " 1 a. '- ' ' ' "'' L . - - Drai"al;c l'.'":'.".'"!'1' "r '" v""iri;irv Kxecution of a German Spy Catipht In the the Act by the French fcoldiers. (And Above) How a French Snv. a.Traitnr tO-JL Executed and Left ny the Itoadsidei as a urnin? to Others, st Yerzy, cr Pheinis, on a daring mission to get behind the British lines and signal certain things that were happening there. Of course, they were promptly executed. exe-cuted. It hardly need be remarkeo that to undertake such an enterprise as this requires more nerve than to face tne ordinary risks of war. Lndoubtedly soldiers often feel sympathy for a captured spy working work-ing for his own country, but such are his possibilities of causing disaster that no mercy can be Ehown. The aeroplane is an extraordinary Instrument of espionage. The German Ger-man official reports have recently stated that the Allies were dropping spies from aeroplanes m tne rear of their lines. This would appear to be a very effective trick, as the Allies have at their disposal a large number ot natives of the parts of France and Belgium now occupied bv the Germans. Ger-mans. The regions from which these people come are the most critical points in the present military operations, opera-tions, and a few native spies, inspired in-spired bv genuine patriotism, mignt cause serious disasters to the Germans. Ger-mans. From the military point of view, it is a compliment to say that the Germans Ger-mans have the greatest espionage system in the world. Their spies operate not only on the field of battle, but in the Government offices and legislatures of every enemy country and possible enemy country. If only a small part of Mr. Ignatnn T. Tribitsch Lincoin s admissions are true. It proves the vastness of the German spy system. Mr. Lincoln, who was very recently extradited from the United States on a charge ot forgery, was originally a Hungarian Hun-garian by the name of Tribitsch. He then became successively a naturalized natural-ized Englishman, a clergyman of the Church of England and an English member of Parliament. All these tilings he says he did in order to be able to furnish information to Germany Ger-many about British plans. "I went to Rotterdam just before the. war and saw the German Consul," confessed Mr. Lincoln. "In due course of time the plan I outlined to him was approved by the German Government, and I was then made a member of the German espionage system. "I was 'also acting as spy for the British Secret Service under Captain Hall, which I thought wouiu prove an effective blind for what I was doing for Germany. At a given time two or three German cruisers of obsolete class were to make for the English coast. "Knowing in advance of this movement move-ment I was to tip off the Admiralty, selves to be captured or sunk. This method was to be repeated again, and the trap was set for the third time. "I was to tip off the Admiralty, as usual, on the third occasion that a raid was contemplated. A powerful German squadron was to remain close, hut out of sight of the raiding vessels,' and was either to concentrate concen-trate against the attacking fleet sent out by the Admiralty and destroy it by overwhelming numbers or land troops at some place which we would know was unprotected at that time. "Captain Hall suspected me, how-ever, how-ever, before I had an opportunity to carry out the plans against the British fleet. Early in January he sent for me, and at the interview I knew that I would be hanged as a spy if I did not make my way out of the country at once. I accordingly left for New York." The French attribute the execution of M. Seyler, Mayor of the village of Vexaincourt in the Vosges. to his ingenuity In unmasking two spies. Just before the war he noticed two dentists travelling about the country and treating teeth in the village streets. Their occupation and their habit of working in the open air gave them a fine opportunity to observe the country and make sketches. The Mayor had them examined, and they were expelled from the country. When the German army occupied Vexaincourt the two dentists appeared ap-peared e.s German officers. Rnd, according ac-cording to a dispatch, they caused itte-llavflrjs .execution. |
