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Show GE11-IE1IG1 1 IN JSI1J EiGLID Anton Kuepferle Awaits Trial in London on Charge of Espionage LCTXDN April 10 2 30 p m Anton Kuepferle who was recently ar rested by the British authorities and is be ng held for trial on the charge of esp onage says he was born in Ger many m 184 and that he became a naturalized American c t zen m Brook lyn m 191 He also says that when n America he was a salesman Kuepferle be ng md gent the crown has des gnated the attorneys for the Amer can consul general to detend him These attorneys are the ones who de fended Carl Bfans Lody a German lieu tenant who had lived in New oik and Omaha and who was executed m the Tower of London after ha mg been found guilty by a court-martial on charges of having communicated with the enemy Kuepferl9 is charged w th ha ing written and s gned his own name o many letters to persons on the out nent conveying information concern up the movement of British troops Th information is alleged to have bee written with invisible ink between th lines . NEW YORK, April 10 Anton Kuep f erle awa ting trial n London on a ' charge of esp onage may be the ma known by that name who left Brook lyn five months ago for London, af tell ng h s acquaintances and tr e that he "was going into business in Lo don August Schlosser a relative of h Anton Keupferle known n Brook j said he was abont SO a bachelo a well to do He was born in Baden G many and became naturalized abo four years ago He was in the wool b smess m this city until he eft t London about five months ao Schlosser sa d the United States g eminent would be asked to look af his relative s interests |