Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-06-25 | Page 1 | U. S. Indicts 2 in Japanese Spy Plot Against Fleet

Ahr y 5 S. S Indicts 2 in Japanese Spy Plot Against Fleet Fket W SJ aval Secrets Sold To iTo Oriental Officer t Federal Jury Avows former ormer American Sailor and o 0 n e s 5 e efe ei fe i Commander Accused in Startling Tale of Betrayal and Intrigue LOS ANGELES June 25 AP The AP-The The rumored oft-rumored navy y case was an open court affair today with two mener mener men menler ler er er indictment charged with conspiring to furnish United 1 tes navy information to the Japanese government i a i Defendants are Harry Thomas Thompson erstwhile man first class in the United States navy and Toshio zaki identified in the indictment as a lieutenant com of the imperial Japanese navy i Thompson the government nt les masqueraded as a R. naval leer to obtain information then flIt It It to l' l federal federal grand jury returned the yesterday tearing aside secrecy with which navy off i and government prosecutors ave y cloaked their long investigate te o allegations contained in n the read like the plot of fiction They have the II 1 complement of ot routine elements two first class powers oriental savant east cast ast and andYes Yes west vest ting ding in illicit and d mutually prof prof- bla ble Ie alliance ompson the indictment charged wn an selling Belling m iu country's secrets i August 26 1934 when he boarded e 5 U. U S. S S. S Brooks at San Diego th this episode as the opening apter tho the indictment continued ith th this st story ry r Th The Plot Unfolds as a a navy officer Thomp- Thomp tn D a went aboard United States warps war- war ps at San Pedro and San Diego d obtained assorted documents i fa io I books signal books photo- photo phs phs' blueprints plans maps dels dels and information relating the national defense zaki des described in the indict indict- at nt as onetime honor student at atford Laford ford ord university a and d federal in- in said language officer the Institution met Thompson eral times Umes in San Pedro and Los and paid him for tor naval formation The indictment said that on No- No niber 26 1934 informed pon by letter that his month- month salary alary would bo be sent not later an the thc first of each month and quested him to send end him hint the of force tactics scheduled i begin less than two weeks later A gunnery school chool book and navy eduIe of employment were were song Dong ong numerous documents ompson sold to the try rr alleged I Others In Th The jury alleged other ions unknown were involved in ini i espionage I Officials were armed with warts war- war oils ats ts for tor the tho arrest of though hough navy authorities e lief he is now in the orie Both federal attorneys and naval declined comment tOKIO Ju June 25 UP Naval UP-Naval Naval cf- cf dais Js s parried inquiries I today conning con con- ruing ning the tho indictment of ot a Japa- Japa sat eat at Los Angeles for tor conspiring furnish United States navy in- in to the tho Japanese govern- govern tnt nt Jv We Ve lack official information and nce are unable to comment an spokesman said The latest Japanese navy roster Jr wed LOWe ye a a Lieutenant Commander F OhIo was was at present an In ln the naval college at row kIo