Show ARREST CLOSES LONG SPY HUNT SPOKANE Wash Aug 27 F JP Kurt Kurt Frederick Ludwig accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac by the government in a aNew aNew aNew New York Indictment of violating violating violating violat violat- ing the federal espionage act was in the Spokane county jail Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- in lieu of bond awaiting a a. preliminary hearing September 11 Trailed across the country by bythe bythe bythe the federal bureau of investigation tion Ludwig was plucked from froma a westbound motor bus Saturday at Cle ale Elum and brought here Tuesday for arraignment He pleaded innocent to a charge of being a fugitive from justice District Attorney Lyle Keith said the complaint against LudWig Ludwig Lud Lud- Wig carried a double charge unlawfully charge unlawfully using the mails malls in Vf violation latIon of ot the act and the transmission of matter vital vitalin vitalin Vitall l in l national l defense He said the I maximum penalty was five years and a fine of on the first count and 20 years on the second Specifically he said Ludwig was accused of sending to a foreIgn foreign for for- eign power Information on the strength equipment and distribution distribution distribution tion of the army The foreign power was not named Keith said Ludwig claimed United States citizenship but had spent most of his life in Germany I returning to this country in 1940 1910 i |