Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-12-13 | Page 1 | U. S. Convicts 14 as Operators in Fantastic Nazi Spy Ring

U. U S. S Convicts 14 as Operators In Fantastic Nazi Spy Ring NEW YORK Dec 13 AP The AP-The The conviction of 14 tight-lipped tight accused of supplying military information to Germany of the most Saturday capped the governments government's drive against one operated fantastically spy rings in recent history n Against a backdrop of the theold day day- old war between the two countries trial ended early the weel 14 long week long Saturday with a comparatively speedy verdict A jury of nine men and three women deliberated only eight hours before finding the 14 guilty on both counts of an in indictment indictment in- in charging conspiracy to avoid registering as German government gov gov- agents and conspiracy to deliver to the nazi government vital vita American defense secrets The verdict carried a maximum sentence of 22 years Federal Judge Mortimer W. W Byers said he would set a date for sentencing Monday George Gordon Battle Battle- one ope of the the- de defense attorneys said h he axi ex- ex i zi r 1 I J T i S I to appeal and several other lawyers indicated that if Battle had the word record printed they also would appeal The trial disclosed that the government government government gov gov- had scored what its agents believed an unparalleled triumph in counter The federal bureau of ot investigation tion virtually fathered the spy ring zing said to have 20 ed members now in foreign countries countries countries coun coun- tries by handling handling- all an its Us coded wave short-wave messages between here and gestapo headquarters in Ham Ham- burg The F FBI B I built and operated operated operated oper oper- a spy station on Long Island where agents learned the identity of Germ German n spies their assignments assignments as as- and ties t. t E