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Show OO j FOUR GERMANS I PLEADGLIILTV I New York, March 8. Carl Ruroede, a German-American, and four German reservists, brought to trial In the fed-era fed-era court here today on indictments charging them with conspiring against ij the United States by obtaining false i American passports. unexpectedly withdrew their previous pleas of not j guilty, and threw themselves on the mercy of the court. All five pleaded guilty. Ruroede. who was accused of operating oper-ating a bureau for the Issuance of j false passpcrts. was sentenced to j serve three years in the federal penl- H tenfiary at Atlanta. The others, Ar-Ihur Ar-Ihur Wilhelra Sachsse, a reserve lieutenant lieu-tenant in the German army, Walter 1 Mueller, August Meyer and Herman Wegener were let off with fines of H I $200 each. it A sixth man. Hans Adam Von Wed- L doll, also Indicted and who wa a fugl- I Uve from Justice, has been apprehended apprehend-ed In Scotland. District Attorney Mar- shall announced, and negotiation for his extradition are understood to be I under way. He was described hy Mr. U Marshall 'as the chief conspirator In the case. j |