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Show SCHWIND ADMITS DE ISJiERMAN Tarls, April 24. R ns a. iu. Ray mond Ruff Sehwind. who has gone under tho name of Raj tuond Swobod i. naw admits that he in a German subject, sub-ject, according U the Matin. The inquiry conducted bj M.tjor Jul lieu of the Faris permanent court martial has revealed that Schwltid was sentenced sen-tenced at Shanghai several years ago by the German consular court to two years' imprisonment. He. I? said to have been transferred from China to Germany, where he served his sen tence. The Matiu asserts Sehwind was" unable to deny that he had been in prison. Sehwind, who claimed to be an American citizen was arrested on Suspicion of being responsible for tb fire aboard the steamship La Tour-alne. Tour-alne. but this charge against him has been dropped, although he is still accused ac-cused of espionage by the military authonties. J 00 |