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It was an October day in Killarney when Lody, under arrest, proved himself to be as

the Great frank as a child... stranger, pausing before Southern Hotel, surveyed the scene. The Carl Lody was tried in one of the most Great War was then two months old. Even beautiful and impressive courts of justice so, there was no reason at all why a travel- in all England-the Middlesex Guildhall- ling neutral should not continue to enjoy and since his activities brought him within the beauty of the world-and where botter the purview of international military law,

his trial was a court-martial in form, than in Killarney?

The stranger was welcomed with an Irish smile. He did not know precisely how long he would be staying. As he signed the re- "I'm just having a gister he remarked: look round."

The reception clerk, screwing her neck to read the name, smiled and told him that he would find plenty worth looking at in those parts. A really nice young feller, she de elded, following his back as he went, carry ing his bag, to his room. Thirty-three, maybe, and maybe nearing 40; but hand- some in his dark, clean-shaven way. And that the volce, too; that was attractive, queer American way they had with them.

She now read the visitor's name to her- self: "Chas, A. Inglis, New York." Roman- tic. She rather hoped his stay might be prolonged,

That evening District-Inspector Cheeseman quietly entered the Great Southern Hotel and inquired of the little receptionist what he already knew quite well. "Why, yes," she told him, "the gentleman is in his room, Would you want to be seeing him?”

District-Inspector Cheeseman nodded, gave à sign to the two constables who were with him, and with them mounted the stairs. When they entered the bedroom the visitor was setting his temporary home in order. He looked up and a flush spread over his handsome face.

"Mr. Charles Inglis, I presume?" inquir- ed the Inspector suavely.

"Yes," replied the stranger in his nasal English, "What do you want?"

"I am going to arrest you as a suspected German agent under the provisions of the Defence of the Realm Act,"

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Now it so happened that from the start of the War our Secret Service people had realised that the chief avenues of communi- cation between German agents operating in Great Britain, and Germany, would be the neutral Powers-Norway, Sweden and Den- mark.

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The constitution of the court had many points of interest. It was composed of General officer-General Lord Cheylcsmore and nine senior officers. These ten acted as both judges and jury.

Lody was represented by Mr. George Elliott, K.C., a famous criminal advocate of that time.

There was a thrill in court when Mr. Elliott announced his intention of putting Lody, still his client in the witness-box.

with fixed escorted by the two soldiers bayonets, walked across to the witness-box and took the oath.

The story he told was simple, straight- of truth. forward and had the hall-mark

begun life as a" Beaman, He had serving on German, Norwegian and British ships. He had travelled up and down the world and spent much time in the United States, where he acquired his fluent English,

He had joined the Imperial German Navy as a reserve lieutenant, but after that, in 1912, had returned to America, where he

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GEORGE GODWIN

had married an American girl of German descent. This marriage had been dissolved and Lody found himself once more in Ger- many when war broke out.

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In July, during those crucial days before the declaration of war, Lody had reported to the Naval Headquarters in Berlin. had had a severe operation, and was graded unfit for sea service. But he was asked by a high officer if he would undertake espion- Therefore, correspondence addressed to age work in England for the Fatherland? those countries or arriving from them, all It was at this point that Lody's counsel found its way to a certain department of asked if he would give the name of this the General Post Office. There it was open-high officer. Lody paused. He was obvi- ed, translated, copied, resealed and deliver-ously near the end of his tether. His dis- ed, after a slight delay, in the ordinary way, Lody had been sending letters to one Bur- chard, at a Stockholm address, and some notion of his amateur, status as a spy may be gleaned from some of the idiotic things he did.

For example, on September 14, he posted a letter from Edinburgh on the stationery of the North British Hotel. It was addressed to Burchard; but the envelope contained another and smaller one. And this was addressed to a certain Herr J. Stammer, of Berlin, a gentleman well known to our In- telligence as a Senior German Naval Intel- llgence officer.

In this and other letters that were filtered through St. Martin's le Grand, Lody gave detalls of measures taken to protect London public buildings from Zeppelin attack. He gave the figures of British ships and person- nel lost in action to date. He gave also important information regarding our war preparations and defences. All this marked him out either as a reckless fellow or & simple one unaccustomed to anything but straight-forward dealings.

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When Lody was brought back from Ire- land to the military prison quarters of Wel-. lington Barracks our Secret Service had a complete record of his movements about the country.

They knew that he had visited Edinburgh;" that he had hired a cycle and ridden to Rosyth and Queens-ferry. They knew that he had returned to London and then, after reporting to his Chief on air raid precau- tions, had taken the train once more north. They even knew that he had "picked up" two girls on Prince's-street and that, from Ireland, he had sent one of them a pleture post card,

In short, when the order was given, to lay hands on Chas Inglis, of New York, our people had poor Lody so thoroughly taped. that he had no chance of escape whatsoever. And here we come to an aspect of this famous trial that has a sort of pathos.

MELLO-SPEAKER BANKHEAD-THIS IS MR. JIGGS-I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU. DINE WITH ME TO- NIGHT-FINE-WHAT.

TIME WILL YOU

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OH-YBS-MY. WIFE WILL BE

HERE-WHAT?

tress was such, indeed, that the President signalled for a court official to hand him a glass of water.

Lody drank and then said in a voice shaken by deep emotion: "I have pledged my word of honour not to give that name. sob He then began to I cannot do it.". quietly, and he seemed to be dazed. But presently he pulled himself together and, turning towards the President, said: "I beg pardon. My nerves have given way."

Though he stuck to his resolve to reveal no names, Lody did reveal the nature of his "I was to choose my way instructions. through England," he said, "to New York and give notice of my safe arrival in Eng- land. I was to remain until the first en counter had taken place between the two Powers and to send accurate information as of the British regards the actual losses Fleet."!

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** The great trial lasted three days much of it was heard in camera. The final speech for Lody was an admission of guilt coupled with a plous hope for clemency and a definition of the position of a member of the English Bar in that position..

"My client," said Mr. Elliott, bravely do- ing his best, "knows the penalty to which he has rendered himself liable, and he will accept his fate in the same spirit of man- hood which prompted him to carry his life in his hands when he came to this country.“* Lody was found "Guilty", and consigned to the Tower of London to await execution. He was duly shot on November 11. But be fore dying he wrote to his relatives in Ger- many the letter that follows:---

"My Dear Ones,-I have trusted In God and He has decided that my hour has come and I must start on the journey through the dark valley like so many of my comrades in this terrible war of na tions. May my life be' honoured as 0 humble offering on the altar of the Father- land.

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By George McManus

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