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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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G-men in New York arrested three spy suspects—two former soldiers and a German girl—for allegedly selling U.S. government secrets to a foreign power via a dummy passport package. Commissioner Charles W. Cotter set $25,000 bonds each. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover confirmed confessions; more arrests expected.
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NEW YORK-(SNS)-G-men Saturday were credited with trapping three spy suspects, who allegedly have been selling United States Government information to a foreign government. U. S. Commissioner Charles W. Cotter held them on $25,000 bonds each on the espionage charges. Further arrests are forthcoming, it was stated.
The arrested persons, two former soldiers and a German girl, were traced through a dummy package of passports, which had been demanded in the name of a Mr. Weston, under-secretary of state.
In Washington, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, indicated that confessions had been obtained.
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New York
Event Date
Saturday
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three suspects held on $25,000 bonds each; confessions obtained; further arrests forthcoming
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G-men trapped three spy suspects, who allegedly sold United States Government information to a foreign government, through a dummy package of passports demanded in the name of Mr. Weston, under-secretary of state. The arrested persons were two former soldiers and a German girl. U. S. Commissioner Charles W. Cotter held them on espionage charges. In Washington, J. Edgar Hoover indicated that confessions had been obtained.