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How a cryptographer cracked a Hindu plot code
In 1916 1917 Major Friedman of Riverbank Lab explained a dictionary code used by Hindu plotters in Berlin and America. He showed how three number groups pointed to a two column dictionary and how frequency analysis revealed YOU and YOUTH. The saga ends with the 1918 San Francisco trial and a fatal shooting linked to the case.
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Seat of Justice
United States
James B. Holohan
San Quentin Penitentiary
Hus
San Francisco
Amerca
India
Riverbank Laboratory
Geneva
Ill
George Fabyan
Washington
Riverbank
Maj
William F. Friedman
Chaumont
France
War Department
New Encyclopedia Britannica
Berlin
America
Columbia University
Communi
Mar Friedman
Friedman
Major Friedman
University of California At Berkeley
Flo
Ram Singh
Ram Chandra
Marshal Holohan
San Quentin Prison