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EighteenIndictedSpiesU.S. Jury ChargesjSeveral Reich,tIOfficialsNEW YORK. June 20—(AP) — The government’s first intensive spy investigation since the World war was climaxed today withthe naming of 18 persons, including several German officials, in three indictmentscharging conspiracy and es-pionage.I.amar Hardy, federal district attorney, in a statement de«rnbing the conduct of the fi\e-week 'n-qutrv, asserted that the direct ins heads of the spy ring reside in Germany and are connected with the government of that country.”In the general Indictment the I* persons are charged with forming a conspiracy for the procurement and transmission to Germany of secret information on aircraft, vessels and coast defenses of the t nited Stales. Four of those named were alleged to havetransmitted a restricted code used for communication between t nited States military aircraft and their stations.One defendant was charged withtransmitting information regarding the construction of army aircraft with intent that the information would he u«ed to advantage of Germany and to the injury of the I’nited States ” He is Otto Hermann Voss, an aviation mechanicwho is in custody.Among those named in the indictments were LI. Comdrs. I do von Bonin and Herman Menrel, believed to he residents of Berlin, both of whom are connected with the defense office ofthe reich air ministry, counterespionage section.Others were:Ernst Mueller, believed to be aresident of Hamburg; Capt Lt. Erich Pfeiffer, believed to be cf Bremen; Mrs. Je«ie Jordon, recently sentenced to a four-year jail term in England; Johanna Hofmann. hairdresser on the North German Lloyd liner F.uropa. who is in custody; Dr. Ignatz Theodor Griehl. an American citizen who fled to Germany during the inquiry; Werner G. Gudenherg, who followed Griehl as a fugitive; P\t. Rich Glaser, air corps. Mitchel Field, in custody; Guenther Gus-1ave Rumrich, U. S. army sergeant who deserted his post m Missoula. Mont.; William Lonkowski, Karl Schluter, Theodor Srhuletz. Herbert Jaenichen, Karl Eitel, and Schmidt and Sanders, first names unknown, all believed to be German residents.The indictment said It was part of the conspiracy for certain of the defendants to establish communira-l tion with agents at Bremen and Hamburg and receive instructions relating to the procurement of;documents, code hooks, and other j information on I’nited States national defense secrets for transmission to other agents. o—
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