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The Spy Plot That Failed at Pitt Library
In the early World War era a rough man in a Belgian disguise frequented the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh while a Moravian assistant Miss Langfitt watched him. Suspicions led to Henry and agents tracing two Germans, Harmon and Mayer, using the library as a rendezvous and collecting coastwise maps. They were arrested after a stakeout and sent to detention, linking to broader wartime espionage and naval plot fears.
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Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Ife
America
Frances Langftt
Department of Justice
Elenry
Jacob Harmon
Mibrary
Emil Mayer
Liarmon
Maoyar
Germaan Splea
Harmon and
Mayer
Navy
Henry
Henry Had Several Conversations With Miss Langfitt
New England
United States
Ona
Pittsurgh
Pittburgh
War Office