New York, June 21.
Mr. Leon G. Turrou, highest paid member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and credited with breaking the German espionage ring in the United States, today announced he was resigning because of his health and would go abroad for a "much needed" rest. Mr. Turrou averaged sixteen and a half hours a day for three months while working on the extensive spy ring case.—United Press-New York, June 21.
He did not intend to make energetic diplomatic representations to Berlin following the indictment of several Germans suspected of spying activities in the United States, the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull. asserted in an interview granted here when he stopped-over en route to Washington, according to the "New York Times" today.
From other sources, it is learnt that the U.S. Public Prosecutor, Mr. Lamar Hardy, will indict several other people in the near future. It is believed the Federal authorities will make sensational revelations when the Federal Grand Jury returns the list of accusations, The resignation of Mr. Leon Turrou is also taken as an indication that the investigations are drawing to a close. He was the one to take up the Hauptmann case. when Col. Charles Lindbergh's first son was kidnapped and killed.—Havas-Berlin, June 22.
A denial that any active German officers have been involved in espionage in the United States is contained in a statement published by the German News Agency.
The statement comments laconically: "As we learn from well-informed circles, there can be no question of espionage in the United States among the active officers of the German Army."
German official circles refrain from taking a too serious view of the New York reports—Reuter.
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