New York, Feb. 26.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, the nation's famed "G-Men", smashed a gigantic espionage plot to sell vital American military secrets to an unnamed European power, here to-day.
Two men, both of whom were reported to have confessed to complicity in the plot, and a woman, were arrested here and Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington predicted that other arrests were imminent.
Those arrested to-day included Miss Johanna Hofman, 26-year-old redheaded hairdresser aboard the s. Europa, Gunther Gustave Rumrich, 32 years of age and alleged deserter from the United States Army, and Erich Glaser, 28 year-old soldier at Mitchell Field. Rumrich formerly was a resident of Panama and was described as a former sergeant ju the American Army.
The trio was arraigned before a United States Commissioner here t0- day and held on bail of $25,000.
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