The Archive · 1938

Us. Spy Suspect Arraigned

German-Born Mechanic Held on $10,000 Bail New York, Mar. 11.

The trained mechanic arrested yesterday at the experimental division, of the Seversky Aircraft plant at Farmingdale, N.Y, was arraigned toand held on $10,000 bail. His name is Otto Hermann Voss, of]

German birth.

Voss was charged with being a member "of an international spy. ring, and "communicating, delivering and "transmitting for agents of for~ eigh Powers" "secret Government documents, code-books, photographs, notes and. instruments.

Vass was believed to have been 1918.

After the Armistice, MacBrien was recalled to England where he was in command of the Canadian forces in England and had the task of re-was ted" Major-General and patrioting the Canadian troops, He

became Chief of the General Star? Overseas for the Canadian forces, He returned to Canada in June! 1020, was appointed Inspector-General and, when' that office was merged with that of Chief of Staff, he became the first Chief of the' General Staff of the department of National Defence.

He retired from the Canadian permanent forees on pension in 1928 at the age of 50, connected with the spy ring smashed by Federal agents here two weeks ago-—United Press. town where he had made his hom the sport of riding to hounds.

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