The Archive · 1938

U.S. 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 today and 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.

Voss was believed to have been connected with the spy iting smashed by Federal agents here two weeks ago—United Press.

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