Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1914 — Flrst Aerial Spy. [ARTICLE]

Flrst Aerial Spy.

Herr Michowski, a German Pole attached to a Leipsic firm of aeroplane manufacturers, is now languishing in a Russian prison, and is likely to become famous as the world’s first flying, spy. He was arrested early in February in the neighborhood of Warsaw, having, as he alleged, lost his way in a fog anti been compelled to effect an emergency landing. The Russian, military authorities were persuaded that his presence near important fortifications concerned espionage, and he Is now formally Indicted on that charge. The German government has so far tried in vain to secure his release On representation that Michowski at the time of his flight over Russian territory, was engaged in an attempt to win one of the long distance prizes offered by the German national flying endowment