Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — GOATS AS SPY SIGNAL [ARTICLE]

GOATS AS SPY SIGNAL

Shepherd Who Aided Gormans WWh His Flock Sentenced to Death for Treason. Chalons-Sur-Marne.—A Frenchman, Alfred Durot by name, has been sentenced to death by court-martial for treasod. During the battle which raged around Reims the French artillery operating near the village of Puiseulx was subjected to a terrific bombardment by the Germans, no matter how' often they changed their position. A careful watch was kept, and it was discovered that a mile in front of the French batteries a shepherd was feeding his flock, among which, were five snow-white, goats. The shepherd was arrested, and inquiries showed that during the German occupation of Puiseulx he was the only Inhabitant who had not been molested, and that he had been given the white goats whose presence was to signal the position of the French guns. Durot, at his trial, admitted his guilt.