Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1915 — Germans Doom Nine; Another Woman to Die [ARTICLE]

Germans Doom Nine; Another Woman to Die

Amsterdam, via London, Oct. 27. Anna Benzet, of Venders, Belgium, was sentenced to death by a German court-ma,rtial at Liege on Monday. She was one of nine persons convicted by the court-martial. Seven were Belgiums and the others French. In four cases the sentence of death was passed and the other prisoners were condemned to from ten to fifteen years in prison. The charge against them was of having collected information useful to the French government. The sentences of death have not yet been carried out.