Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — NEW YORKER HELD AS SPY [ARTICLE]

NEW YORKER HELD AS SPY

John Devine Writes Father He It Under Sentence of Death in Mexican Army.

New York, Sept. 13.—John Devine, twenty-two years old and a Nev Worker, is in the Mexican army under sentence of death, according to a letter received by Peter Devine, father of and a wealthy contractor living at 3099 Broadway, this city. The father has communicated with Senator James A. O’Gorman, who has placed the matter before the state department at Washington. The message received' from John Devine reads: “I am with the Mexican army. Am sentenced to be shot. Good-bye all Jack.”