... were cries of Fetch him out, and threats to handle the man roughly, it being assumed that be was under arrest as a I Germaa spy. 'the concourse increase to huge proportions, and, it being pay night, some, at any rate, of 'M.:- soldiers it is said, were ...

... charge. The accused caused a !stir in The Sawn bet Monday evening by mysterious tmovements, and it was thought he was a spy. Rumours worn spread wholesale that he bad been arrested for attempting to pollute the town reservoir, and other inevitable erimes ...