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X-WR-CALDESC:18 January 1918: German spy Lothar Witzke was arrested carryin
 g a codebook and an encrypted message. The message was signed by the Germa
 n minister in Mexico City and was studied by Herbert Yardley and Dr. John 
 Manly of MI8 in Washington\, DC. The message proved to be a transposition 
 cipher. At the end of three days\, Manly had transcribed the message\, whi
 ch was damning in that it identified the bearer as a secret agent. \n\nWhi
 le sources disagree on the exact date\, when young Lothar Witzke crossed t
 he international border into Nogales\, Ariz.\, on January 18\, 1918 carryi
 ng a Russian passport\, he was already well-known to the Military Intellig
 ence Division\, or MID. He had been under surveillance as a known German s
 py and was suspected as an accomplice in the sabotage attack on Black Tom 
 Island in New York Harbor that occurred on July 30\, 1916. That explosion 
 was described as a thunderous blast\, felt as far away as Philadelphia and
  Maryland. It rocked the harbor\, shattered skyscraper windows\, and pelte
 d the Statue of Liberty with shrapnel.
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DESCRIPTION:18 January 1918: German spy Lothar Witzke was arrested carrying
  a codebook and an encrypted message. The message was signed by the German
  minister in Mexico City and was studied by Herbert Yardley and Dr. John M
 anly of MI8 in Washington\, DC. The message proved to be a transposition c
 ipher. At the end of three days\, Manly had transcribed the message\, whic
 h was damning in that it identified the bearer as a secret agent. \n\nWhil
 e sources disagree on the exact date\, when young Lothar Witzke crossed th
 e international border into Nogales\, Ariz.\, on January 18\, 1918 carryin
 g a Russian passport\, he was already well-known to the Military Intellige
 nce Division\, or MID. He had been under surveillance as a known German sp
 y and was suspected as an accomplice in the sabotage attack on Black Tom I
 sland in New York Harbor that occurred on July 30\, 1916. That explosion w
 as described as a thunderous blast\, felt as far away as Philadelphia and 
 Maryland. It rocked the harbor\, shattered skyscraper windows\, and pelted
  the Statue of Liberty with shrapnel.
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SUMMARY:1918: German spy Lothar Witzke was arrested carrying a coded messag
 e.
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