British Executions

Carl Hans Lody

Age: 37

Sex: male

Crime: spying

Date Of Execution: 6 Nov 1914

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Tower of London

Method: shot

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hans_Lody

Carl Hans Lody was convicted of spying.

He had originally come to Edinburgh to spy and sent a message back which led to the first ever sinking of a British ship by torpedo. However, he later began to make mistakes and started sending messages back in German without encrypting them.