A BLACK HAND SOCIETY.
CONCENTRATION CAMP REVELA-
TiONS
SYDNEY, June 1
An open verdict was returned at the inquest on Hans Portmann, who was killed in the concentration camp at .Holds worthy. The Coroner said the evidence showed that the deceased was a member of a "Black Hand" secret society, which was composed of the worst characters in the camp. They blackmailed and terrified their rich and influential and their physically weak fellow-Germans. The want of evidence to show who struck Portrnann was due to a wellconcerted conspiracy of ignorance for fear of the consequences. «.
The Coroner supported tho suggestion that tho worst clasa of German prisoners should be deported after the war.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8465, 2 June 1916, Page 6
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