ENGLISHMAN SHOT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 149, 5 April 1933, Page 5

ENGLISHMAN SHOT

GERMAN NAZIS' DEED. AUSTRIAN FRONTIER CROSSED. POLITICAL LIAISON OFFICER. TRAGEDY IN AN HOTEL. (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) VIENNA, April 4. Armed German Nazis crossed the frontier into Austria and raided the Durehholzen Hotel, where they shot a newspaper representative named Bell, who refused-to .return to Germany in their car. Austrian gendarmes confirm Bell's death, but await investigations by the police before they publish details. NEGOTIATED BIG CREDITS. DOUBT AS TO TRUSTWORTHINESS , (Received This Day, 1.50 p.m.) VIENNA, April 5. The newspaperman who was shot was Dr. George Bell, an- Englishman, who had lived in Germany 15 years. He joined the Nazi movement and became political confidant to Colonel Roehm (commander-in-chief of the Nazi Storm Troops). The "Azbeiter Zeitung," in aiuirticle oil March 19, described Dr. Bell as liaison officer between the Hitlerites and an international magnate who subscribed largely to the Nazi cause. It is said that Dr, Bell met a magnate in London last year. Big credits for Nazis followed. The Nazi leaders at Munich later decided that Dr. Bell was not trustworthy. He recently revealed sensational details concerning Colonel Roehm, these being hotly resented in Nazi circles. Thereafter, Dr. Bell was a doomed man, and finally he fled from Berlin to avoid arrest. His pursuers cut the telegraph wires at Durehholzen before entering the village. They were heard urging Dr. Bell to return to Germany, saying his mother and sister had been seized as hostages and would then be released. Dr. Bell replied that he would return only by train and not in the motor-car. An employee of the hotel, hearing shots, rushed to. the room and saw Dr. Bell dead on the floor. He was himself shot in the leg. The murderers drove at high speed past the Austrian frontier guards, who are stated to have fired. EXCLUDED FROM ENGLAND. NO REASON ASSIGNED. (Received This Day, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, April 5. I In connection with the murder of Dr. Bell, the "Daily Express" recalls that he reached Harwich,' but was not allowed to land. The authorities gave no reason. Dr. Bell returned to Berlin in fear.