BRESLAU SCANDAL
SOME OF THE ACCUSED 1 SEN- ' TENCED. (By Telegraph.— Press Association,— Copyright.) BERLIN, 22nd October. Eight of tho men concerned in the Breßlau scandal have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from six months to three years. Two accused were acquitted. [La&t month an extraordinary scandal caused consternation in Breslau, thirtyone persons being arrested for immorality. It was alleged that they inveighed seventy-two young schoolgirls at various times to a house in AugustaStraßse. An army officer, a polico official, an architect, and four tradesmen committed suicide, fearing arrest. A shocking feature of the scancfal was tho allegation that the parents in several instances were aware of, and even connived at, their daughters' ruin. Tho majority oT the prisoners were men of position and wealth. It was stated that the polico officer who committed suicide wan specially entrusted £o detect of- ! fences under tho White Slave Traffic j Laws.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 99, 23 October 1913, Page 7
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