GERMAN PLOTTERS
HUNDRED MYSTERIES : SOLVED PROMINENT MEN IN FEAR OF/ ■.■.'■" '' '■' ° ARREST . . •;'•:■.'. "" CONFESSION' OF RATHENAU'S ; MURDERERS. . ■ <DMIID PBBSS MMOUTIOH.—COPTffGM.) (AUSTRALIAN ■ NBW ZEALAND . CABU A6SOCMTION.) BEItLIN, 29th'June. Teohow, Fischer,..and Kauer have (been arrested for the assassination of iDr. Rathenau. Techow has been identified as the driver of tihe motor-car. Several lnembere of an organised gang of conspirators "have-, also been arrested on charges, of complicity, including yon Eillinger, who was acquitted on a charge of aiding HeTr Erzberger's murderers. ; V . .;'• ;; LONDON, 39th. June.". . The Berlin 'correspondent of the Daily Express cays that Techow, Fdschei, and Kauer \ ao^e-members of the. notorious Monarchist organisation Consul, and formerly belonged to. the Ehrhardt. Bri- ■ gade. They confessed ..not only to the •murders of, Dr. Rathenau and Herr.'Erz-.. berger, but- also.regarding, the inner •workings.of ,the. Consul. . Facts "relating' to a: hundred political murders committed since 1919, and hitherto a' complete, ■mystery; are now- fully, known to the •police; Startling : revelations- regarding the intimate . relations. between. Luden-. dorff, Helfferich, von'vjagow,' Count Westarp (leadersof .the "Prussian. Conservatives),' and the :murderers of Dr.' ©athenau are dieolosed by the:arrest of the student Guhther, who, it i« alleged, secured the motor-car, for Dr: Rathenau's assaflants. It k understood that.Ludendorff, Helfferich and. Westarp,; fearing 'arrest aTe contemplating flight. ■ .;;. . (Received July 1, 9 a.m.) , ..;. BERLIN, 30th June. ;. 'GuntherJwas Yon Ludendorff's secrefery. ' The NatipnaJiat Party furnished (him with .papers enabling him.to use ivarkras names. .....''• "■ '•'■■"•'■' ..'■•:.'
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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229GERMAN PLOTTERS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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