THE MASTER MIND
BEHIND THE PUTSCH
MAN WHO ESCAPED
VIENNA, August 7. Tlta newspaper "Der Morgcn" reveals that tho master mind behind tho putsch was T)r. Otto Wachtcr, who acted as interin'ediury between Austrian Nazis At Munich and the Nazi rebels at Vienna. 110, returned to Vienna a few day's before tho putsch and escaped to Germany when tho revolt failed. '
Antone Eiscnhut, aged 21, who led a Nazi rising' in a village near Graz, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment with 24 hours' confinement in a dungeon from which every ray of light will be excluded each anniversary of July 25. ' . -'■
Ernest Peike, a soldier, was sentenced to death for participating in tho seizure of the Chancellery. <
Feiko was executed at 5.58 p.m. and pronounced dead at 6.10 p.m.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 9
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130THE MASTER MIND Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 9
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