"RUIN OF ME"
NAZI AVIATOR HELD IN U.S.
(Received January. 20, 11 a.m.)
NEW YORK, January 19.
Otto Prignitz, a German flying instructor, who was recalled for war duty, is held under a 5000-dollar bond as a witness in the trial of a negress whom he accused of stealing 117 dollars which the German Consul-General had advanced towards Prignitz's passage to Germany through Russia. An appeal for permission to sign a statement against the defendant was, refused. Prignitz was taken to a house of detention, exclaiming: "This means the ruin of me in Germany."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 17, 20 January 1940, Page 12
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