GERMAN JUSTICE
DR RATHENAU'S KURDEB Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BKRDIN. June 28. (Received June 29, at 9.25 a.m.) Kuechenmcister, the manufacturer whoso motor car was used by tho. murderers of Dr Walt or Hathona.n' in 1922, was acquitted. Another of the aroused, Brandt, was sontonemrto four years’ imprisonment for not informing the authorities of the plot of which ho was cognisant.—Router. (Dr Walter Rathonau (Minister of Foreign Affairs) was assassinated on Juno 21, 1924, not far from his home. He was proceeding to a. Cabinet, meeting in a car. i)r Ra.thonn.it resided in a. quiet suburb; consequently them were only few spectators of tho murder. It was reported that several young men in a powerful car rapidly overhauled Dr pants'wore disguised with motoring goggles and leather caps pulled well down. Three shots from a revolver went through the victim’s liead, and his lower jaw was practically shot away, dand a bullet passed through his'arms and chest, while a grenade "that was thrown and exploded lacerated the lower portion of his body. The murder was the work of extreme Nationalists.]
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Evening Star, Issue 18979, 29 June 1925, Page 6
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178GERMAN JUSTICE Evening Star, Issue 18979, 29 June 1925, Page 6
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