SPANISH CHEKA
ORGANISED BY WOMEN FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE EXECUTED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 13. (Received June 14, at 12.30 p.m.) The British United Press Madrid correspondent says nine women were arrested and charged with 5,000 murders. They are alleged to have confessed to the formation - of a femalo Gheka which daily sentenced 30 to death. They controlled a number of militiamen and had special cars for the transportation of prisoners to tha ground where firing squads executed them.
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Evening Star, Issue 23292, 14 June 1939, Page 9
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79SPANISH CHEKA Evening Star, Issue 23292, 14 June 1939, Page 9
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