WHIPPED BY NAZIS

Grey River Argus, 28 May 1938, Page 12

WHIPPED BY NAZIS

JEWISH EDITOR. SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. ' Four men invaded a magazihe office in New York and, after trying to force the crippled editor to kiss a Nazi emblem, stripped and beat him and then painted black swastikas on his body. The attack took place in the office of the Anti-Communist, Anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi League, located in a building in one of the busiest sections of Brooklyn. Mr Charles Weiss, aged 31, editor of the magazihe, Uncle Sam, published by the league, was the victim of the attack. His assailants wrecked the office and tore down a large American flag from a wall. Mr Weiss told police, before he was removed to the Jewish Hospital, that he was writing a letter when the four men entered the office. i A Nazi emblem was thrust in his face, and he was told to kiss it. He refused and the men whipped him until he lost consciousness. Then he was stripped and the swastikas were painted on his chest and back. Mr John Hewiss Kern, directorgeneral of the league, had left the office shortly before the men came in. He returned later with Jean Mathias, member of the American Legion, who was injured in a clash between war veterans and Nazis in New York on Wednesday, and found Mr Weiss unconscious. / At the Hospital X-ray pictures showed that Mr Weiss might have a fracture of the skull. He also was severely injured in the groin, had scratches and bruises on his face, and a large bump on his head. Mr Weiss told Lieutenant James Kelly, in charge of detectives, that he could give no close description of the four men.