GERMAN ITEMS
austualian and n.z. cable association GERMAN MURDER SOCIETY. BERLIN. Dec, 18. Remarkable revelations of the work of an organisation known as tlic Vehni Society were made in the Prussian Landtag, when a committee presented reports on its investigations. It was .shown that twenty-eight persons, mostly officers and ensigns, were awaiting trial for pariiciation in murders carried out under the auspiies of the Yehm Society, which has consisted of a number cf persons of similar views, who dictated punishment from their point of view, and the.se punishments have been carried out hv the Yehm Society. The murderers’ victims were selected primarily because their presence was considered detrimental to the nation. The report adds: “It was revealed that a Westphalian Minister was murdered because he considered that it was inconsistent with his Catholic views that he should continue his membership of a certain League. His body was placed in a church in order to suggest that he suicided.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1925, Page 2
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158GERMAN ITEMS Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1925, Page 2
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