NAZIS CLASH WITH AUSTRIAN POLICE
RAID ON STARHEMBERG’S CASTLE (Received 10 a.m.) - VIENNA, May 23. One Nazi was killed and several others were injured, one fatally, in a raid at Prince Starhemberg’s Castle at Wachsberg. The police had been forewarned of the plot, and arrived simultaneously with* the Nazis. A fierce fight ensued. The motive of the Nazis was apparently to capture a quantity of Heimwehr arms, stored in the castle. Prince Starhemberg was not present at the time. The attack on the castle has aroused fears of renewed Nazi violence. The police in Upper Austria have been ordered to remain permanently on alarm duty to prevent trouble arising from the incident,' or Heimwehr demonstrations.
Armed guards are being stationed at Prince Starhemberg’s 12 other castles in Upper Austria.
So far 28 arrests have been made in connection with the affray atWachsberg, in which the police state 40 to 50 Nazis attacked with revolver fire. The police replied with rifles.; The fighting raged for 15 minutes in darkness. The ringleader of the Nazis and the others escaped to' Czechoslovakia. . ..?
It is believed that several of the ' raiders were former members of : Prince Star hem zerg’s bodyguard, one-, of whom revealed the plot.
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Northern Advocate, 25 May 1936, Page 5
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