CHRISTIAN REFORMERS
HEADQUARTERS RAIDED MASKED MEN AND WOMEN (Rec. 9.20 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 14. Twelve masked men and two women last night raided the headquarters of the Legion of Christian Reformers in Kingdon House and seized, gagged and roped the custodian, Arthur Schneider, and dumped him in'Petworth market square, three miles away. The gang seized a large quantity of Legion literature Captain Barbe Baker, the Legion’s leader, later described the raid as a stunt by a certain section of the press. He,said he recognised several as newspapermen when thier masks fell off. Captain Baker denied the raiders left a note saying they were all young officers in the services and had carried out the operation because the authorities seemed to be doing nothing to stop the establishment of a Hitler cult in England. He added he did not propose to take action. “ I have already forgiven them,” he said
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26027, 15 December 1945, Page 7
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