MURDERER OF A WOMAN.
CAPTURE OF SUSPECT. Klee. Tel. Copyright—Unite*] press Assn.! Australian amt N.Z. f’ahle Association I BERLIN. June 8. The alleged murderer of Rosa Luxembourg has been arrested. Aflor (lie murder in January, 1919. if was impossible to trace the supposed murderer, who was believed to be Otto Range, an officer of one of Berlin’s free corps, which indulged in pogroms against the revolutionaries. Range, on Wednesday, under (he false name of Droll, asked for work at a Berlin labor exchange. 1 Some workmen recognised him, saying : “You murdered Rosa Luxembourg.” Drill 1 replied : “No, I only shot her.”
He attempted to escape, but the crowd pursued him, ripnod off his clothes, ami half lynched him. 110 was unconscious when (he police arrived, and is now in hospital seriously injured.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15542, 10 June 1921, Page 3
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132MURDERER OF A WOMAN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15542, 10 June 1921, Page 3
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