ON GERMAN SOIL
FRONTIER SHOOTING COMMUNIQUE ISSUED (Received Nov. 28, 2 p.m.) BERLIN, Nov. 27. A communique announcing the result of the inquiry into the shooting of Schumacher says 23 unarmed soldiers were descending a mountain on the German side when the Austrian Hcimwehr fired at Schumacher, who was struck 16yds. from the frontier, on German soil, bloodstains and footmarks in the snow being proof of this. The communique adds that the Heimwchr were not hunting previously ill the neighborhood, and were not accompanied by regular gendarmerie. When Schumacher was borne off they cried: “Down with Hitlerism! Hail Dollfuss! ’ ’ 'Pen thousand attended Schumacher's funeral, including Herr Hitler, who delivered a funeral oration. A firing party fired a volley over the grave.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 6
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121ON GERMAN SOIL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 6
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