ATTEMPTED MURDER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16908, 6 December 1922, Page 7

ATTEMPTED MURDER.

TRIAL AT LEIPSIG. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 6. 9.5 a.m.) , BERLIN. December 5. At Leipzig. Hustert and Ohlochlager admitted that they were members of a gang of conspirators of whom Ehrhnrdt was the leatler. but thev refused to sav by whom the gang was financed. They stated that the syringe with which they squirted acid at Herr Schiedoknown Hungarian, who said that he was most successful in killing undesirable Jews. They admitted that the only reason for attempting to kill Sehiedemann was that lie was the cause of th<y revolution, and of Germany's downfall. Two ex-officers, named Hustert and Ohlochlager. were charged at Leipsiz with the attempted murder of Herr Sehiedemann, a former Chancellor. They calmly told the Judge that the;, thought it a" good joke to play cards to determine which should kill him. Hustert lost the ga-mc. Men watched his house at Kassel for six weeks, nni followed Sehiedemann. When the latter was walking with his daughter. Hustert threw prussic acid in his face. The trial is proceeding.