THE RATHENAU MURDER.
LUDENDORFF CLEARS HIMSELF.
Received July 12, 8.15 p.m. BERLIN, July 12. Ludendorff was arrested in connection with the Rathenau assassination. He was taken to the police station, but released after making a statement.
AN AMAZING MAN-HUNT.
Received July 12, 9.5 p.m. BERLIN, July 12. Search for Kern and Fischer, Rathenau's assassins, is developing into an amazing man-hunt in central Prussia. The police command consists of hundreds of armed motor cars, bicycles and dogs. -The fugitives were first traced to Lezen,. on the Elbe, where they were nearly captured. Thence they were chased through Mecklenburg and Hanover into Saxony. They are now within a cordon, from which escape is believed to be impossible. If, however, they succeed in reaching Bavaria, they will escape.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18531, 13 July 1922, Page 5
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125THE RATHENAU MURDER. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18531, 13 July 1922, Page 5
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