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THE DONETZ TRIAL No Convincing Plot Disclosed by Proceedings SOMEONE MUST DIE. [ By Telegraph—Per Press Amu. —Copyright ] [ Australian Press Assn. 1 Received June 25, 11 p.m. MOSCOW, June 24. The Riga correspondent of the Times reports that the first stage of the Donetz trial has concluded. It consisted of the evidence and cross-examination of the accused. The remainder of the trial will be held in camera. Proceedings thus far have produced no convincing evidence of a plot — merely mismanagement. Nevertheless, the opinion in Moscow is that after such a stir somebody must die. A German mechanic, Maier, like the Russians, denied the statement signed by him before the trial, alleging that the questioners reduced him to exhaustion, subjecting him sometimes to uninterrupted interrogation for six or seven hours, after which he did not know what he .signed. .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20182, 26 June 1928, Page 7
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139ALLEGED SABOTAGE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20182, 26 June 1928, Page 7
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