LEIPZIG TRIAL

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1933, Page 6

LEIPZIG TRIAL

FURTHER EVIDENCE, ; (United Press Association—By Electrio 1 Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received this day at 11.40 a.m.J BERLIN, September 25. ■At the Leipzig trial, Vandeilufobe, ■despite th.e breaking of Ids fast, was still deathly pale, and seemed wholly disinterested i,n the pi-Oceedings. j . IjUneff, a shoemaker, admitted he had been twice .sentenced iiu his absence to 12J- ..years’ imprisonment for Communist activities, in .Bulgaria, but :he {was granted an amnesty. . ! .Torgler, receiving permission to make a speech., in answer to an indictment, j announced .an. .ringing tones 1 am • ,innqc e nt. I had nothing to |do with the fire directly or indirectly, j 1 surrendered the day alter the the to j .defend myself against this -monstrous j charge. I fought in prison for seven | .months to prove my innocence. For j ifiv.e months I was kept day and night j dn chains. 1 Aid not endure this tor- 1 •ture because I was strong bodily, but Ibecause of a consciousness of my in- j jiiocenge, and a determination to vindiicate mv party.” V ancle Hub be re-examined, listlessly answered questions regarding lus xn-nve-jnents the week before the fire. Asked iwhethqr • he had tpld the welfare ;<>f- 1 ficers that.it would be necessary to. :fire public buildings to provoke the .stormtu-oopci’s and 'inflame •■the publici he replied,-.“possibly.” •.|,iyti v ’'