DIVES AND LAZARUS.
SCENE IN BERLIN CAFE. . SUMMARY RETRIBUTION. “I hardly know myself why I struck him,” said a young Berlin bank clerk to the Judge when he was charged with assaulting a rich jeweller in a cafe, “except that T did not like his face.” “I was sitting beside him when a. blind beggar came in asking for alms. There he sat, with his fat, red face, opposite an enormous portion of roast beef. Ho had rings on his hands, a grand suit; his face was smug, and the picture of avarice. “I said inwardly that he must give the beggar something, lie simply must. He was rich and lie-was eating himself stupid; lie would never miss the money. When he replied: On principle I give only to mendicant societies,’ T was overcome with an unconquerable impulse. Something lifted my hand, and the next I heard was a resounding smack on his perspiring cheek.” The Court found that the accused acted under the influence of hysteria and imposed a fine.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2584, 24 May 1923, Page 4
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171DIVES AND LAZARUS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2584, 24 May 1923, Page 4
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