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I ba©a th© honor to t n m p s i t hareu-ith as of i n t e r e s t

t o th© B©i*«Ftns#at, a. nas*>«j» of cl tpotug* fr*#s th© Borl ia

iwwB|*ft|>#rs with r«ap©et to the ©Hag©.-*, shootlag accident

thfotigh which jyph©it«f\i#b3?or Wyehow l o s t h is l i f t aad as

a eon#©*|«etj©a of whl«h KtwE&amifaahj'&r Ma©iiXi»g ©ewaittaci

autaid©. ^©e«rAlag t o the ©©strolled pr r^s # a a r l j ta

aptcasfear a»i»fe©lvl Buefcow who hold© th© t l t i © •€ wArbeit*•

fu©hrer* in. th© *fc©tttseh» Ayhe-dtftfroftt^ »nd who i s on* of

th® ©djtttBists' of tr# l ay , tho h«ad of th© K .4jrt?©itrfront%

©a a a©at©d with a®a« f^iaada la a drinking olae* i s

3**©haraah, «nong thea© friondii &©i8g HtiaM>»fmft»«hr©y

Saafe&ljgg* Thay had ©fe u aa t i ag aoppar togather aad as

ftMtoaw gat af to a* j ||S#dL-%## h i s yeaa l t a r wa* saagfet

a t th© a%« of th*? taola and di©eh©rg«d list© I I ? hody,

©aaaiag h i s daatfc* Th® nawspa^ar© go on t o «t«,\a t h a t

th© daath of hi© f r iaad so affaat©^ Maabling tha t he

turned h i s mm *p© t o M s heed* f i r ed a shot «n<? l a t e r

died in A hosp i ta l l a Siagea. ¥fcw* newspapers a t the

beginning i/Ktm l l t t i o pub l i c i ty to tins Incidentf b»%

once the news had cppaerod In the pares 9 t t w&« decided

the* s s t a t e fsmeral »«** to be gisen to Maefeow and SSeehling

l a Berlin* l a accord with an card©* "sf the leader of t&e

*D«atselMi Arbslt«Aroas*9 Ur« ley* "these two leading asm

su© hod struggled f a r fell© National Soc ia l i s t mov«saent s i l l

be glean a s t a t e bur ia l** tbapee thousand iseafesrs of the

S*S*B*0» sad three thousand S*JW mm% ttmm& t i . ureesasioa

t c the eerae-tary in the Bctrgpaaaatrss^e in & e r l i a or* t h e .

a f temaan of September 1S» The new#paperg taroygaeist

Oen&sny car r ied loa^: a r t i c l e a descr ibing the s t a t e b u r i a l

as c e l l as euta shoeing the- funeral paroeeealcii* ^ ln l a t av .

?re#id©afc iiosria^ «eat * telasrat* t o 2r« l ey asprea»l«g

r eg re t thu:»t He could not be pr»s«nt et tho funeral* ftp*

l e s senfe lde r , who i s one of the leafier a In the- now nat ional

chorea in Qeraftny* del ivered the funeral o ra t ion .

ty& ^»erio«n correspondent« and the a the r foreign

correspondents in Berl in did not deca i t safe to send i*t

any aow« ecmeerning t h i s incident* Fros what I era ab le to

i e a r a , i t seess tha t I t is the geaers,! iatpresslon anoag

the correspondent a ee s e l l as in 8arswn c i r c l e s i/ltMn

the Par ty , t h a t itocaew was k i l l e d by Uashling daring mi

a l t e r c a t i o n whJeh took place during eupper and a f t e r

Imih IMzehmt m& Msehllng awl t h e i r companions had hmeu

drinking freely* I t scene t h a t the direction, of thS

b u l l e t

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b u l l e t i&toh was t£ta ea&ae of the d ^ t h of 'Juehow,,

eoisld hardly ! i ?6 been lis® .path of OR® discharged

ttaro'u&h »fi aeeldent suah as the one dereriberi in tax©

newspaper aeceunte* I t e l so see^s f a i r l y well es tabl ished

th&i «js#hiini &i& no% tzmmit suicide but was shot by

t h e i r e a^aa lone whe «*sre anger at the deet-h of Iluehow.

Msehling had two shots through- the head, i t i s repor ted ,

inates-i of on*$ and i t I s paint©-?, out tha t although

qui te credib le th&t iieehling eould ham* shot himself

owm tlirough the !-j®6d#. he eouM not Iseve In f l i c t ed the

two wounds. ^Through a s l ip" the f t r e t renopts of the i n ­

cident got i n to the p&mmn and in or$8er tha t the aff**lr

isl^ht ha eevered up , a at*to bu r i a l was ardapeU for both*

X ewnaot v^ueh.for the e4>rreetnas« af the above

vepsienf hat several of the new-pep-sp isan endeavored t o

io©is««t thessse-lvea and the Information whieh developed

was of »ue|i m ehsree ter s& to e x p o r t the rusMsrs that

Knehow had mot l e s t h i s l i f e thpoogh an aoeldent but

t h a t the whole was & @3&m2£®n. brawl in whieh the two mm.

had bean k i l l e d . t h e inqui r ies whieh they ss&de neve

the* the d l s t l n e t ienress ion tha t i t would he unsafe

ander^ the elreu&stafftees to send out any repor t s eoneara-

iBg the iiseident except those whieh s igh t repeat the

were 1 ana In the Oarstan p r e s s . M they f e l t the

published repor t s rtid not give a cor rec t p le ture of

the inc iden t , they decided t o send out nothing.

t h e incident in i t s e l f l a nt ae a e r t l e u l ^ r

consequence,

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GMtmrnqmstiamt oven i f th«$se two isee in 0 drunkon Wmt

wor© k i l l e d end ©v«tt though they he ld , a t Xoost in mm

m&®®9 m f a i r l y fcsportsat positiom in *h<? '*®j»ty orgeatse**

t ioa* Wh@t i s i n t e r e s t i n g , however, mad! of su f f l e i sn t

si<]patlf lessee t o noiftt 0**% to th«? *%tMtrtra©nfe# i s the f«*et

th&t these- two men ohimld he given at s tn t e funeral end

tib»t i t shot&d he gives the vide t»jhl iei ty which ©pg»©er©d

in t he wrest throoghotst the ooxrotry sa*a tha t one of the

stsst importsnt f igtsrest In the now tfersoa ©imreh should

de l iver the fimerel ornttlOB* Xt if oharwetor ls t le of

the> tu rn which i s h#ing giv«« to 00 m a y th ings nhieh are

t sMag p l see im Oerasny. Xt saey be taken for ^rft»t*i the t

the ,p»#irt m j o r l t y sf the 0«gpsa» population reading the

s tory ©f t h i s inc ident , w i l l bel ieve theft tho published

version i s cor rec t end Muehow w& &nohltn& w i l l be ©emoted

saoag the heroes of the ^ © t i w s l i>&oisllst revolution*

%t the r e e l foots are ss i t weuls! epwefcr thoy a r e , then

thee© two new Heroes s r s f i t t i n g addi t ions to the - l i s t

im which ^ehlageter and Beret Seeee! a l ready f igur«* s t

the <tood*

B»spoetfully yours*

3«ar$o Svttoaaersnlth* ^asr losn Consul 3enerel«

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