(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The assassin of Vladimir Oskilko, leader of Ukranian pogrom bands and aid of Petlura, was arrested in Rovno, despatches received here state.
The arrested, a young Christian, when taken into custody on the charge of having murdered Oskilko, attempted to commit suicide by drinking poison. He was taken to the hospital in a dying condition.
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