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German Prisoner Confesses Guilt Charged to Jewish Merchant

August 5, 1926
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

A new turn in the Rudolf Haas case, termed the present-day Dreyfus affair, occurred yesterday when it became known that a German, held prisoner in the Magdeburg jail, confessed the murder of the bookkeeper Helling.

The prisoner, Schroeder, in speaking to a fellow-prisoner, stated that he “hopes to get only a minor punishment,” because he succeeded in framing the murder charge against a Jew. “The entire Right press and the Judge are on my side,” he stated.

The Berlin police arrested yesterday Schroeder’s bride, on suspicion of complicity in the murder. A complete clearing up of the case is expected.

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