Abraham Stavsky, Accused of Murder of Dr. Arlosoroff, Remanded for Investigation

Abraham Stavsky, Polish Revisionist accused of the murder of Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff here last Friday, was arraigned today before Magistrate Korngrin and remanded for fifteen days at the request of Salim Hana, police official representing the public prosecutor pending further investigation.

Police Inspector Goffner, of Tel Aviv, appeared as a witness against Stavsky, and after taking the oath, affirmed that there was sufficient evidence against the prisoner to furnish reasonable grounds of suspicion.

Stavsky, speaking in Yiddish, complained that he had not been permitted to obtain counsel, although he had demanded the right of legal advice constantly. He insisted that he had spent Friday night, when Dr. Arlosoroff was assassinated by two strangers, in the city of Jerusalem, and therefore, could not have perpetrated the murder.

The magistrate declined to hear his defense, stating that the hearing today was only on the question of remanding him for further investigation and that “you will be able to say all you want during the interrogation.”

Attorney Spindel, representing the Polish consulate, was present at the hearing and asked permission to cross-examine Goffner, which was denied him. He will discuss the question of defending Stavsky with the police. In view of the excitement following the Arlosoroff murder, the public was barred from the hearing today and only newspapermen were allowed in the courtroom.

The Histadruth, the union of Zionist labor organizations of which Dr. Arlosoroff was one of the founders and chief theoreticians, has decided to undertake an important colonization project in his memory. Details of the project are now being worked out, it was learned today.