Arab Prisoner Testifies Against Revisionist Trio

Abdul Mejid, Arab convict who declared that the Revisionist Zionists now on trial for the murder of Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff attempted to bribe him to assume the blame for the murder, took the stand again this morning when the trial resumed.

Mejid, who was examined by Musal al Alami, Arab government prosecutor, said he was called to the office of Chief Investigator Rice, whom he told he knew nothing about the murder of Dr. Arlosoroff. Later, however, his fellow convicts, Issa Darwish and Sufchi, were also brought into Rice’s office and confronted Mejid. When the questioning began again Sufchi winked to him, Mejid said, and he began his confession that he and Issa had killed Dr. Arlosoroff relating details which he said were furnished him by Stavsky and Rosenblatt.

“Did others in your cell understand what Stavsky and Rosenblatt told you?” prosecutor Alami asked. Mejid answered that the other prisoners didn’t understand Hebrew, but that one of the prisoners saw him talking to the Revisionists.

ORDERS CONFESSION READ

Following a request from defense counsel Horace Samuel, the court ordered that Mejid’s first confession to Rice be read in court.

“Did Rice show you the bullets which killed Arlosoroli?” Samuel asked the Arab. “He showed me four bullets from which I picked one resembling the bullet previously shown me in jail by Rosenblatt,” Mejid replied, adding, “when Rice asked me what bullet was used to kill Arlosoroff, I answered a nickel Ross.”

At this point Samuel asked the court for the reading of Mejid’s second confession, which was made to prosecutor Behor Shitreet, with more details on the killing of Dr. Arlosoroff. The court consented. After the confession was read Samuel asked Mejid: “Is this your signature under the confession?” “That is my name,” Mejid declared, “but everyone can sign my name. This statement contains only what Suf### induced me to say.”

The dialogue between the three Arab convicts in Rice’s office, in which Issa stubbornly denied having had a share in the murder, was read to Mejid.

JUDGE LOSES PATIENCE

Asked why he questioned Issa about details of the murder in the office of investigator Rice, Mejid replied: “Sufchi taught me how to put the questions to Issa. Sufchi knows everything. He was always with Starvsky and Rosenblatt and he received £500.”

Cross-examined by the court on his being confronted with Mrs. Arlosoroff at an identification parade, Mejid declared that he saw her then for the first time. “I told her what Sufchi taught me to say.”

Exactly what did you tell her?”

Presiding Judge Corrie asked. Mejid, however avoided a direct answer. He also tried to avoid direct answers to questions put by Samuel.

Judge Corrie lost patience and interrupted one of his rambling answers with the admonition: “Tell us yes or no and don’t refer to Sufchi’s alleged teaching at every question.”

“Did you throw away your shoes months after Dr. Arlosoroff was killed?” Samuel asked him. Mejid did not answer.

Questioned further by Samuel Mejid declared that he knew Tel Aviv well and was familiar with the scene of the murder, adding that he knew the road to the Moslem cemetery. Since his brother was buried there. He also admitted that he had served a short jail term, was acquainted with the British secret service agents and had received pay from the police for serving them. Mejid was still on the witness stand when the morning session ended.