Threatening letters and telephone calls were received here today by the parents of the 13-year-old Jewish boy Rickey Farber who, together with other high school boys, was abducted last night by members of the American Nazi Party of which George Rockwell is the leader.
Two of the Nazi group are now awaiting trial on Thursday before a magistrate. They are charged with felonious assault in the manhandling of Farber and four of his friends who reported that they were dragged into the headquarters of the American Nazi Party here, handcuffed and quizzed about their religion.
Hyman Farber, the father of the Jewish boy, today showed one of the threatening letters he had received. The missive, emblazoned with skull and crossbones, bore one word, “Juden, ” in German. The threatening telephone calls, all anonymous, were balanced, Mr. Farber said, by other telephone calls from residents of Arlington, and some from nearby Washington, assuring him of the community’s support in his action against the Nazis.
The warrant under which the two Nazis were arrested had been sworn out by Mr. Farber. The two members of Rockwell’s group, Richard Braun, 26, and Robert Garber, 31, are under bail of $1, 500 and $1, 000 each, respectively.
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