THE ASSASSINATION OF A JEW AT SAN REMO, ITALIAN RIVIERA RESORT LAST DEC. 14 WAS THE WORK OF THE “CAGOULARDS” (THE HOODED MEN), FRENCH POLICE INDICATED TODAY AS THEY PROBED DEEPER INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRET, SEMI-MILITARY ORGANIZATION, ACCORDING TO THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY.
NEW FINDINGS OF THE POLICE INCREASED THE STIR CAUSED IN FRANCE BY YESTERDAY’S POLICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT AUTHORITIES HAD UNCOVERED THE SECRET SOCIETY OF “LA CAGOULE” (THE HOOD), ASSERTEDLY FORMED BY RIGHTIST EXTREMISTS. THE JEW WHO INCURRED THE ANGER OF THE “CAGOULARDS” HAD RENTED A VILLA AT THE ITALIAN RIVIERA RESORT, POLICE CLAIMED. HE MET HIS DEATH AFTER RECEIVING A TELEGRAM DECLARING, “WE ARE AWAITING FULFILLMENT OF PROMISES MADE, AUNT IRMA,” IT WAS SAID.
POLICE ASCERTAINED THAT THE CAGOULARDS HAD NO BRANCH CELLS IN THE PROVINCES. THEIR HEADQUARTERS WERE IN THE CENTER OF PARIS AT 31 RUE CAUMARTIN, IT WAS DECLARED. POLICE HAVE THUS FAR MADE FOUR ARRESTS AND SEIZED A LARGE QUANTITY OF ARMS AND DOCUMENTS IN A SERIES OF RAIDS.
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