(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Rabbi Koenigsherger, one of the leaders of the Orthodox Jewish community in Germany, was run over and instantly killed by an automobile omnibus here.
Rabbi Koenigsberger recently celebrated his sixtieth birthday, on which occasion he was widely feted.
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