Reich, the ex Inspector of Spviet prisons in the region of Odessa, was sentenced today to death by the revolutionary tribunal of Odessa. Reich was tried on the charge of having been an agent provocateur of the former Czaristic Government. During the trial, Reich confessed his guilt.
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