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Youth Attempts Assassination of “awakening Magyars” President

January 14, 1924
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An attempt on the life of Von Eckkhardt, President of the anti-Semitic organization, the “Awakening Magyars” was revealed today.

Friday night, a young man called at the headquarters of the Awakening Magyars and asked for President Von Eckhardt. When told that the President was not in, the young man left a parcel wrapped in brown paper to be given him. Upon unwrapping the package, it was found to contain a bomb.

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