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Show Jewish Stos In Chicago Damaged By Sifgr Shirts CHICAGO, Oct. 24 (U.E) Police said today that the reputed Chicago Chi-cago leader of the Fascist silver shirts and two associates had admitted ad-mitted smashing windows of Jewish-owned stores. Federal bureau of investigation 000. It's border was stamped with swastikas. The attorney said he believed it had been written by a crank. Police have been attempting at-tempting to trace the letter. It had been reported at police headquarters head-quarters that a threatening letter let-ter also was received six weeks ago by a prominent Jewish jeweler. Police reported they broke down a dcor at Maerz's home before arresting him A detective assigned assign-ed to the case said a typewriter had been seized at Maerz's home and had been turned over to the d-?ra.rl ment of investigation. agents participated in questioning cf the men on information that wealthy Jewish merchants had received extortion le tiers demand-I demand-I ing $50,000 under threat of shootings shoot-ings and bombings. i1 The trio Dr. Homer Herman (Maerz, 25, alleged silver shirt j leader; George Heppner, 35, and j Joseph Schimpp, 45, were held incommunicado under an open charge during the .questioning, j They were seized yesterday after .four plate glass windows had been 'broken with bricks at a branch of of the Goldblatt brothers department depart-ment store, one of the largest retail re-tail houses in Chicago. Threats Made Police Sgt. Ralph Miller said the three admitted breaking the Goldblatt windows and windows of other Jewish-owned stores. He said extortion letters posted in Chicago had been mailed to the Goldblatt brothers, Maurice Nathan, Nath-an, Joseph and Louis, to "Robbi" S. S. Lrosge, new York five-and-I ten cent store chain head, and to numerous other Jewish merchants, lawyers and indues whom he refused re-fused to identify. The letter to Kresge, Miller said was signed "Hittler-Musso-: Mikado-Cam 1 11 i headquarters' and mailed without postage. ; The Goldblatts received a threatening letter six weeks ago which, their attorney said, de-pounced de-pounced Jews and demanded $50,- |