Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-23 | Page 4 | Hotler's Bloody Hands

Hitler's Bloody Hands 1 P pERHAPS no American read of the decapitation decapita- decapita tion of two women spies in prison with the same emotions as sur surged ed through h the brain of a time one-time Salt Lake City girl sirl Isobel Lillian LiIlian Steele lately in close danger of being beheaded in Germany German for treason Miss Steele had the misfortune to know Baroness von Berg whose first husband was Richard Kichard von Yon Falkenhayn son of the kaisers kaiser's trusted General von yon Falken Falkenhayn la n of high command command com corn mand durin during the war Baron George ski sId dashing Pole late of the Austrian army infatuated Grass Widow V von Falkenhayn To 10 escape marria marriage e with him she married Baron von Berg R Renate nate von on beauteous secretary in the thc ministry of defense told her mother she was working late at the o office fice Her mother didn't like it and complained to the high official for whom she It was news to him so he told the nazi secret police who snooped rhe They found all aU these and more were in the habit of or giving wild parties frequently r suspect spy had up to then escaped all traps set for him f Then Theil the they gave one party part too many Scenting Scenting Scenting Scent Scent- ing an orgy more than fifty attended Secret police gathered all in Even Von VOIl vas was there but he was one of the first released because he belonged ed to the secret police I 1 After Arter a time long-time imprisonment about which she is now writing many stories Miss Steele l d declared c innocent t f e freed allowed t to come to America Others did not fare so well Tried before Hitler's picked hand-picked Peoples People's Court Baroness von yon Berg and Renate von were found guilty of selling military secrets and sent to the death cell at prison irison Buron Baron imprisoned for life tife as is were two women employed by bJ the defense ministry names withheld A former nav naval il technician and another unnamed man convicted of espi espionage nage also drew death sentences Berliners knew little about it all Press censors were busy But it leaked out Monday Monday- that hat the two women were to lay their necks on the headsman's block Tuesday August of Magdeburg in tailcoat with rust rusty bloodstains on the sleeves but with fresh laundered latin laun dered white gloves and white trousers was wasat wasat at it his lis post Baroness von yon Berg hands chained behind chind her ller put her head on oti the block caked with the blood of or others Griebler l let t fall a lIly polished medieval axe and her head rolled in the sand It was the same for Fraulein von When news of this butchery filtered through to o Germans they talked about it it cautiously behind closed ClOSel doors It W was s a chilling blood-chilling sensation that left its mark mark markin in their faces to be berend read rend in the thc streets Thereupon petitions were addressed to Hitler in behalf of the he two men under sentence Berlin rumors are that that lie he may not lay his blood bloody hands upon them hem Can it be bc that finally fear is causing this nazi madman to cringe as he lie weights weighs the likelihood hood lood of going farther w with th his t tyranny than the depressed Germans will tolerate tol tol- tol- tol erate Murder is murder even though it be bc labeled a political The beheading of these two women was murder stirring revulsion throughout through through- out ut Christendom If this uncrowned king c con con- n- n to wade through the blood of his enc cue lilies nies to make reality of his illusions of grandeur grandeur gran- gran deur he may bring a world-wide world boycott of everything bearing the Made fade in Germany label abel