Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-05-03 | Page 18 | German Who Shot out of Pity Freed

German Who Shot Out of Pity Freed POSE POSEN May 2 By A A. A P. P P. P. tz a German Grman aviator re reI recently re- re was acquitted in criminal court I of a charge of murder which grew out I of the the- fact tact that he killed a wounded I Russian out of pit pity After the World war 1 enlisted In the PolIsh Polish Pol Pol- ish arm army and during the Polish Rus sian conflict of 1920 a defective motor compelled him land to midway between between between be be- tween tho the opposing Pl osing lines came up upon n a n mortally wounded Russian one of whose legs had been torn awa away There was an another another another an- an other ghastly wound In his side The Theman Theman Theman man an agent of the communists stationed stationed sta eta with the Red ned army Implored the aviator to shoot him and put him out of his misery At first refused bu In birs finally unable to bear the sight of th the suffering ButterIng man and fearful his yells would reveal his own whereabouts where where- abuts b to the enem enemy he shot ahot him The next day he burled buried the tho man and reported the occurrence to his hI superior superior su su- su- su penior officers