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Show PLACES BLAME ON RATHENAU'S SLAYER LEIPSIC, Oct. 13. (By Tho Associated Asso-ciated Press.) At the trial today of ; the men accused of the murder of, Walter Kathenau, foreign minister.' ( Ernest Werner Techow, who had been charged with having driven the auto-mobllo auto-mobllo from which Kathenau was assassinated, as-sassinated, made a full confession in j open court. Techow declared that he had acted under duress, declaring that Erwln Kern, Rathenau's assassin who committed com-mitted suicide w heji surrounded by i the police In the turret of Sauleck castle, near Koesen, had threatened i to shoot him If he withdrew from tho murder plot. Techow broke down completely when tho presiding Judge halted the proceedings and subjected subject-ed him to a dramatic cross-examination. I A chemical analysis of some choco-ilate, choco-ilate, which several of tho defendants' . ato a few days ago and became 111, has established the presence of arson). In it. I ' |