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MYTH OF THE
Refugee Story Goes Round England
London, December 11.
From one end of Britain to the other an extra- ordinary story is being whispered.
It is that a Jewish child refugee from Germany -his age is usually given as seven-has arrived in this country with the swastika sign branded on his back.
There are two versions current of people who have been horrified by the method of branding. Some whis- the story that there is no vestige of perers will tell you that it was truth in it whatever. done with a branding iron, others that it was burned indelibly with acid; but with these variations the story is the same all over the coun- try.
4
DAYS INVESTIGATING
The "Sunday Express" was as- sisted in its investigation by leading It has even been published in a members of the Jewish community weekly magazine..
in Britain.
After a fortnight of searching in- vestigation the "Sunday Express" can assure the many thousands of
KILLED 4 TO BUY RING
Warsaw, Dec. 11. To get money to buy a wedding ring for the girl he loved a 22-year- old engineer named Wladyslaw Poskrobko hammered four women to death.
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Poskrobko fell in love with a young dancer. They decided to
One of the most important of them, having, heard the story him- self, spent several days endeavour- ing to establish the facts. He made inquiries at all Jewish hospitals, and at all place where the child was reported to be.
himself
Finally he confessed baffled. He had compiled a list of reputable people who were all re- ported to have been connected with the case.
The Span
tar Harbour, Vessels. Pho
how she is w well clear of
investigation man doctor: £ quoted as tha had the child
"I have alrea that I am supp ed the child, an she said.
Each one contacted could only say that he or she had heard of it from some one else. In the "When I first end nobody could produce any about the child thing more substantial than a
rumour.
marry, but Poskrobko had no money || The Committee for the Care of for a ring.
He decided on murder to get the money. He visited a local restaurant owned by a widow named Stefania Piekutowska, living with her aged mother and two young daughters aged 14 and 17.
He and a friend attacked the four women, hammering them to death,
|Children from Germany, after mak-j ing great efforts to trace the origin] of the story, said to the "Sunday Express":-
"We have been swamped by this rumour. There is not the slightest foundation for it.
ALL EXAMINED.
Worl
econo
The Vauxhall On a
"If such a thing had happened The murderers took £20 in cash we should know, because every child 40 m.p.g. and unsuccessfully tried to set fire is medically examined before leav-trial, over 1,000 m to the dead bodies and the house, ing Germany and on arrival here.” the 10 h.p. Saloon but fire did not break out.
After 12 hours' interrogation by the police Poskrobko confessed.
And it has Ind
chromesh and m features.
An example of how the rumour Hydraulic Brake spread was given to the "Sunday Express" when at one stage of the
Bringing Up Father
OH- DEAR-WHY DOESN'T SONNY COME HOME? HE MUST KNOW THAT 1· WANT TO MEET HIS BRIDE-I WONDER IF HE IS HAPPY ?——
WELL- MAGGIE-1 WROTE HIM TO COME HOME - AN' THAT I HAD A JOB FOR HIM HERE-
A LETTER- MR. JIGGS-
s
King Pasture Syndiets,
FROM
ME
SON-
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IT'S FROM OUR SON AN HE SAYS IF HE HAS TO GO TO WORK- HE WON'
COME HOME-