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particularly disgraceful; aufik Daire Ayd kind is agitating the fashionable:Week/el vonku pekemattre end of "Berlin. It has come to light Pic through the arrest of a wealthy, moton manufacturer named Ewald Frans and his wife: They are charged with decoyina | young women into their fat under the guise of the usual social-hospitality drugging them; - and riisising them for immoral purposes. Franr iz 35 years ol age, and, so far as his wealth is concerni ed, seems to be a typical example of the war profiteer. According to one of the a hewspapers, the fortune which he hu accumulated during the past few years through his factory and foreign business poten ampants to sixty million marks. His wife
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It is, alleged that they selected their victims, mostly young girls, at the houses of their friends, and invited them to musical evenings. At these entertain mants the guests were regaled with wines, liqueurs, beer, tea, and other beverages doped with morphia, cocaine, or similar drugs, and, having been deprived of all power of will and moral sell-control, were compelled to take part in orgies the character of which can only be guessed at from the fact that even the Berlin papers do not venture-to give a detailed indication of it. It is alleged that byp notism was also employed for the same purpose as drugs, and that the doors al the rooms were locked so that those of the guests who had preserved contral over their will and self-respect could not escape..
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Vague rumours about the Franz estab- lishment had been current for some time, but the true nature of the prisoners musical evenings is said to have been revealed through the action of a lady theory Efst rank of the to the long communisted private car nobility detective. to make inquiries. It is stated in the Press that a good many witnesses against the prisoners are already availa able, and that Fran Franghae made a "partial confession," but the police, be||| leving that a sense of shame. has pre vented victims from Todging information, is now trying to induce them to come forward by promising that their names, will not be revealed.
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The fat where the pair lived was hur nished in a most sumptuous style Part of it, however, was used as offices for Franz's business." These offices are stated to have been run in a curious manner. The staff consisted almost entirely of young girls, who had obviously been selected partly in consequence of their
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Some of these statements may be mere. idle rumours, but the arrest of Frans and his wife on a charge of using youİTİRİ girls of the best social circles " for im¦ moral purposes by the application narcotic and hypnotic suggestion and force "is vouched for by a semi-offcint polics, communiqué.
The maturer reports of this evening' papers only give the Franz scandal & more mysterious appearance than it diready had. According to the Lokalanzeiger, thủ male prisoner, who was a reserve officer, belongs to a good old Berlin Family is the son of a Privy Councillor and even before the war had a flourishing Justness. His wife also comes of a very highly respected family," The luxurious" für, nishings of their flat cost about” §,000,000. marks. It is stated, by the same paper that the prisoners selected for their pir- pose very young güld of unblemished Character from the best social circles, and that both have admitted that their obje in so doing vos, to escape degunēlkti 8s, they calculated that victims of type would be prevented by a sense shame from mentioning the unspeakai humiliations to which they had been m jected. The Lakalanačijer alsó "mnya. the names of some." "thirly “victims known to the police, thist many pickin "attempted 'suicide alter their vi
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