Mr. Bguchi, in giving his personal' opinion on the matter, states:
"Having become fully acquainted with all the circumstances of the Kidnapping of Simon Kaspe, I have come to the conclusion that the acy cused Martinov, Shander and others showed ardent patriotism. The crime enacted by them is apparently an ordinary "criminal act, but the motives for the crime are far from ordinary, being those of a political nature and dictated by the desire to) struggle for their native land.
The accused are perfectly sure that those guilty for the ruin of Imperial Russia, the murder of the Emperor himself and his family, are Communists and leaders of the Communist movement Jews, and, there fore, the accused decided to have revenge for their homeland, being imbued with extreme anti-Soviet and anti-Jewish feelings. there, any reply from Kaspe, senior, Shander On August 30, not receiving
dered Gaus 16 ving up Mr Shapiro by- telephone, Diving' that MMe Reape would oe own will, decided to get money by
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.