Vienna, Aug. 18.
Johann Domes, leader of the group of Austrian Nazis who seized" the Vienna radio station on the day that Chancellor "Engelbert Dolifuss was assassinated, was sentenced to-day to death for his part in the unsuccessful 'As a heavy rain beat down upon open gallows in the' Vienna prison courtyard this evening, Johann Domes lifted up his face to the cloud-laden sky and said "Jesus, give me strength."
Twelve ce-defendants, charged with faking part in the capture of the radio station, were sentenced to lite imprisonment at hard labour. Tw policemen accused of ace complices were granted a new trial.
The court ordered Domes to be executed by hanging within three hours after the verdict was announced, United Press
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