M. Trotsky received deep head, shoulder and knee wounds, es well as a fractured skull when he was tacked in his study by Frank Jackson, alias Jacques Mornard van den Dreschd, 38-year-old Persian-born Paris journalist, Tuesday.
The Russian Communists secretarian issued a graphic, four-page statement yesterday formally charging Jackson with being a member of the Russian G.P.U. secret police, They also said he was possibly connected with the attack on M. Trotsky's life last May.
It was revealed that M. Trotsky grappled with his assailant when he was attacked Tuesday, M. Trotsky put up a terrific struggle in the study, even after the pick axe had been plunged into his skull. Guards overpowered Jackson when they d M. Trotsky scream.
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