Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1938 — Page 19

ASSASSIN'S FAMILY TELLS HIS LIFE STORY

‘Maybe It Was Despair, Says Father Describing Gestapo Beating.

- (Copyrigt, 1938, by United Press) POSEN, Poland, Dec. 9.—The family of 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan was located in a small town near here today, working in the fields. It was the indirect, unknowing cause of the violent anti-Semitic campaign in Germany- and of the 400 million dollar fine levied on German Jews. Herschel, in Paris, heard that his family had been expelled from Germany and he assassinated the German diplomat, + Ernst vom Rath. David Grynszpan, the father of Herschel, had just come in from the fields where he and other Polish Jews expelled from Germany, eke out an existence. A short man, his beard woven with gray, he pulled the tattered bathrobe which serves him as an overcoat, closer around his bent shoulders. “I don’t know how Herschel could have done it,” he said. “Maybe it was despair. Maybe it was because he had received a letter- from his mother and me saying we were being expelled from Germany. My wife and children were treated very roughly when we were expelled from our home at Hannover, I was badly beaten by a Gestapo agent.” (Herschel told Paris police that this motivated him.) “But Herschel was always a quiet boy.” Talked Hesitantly

The Grynszpan family was found only after a long search among Polish Jewish refugees from Germany. After they were found

it was not easy to get them to talk. They were afraid of making things worse; worried about Herschel and wondering what their own eventual lot. would be. Father Grynszpan is 53 years old. His “wife stood silent as he spoke. Herschel’s brother, 19, and a sister of 21, stood by, their hands frequently moving in nervous gestures as the father spoke, apparently fearing he would be indiscreet. Sometimes they would nod their heads in agreement with what he said. Both of the youngsters were dark-haired with olive skin and deep brown eyes, resembling Herschel. “Herschel was always 2 normal boy,” his father said. “He loved his brother and sister and parents. He loved them very much. “He was a thrifty boy and wanted to get ahead in life. Buf it wasn’t easy. That was why he left Germany.” He paused. “It is not true that Herschel illegally entered France. He had a Belgian visa and went’ from Belgium to France in a legal manner. Sought to Go to Palestine

“1 don’t know how he could have done such a thing in Paris. He will be 18 next March. In 1935 he went to the Yeshiva school at Frankfurt-on-Main to take an agricultural

course in preparation for migration to Palestine. : “We had to make sacrifices to permit him to do it but he was the youngest son. We wanted him to get somewhere. “Three months later the trouble started in Palestine, ending chances that he could soon go there. After a short visit with relatives at Essen, the boy went to Belgium with a visa I had been able to obtain for him, «My brother, who is in the clothing business in Paris, had suggested that Herschel go there. So he went on to Paris. “But he was not able to get permission to work in Paris and so he helped his uncle in his business.

Only Half Alive

“We had not heard from him for about a year execept on a few occasions. We knew he was unhappy because he had not been able to make progress. Once he wrote to us and said he did not want to make us unhappy with his troubles and suggested that perhaps it would be best if he stopped writing to us. After that we heard nothing more from him.” Herr’ Grynszpan paused again, thoughtfully. “But he had never been any trouble to us,” he said. “Herschel always made good marks in school.” He said he had been in Germany for 26 years as a tailor at Hanover. . “Then suddenly the new Govern-

ment came and overnight we were

pariahs,” he continued. “My other son and daughter, both older than Herschel, were unable to get work. And human beings without work are only half alive. “Since 1933, life for us has been a succession of tragedies. And now this has come upon us. “I have heard nothing from Paris,” he said, “since I sent a lawyer the power of attorney.” Herr Grynszpan tugged at the old bathrobe and looked at his wife. “I hope it turns out all right,” he said. :

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Suit Demands Railway Comply With Contract.

City officials today prepared to wage an extended legal fight in Circuit Court to force the Indianapolis Union Railway Co. to proceed with its part of the South Side track elevation project. In a suit filed yesterday, City officials asked Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox to order the railway company to comply with a 1925 contract, which provided that the railroad pay its share of the elevation costs. The railroad company has 10 days in which sto file pleadings in the case before Judge Cox can set a date for hearing. The City’s suit declared that the PWA had approved a $421,000 grant for the project, thus reducing the railroad’s share of the cost from $468,000 to $257,000. City’s Willingness Cited “But the defendants have refused to proceed with the project under terms of the agreement although the City is ready and willing to carry out its part of the contract,” the suit stated. Meanwhile, PWA officials have indicated that the original $421,000 grant has been rescinded because of failure of the Union and Pennsylvania Railroads to co-operate in the project. The suit set out that the Union Railway began track elevation work in December, 1925, under the original agreement and completed projects between E. Michigan and E. 13th Sts. and also constructed bridges between Bluff Road and Meridian St. “But since that work was completed the defendants have refused to proceed with any additional track elevation work though City officials have called upon defendants to do so,” the suit stated. City officials, in their suit, stressed the importance of proceeding with elevation work “especially between Meridian St. and Pleasant Run Blvd.” “This is a matter of public necessity for the safety of citizens,” the action stated. According to the complaint, railway officials have said the company was financially unable to continue the work.

{ About 500 persons\attended a meeting of the Independent Retail Grocers’ Association last night at the Riviera Club. Seated, left to right—Harry Bald-

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LAGRO CASE CHANGE OF VENUE INDICATED

WABASH, Ind, Dec. 9 (U, P).—

Walter Bixler, attorney for Mrs. power” to prevent establishment of

Rilla Harrell, 44, accused of the murder of a Lagro, Ind, school principal, indicated today he will seek a change of venue for his client. Mr. Bixler said he would like to try the case in Miami County, but that Prosecutor Eugene Wessner would not agree.- Authorities indicated the court probably would name three counties and each attorney would discard one. The case would then be tried in the third. Mrs. Harrell was indicted by a Grand Jury in the shooting of Paul Bartholomew, She has denied the charge, contending that the school head shot himself while she struggled with him to take his gun,

NEW LAW CLOSES ‘MARRIAGE MILL’

ELKTON, Md., Dec. 9 (U. P.)— Maryland's famous Gretna Green passed into history today as the new 48-hour law on marriage licenses voted at last month’s election became effective. . The new law requires an interval of two days before applicants for a

license can wed. Elkton’s most famous “marrying. parson,” the Rev. Edward Minor, 81, who claims to be the original

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SHOT ACCIDENTALLY, WOUNDS ARE FATAL

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Dec. 9 (U. P.) —Melvin Sims, 15, died yesterday from gunshot wounds received accidentally when James Funk, carrying a shotgun which his father had sent him to pick up, stubbed his toe and discharged the gun.

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