The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-03

ONLY Fascist
FREED IN FAKE
Reich AMNESTY
Revolutionaries Serve
Long Terms

BERLIN, Sept. while all the
"Feme" murderers of the Right
have been released on the ground OF
the last amnesty issued on the
eightieth birthday of General Hin.
denburg, many 'oletarian fighters
are still kept in the penitentiaries
although they all fall under the pro-
visions of tn amnesty. The am
nesty was ne ex nded to;
Ludwig Burkhardt, sentenced to
eight years penal servitude for
completely to high treason, i.e., a
political offense. He is to be re-
leased on May 4, 1882.
Max Mehlhorn, sentenced to eight
years penal servitude for the same
offence as Burkhardt. To be re-
leased on July 2, 1882.
Joseph Keip, sentenc d to three
years Imprisonment for riot. The
offence was committed in 1928. No
amnesty has been accorded. Keip is
to be - , in jug 1880.
Long Sente- -.s to Workers.
Herber KObitsch-Meyer, sentenced
to fifteen years penal servitude for
an act of expropriati n committed
from political motives in connection
with political occurrences. Amnesty
refused. To be released in 1910.
=, Gustav Neumann, sentenced to
three years penal servitude for
breaking the peace in connection
with clashes during political
demonstration. Application of the
amnesty refused. To be released ir
1880.
Karl Peters, Sc fenced to pena,
servitude for life for the same of,
fence as Herbert Kobitsch-Meyei
and to several terms of penal.servi.
tude for other political actions was
amnestied as to one of the latter
penalties but not as to the life SEN
tee.
Joseph Muller, sentenced to fit.
teen vars penal servitude for as
sault with intent to kill committed
during a political demonstration
against political opponents was in
cluded in the amnesty, but only by
reduction of his penalty from fiji
teen to seven and a half years. Tt
be released in 1888.
Richard Georie, sentenced to sever
years penal ser > lie for the same
offence. Application of amnesty
refused.
Political Prisoners Stay in Jail.
Emil Gockeler, sentenced to 1;
years penal servitude for the same
offences as Baikhardt. Application
of amnesty unlawfully refused, pen
atty only reduced to 81 years.
Karl Nachtigall, sentenced to II
years penal servitude for an ex
propriati' committed in connection
with a political enterprise. Amnesty
refused. To be released in 1910.
Life for Revolutionary.
Ernst Peterson, sentenced to pena
servitude for life in 1919 for action:
committed in warding off counter
revolutionary attempts. This sen
tence was pronounced by an extra
ordinary court-martial. The penalty
was reduced to 1924 years i'm
prisonment instead of to w years
as provided by the amnesty bill
This is fragrant disregard of the
provisions of the law.
Gustav Bedarf, sentenced to three
years. Imprisonment for breaking
the peace" The offence was com
mitted in 1923 during the Ruhr oc
scupation. Applicat on of the am
nesty refused.
Rudolf Margies, sentenced to fiji
teen years. penal servitude for poll
tical offences. According to the
text of the amnesty bill the penalty
of Margies ought to have been re.
duced to five years and one month
The amnesty board unlawfully pro-
longated this term to tn years.
This lists contains only a few Of
the instances, when proletarians
were unlawfully deprived of the
benefit of the amnesty. No men
ton is made of the cases concern
ing men whose term has already ex
pired, although these also have sui
fered many years of unlawful i'm
prisonment through the refusal tt
apply the amnesty to them; no men
ton is made of the numerous re
fusals to apply thel amnesty II
minor" cases of few months i'm
prisonment in their total als'
amounting to long years; and fin
ally no mention is made Of the mum
erous cases of fresh sentences pro
nounced after the amnesty.