The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-29
HITLER is SENT
TO PRISON FOR
'PUTSCH' FARCE
Fascist Chieftain Wildly
HarangUeS Court Which
Hears Case.
rbis is The fourth Of series Of articles
81 Adolf Hitler. Germans Fascist leader.
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Writer


NEA Service Writer
4 ONDON, oct. EFF his at
- tempted putsch of Nov. 9,
1929, was a miserable failure,
Adolf Hitler at least succeeded in
getting on the first pages Of every
= paper in Germany.
Furthermore, the story was made
better by the air of mystery con-
nected with it. Wild rumors cir
culated in Munich that he had been
wounded badly when the steadfaSt
Bavarian troops fired at his mock
army.
Then Munich handed itself one
big laugh, for on Nov. IL the
Bavarian police arrested Hitler in
The little town of Essing, forty
miles from the Bavarian capital.
Enemy papers sarcastically said the
only wound the hero of Nov. 9 had
was badly grazed shoulder caused
by his throwing himself to the
street 100 energetically when the
troops started to fire.
Sent to Fortress
Hitler was carried off to the
fortress of Landsberg, thirty-fye
miles west Of Munich, where he was
detained to await his trial. The
Imprisonment was not painful.
The fortress was not bad prison
and Hitler was not treated harshly.
He had practically all his liberties
save the liberty of getting away.
German newspapers cynically said
the powers that be in Bavaria were
not too anxious to bring him TO
trial, because they themselves had
winked at the putsch idea and had
only changed their minds at the
last minute.
Harangues the Court
Hitler finally was brought to trial
In Munich in March, 1924. The
court did not worry him a bit.
Courts never have done so.
When before a tribunal as &C
cused, as plaintiff, or as witness Hit
Ter sits as If fever of excitement,
his hands nervously twitching, his
mouth working, until he looks as
if he is going to burst if he does
not speak.
He does not burst. He speaks.
And short of gagging him, nobody
can stop him until he has said his
say. Moreover, like Joan of Arc
and like Napoleon, he has burning
faith in his star.
In this trial. for instance, some
sarcastic remarks were made about
his presumption in thinking, If the
putsch we're successful, that he
would be the chancellor of the Reich.
Refuses TO Be Modest
Up popped Hitler, eyes flashing,
hands working:
+" I declared in the beer hall
meeting that would undertake the
leadership of the political fight until
November, 1918, criminals were set
tied with. Ut was thus he referred
to the German statesmen who
signed the Treaty of Versailles0
IF l had wanted to be chancellor
Of the Reich, would have proposed
the title for myself. 1 decline to be
modest in this respect when a for
mer house porter actually became
chancellor. yet will take a lead in
settling with the November GRIM
inals. If not now, then later"
The court sentenced him to five
years detention in the Fortress of
Handsberg. Hitler disappeared tenn
porarily from the scene.
Hitler Given Amnesty
His party had polled two million
votes and secured thirty-two seats
IN the reichstag. The putsch had
not failed entirely after all. 1t
paid to advertise.
In the election of December, 1924,
the news was not so good. The
party vote had fallen to 100000 and
fourteen seats in the reichstag.
The party clearly needed its leader.
And his fervent wish for liberty was
fulfilled.
The Bavarian government am
nestled him. In the meantime, so
great had been the reaction against
Won Kahr, that he fell from power
and DR.. Held became Bayarian pre-
mier.
Next-Hitler reapppears in Mu-
Mich.