The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
Leon Trotsky Struck Down By An Assassin
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police questioned her and sobbed If Trotsky dies I am going to kill. myself because I am great ad- mirer of him."
 She was said to have told police that she met Trotsky's mysterious assailant through her sister Ruby whom she said was a former secre- tary to Trotsky.
 Surgeons who performed an op- eration on Trotsky for skull frac- ture at the Green Cross Emergency hospital had said that If he lived for a few hours he might have a fighting chance.
 But at 8. m. G a. m. EDT) bulletin said that Trotsky's condi- tion was very serious and that his pulse was IA as compared tc 94 at 3 a. m.
 He rallied slightly during the early morning hours.
 Trotsky's mystery man assailani lay in the same hospital, having been severely wounded by Harold Robbins, head guard at the fortified Trotsky villa in the Coyoacan suburb where the attack was made
 Trusted Friend Attacker
 The asSailant, a trusted friend who had been given the freedom of the villa, was known as Frank Jack son, an American, and was said to have an American wife. But he told Gen. Manuel Nunez, police chief, at the hospital, that he was Jacques Mornard Van Den Dreschd 36. born at Tehran, Persia, of Bel gian parents, newspaper man by profession. He told Gen. Nunez also; T would give my life blood fo, Trotsky." It was reported that Dreschd had disagreed violently with Trotsky in recent weeks on the Fourth International" which Trot- sky had organized to oppose the "Stalinist" Third International.
 It was said that Dreschd was the son of a Belgian diplomat. He speaks English and Russian as wei as French. He Is about SIX feet tall, is of average build, has shori black hair and wears eye glasses He was dressed poorly.
 Police were reported to be inter. ested in questioning 8 30 year olc blonde, Russian born but American naturalized, who had been seen witt Dreschd here. She was reported t have been arrested.
 Police said that they were ques. tioning Sylvia Ageloff, 30, a striking blonde with blue eyes, reported t< be native Russian and a natur. alized American. She refused to tall to newspapermen. Hatless, she wore octagonal eye glasses with a smar, tailored gray suit. white blouse and coffee colored stockings.
 Met fin Paris
 It was reported she and Dreschd met in Paris two years ago. They had been seen together frequently here and it was reported that they had visited the United States re- gently.
 As regards reports that Dreschd had disagreed with Trotsky on the fourth international. it was asserted today that there had been a split in the organization, apparently over administration and policy.
 Ever since his arrival here, in l937 from Norway. on his long odyssey of exile, Trotsky has had himself guarded. May "A. when 20 men armed with machine guns bust into the grounds of his villa and fired into his bedroom without wounding him, the guard had been strongly reinforced, three machine gun pill boxes had been mounted on the 15- foot villa wall, and a steel door had been built into the front door frame.
 Recently Trotsky had told United Press correspondents that he be- iieved another attempt to kill him would be made during the German blltzkrieg on Great Britain.
 Yesterday afternoon Trotsky was in his study. He had been busy on c monumental autobiography and on his merciless propagandist attacks on the present Russian regime. which he regards as having betrayed the Ideals of his collaborator, Lenin, and in aiding prosecutors to prepare their case against his last assailants.
 Elsewhere in the house were Trot- sky;s wife, their grandson, three bodyguards and Trotskys secretary. Joseph Hanson.
 Late in the afternoon cries were heard from the study. The guards and the secretary ran in. led by Head Guard Robbins. They found