Word: frommer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...November 29 the body of one Raymond Lesobre, real-estate agent, was found in an empty villa in St. Cloud, shot through the back of his head. In his pocket was the visiting card of "Herr Schott." Among people mysteriously missing in recent weeks was a young German, Arthur Frommer, who had an uncle named Schott. Aroused at last, secret police agents traced Uncle Schott to Nice. He had no recollection of giving any visiting cards to his nephew, but did remember giving his card to a plausible young German named Eugene George Weidmann. Eugene George Weidmann was discovered living...
...police station he began confessing. Yes, he had shot Frommer (whose cigarette lighter he was using) and Lesobre (whose car he was driving), but when confronted with the blue folder of Jean De Koven's traveler's checks, he suddenly burst into tears...