English Translation

73 In Prague, in turn, it was assumed in various circles that the shortening of the deadline was an outburst of anger for the Germans about the keeping together of the Czechs. Thus were heard statements like: "It is all the same to us, these are the so much praised German methods", "before we go, they go with us", "if the Germans should make their threats come true, then only the choice to capitulate to dishonesty remains for us, or to go down in honor" came / In the whole Protectorate/already in the course of the 17th and 16th. to spread rumors that the assassins could be caught, which were not at first in any direct connection with the actual seizure of the assassin. In the general depression and fear of the Chechens, these rumors (so in the OLB Brno and Budweis) had often triggered a liberating and calming effect. It was loudly said, like: "Our fatherland has been saved by the feast in the last hour - now it will turn out who the perpetrators were, whether Czechs or not and on what behalf they acted", "now we can sleep calmly again", typical are the following messages: According to a rumor spread in Tabor a hanged Jew was found in Beneschau whose description corresponds to that of the perp. In this context, Czechs said that "God exists that it is He". In the chanting OLB Olmütz, the rumor was that one of the assassins had already been arrested. According to a rumor from Moravian-Weißkiden, it was a Jew and a Czech. A rumor in Prerau, in turn, said that he was a Belgian and a Sudeten German. In Prague employed workers from Auwal (OLB Kolin) brought with them the rumor that one of the two assassins had been arrested on June 17th. It is said that there was a son of the butcher, in whose house one of those murderers is hidden after the assassination. He had been reported by his own father. He is said to have shot his father, two other people, and a policeman, and was also spread to other parts of the province.