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28 The Oberlandrat 23. März Kladno, the .19. 40 about the political districts Kladuo, Schlan, Laun, Beraun and Rakoniş P I. 21 To the 2 Lord Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia X z.Hd.v. Herrs Ministerialrat Dr.Volckart oViA 7% and Herrs Oberreg. ters A In the investigation of the perpetrator of the attempted murder of a member of the Gestapo on 20 March 1940 in Taus, the assumption emerged whether the perp Johann Smudek was also considered as perpetator of the murder of the chief guard of the German police Kniest, which was committed in Kladno on 8 June 1939. $ The following reasons speak for this use : 1) Srudek lived in the immediate vicinity of the %.d.d murder site at the time of the crime. 2) Both crimes were perpetrated by means of a repetition gun /4.40. Kal. 6.35 mm. The results of the research carried out so far have confirmed the assumption: a) The Kladno quarter hostess of the Smudek stated during the interrogation that Smudek left the apartment on 7 June after breakfast and did not come home all day long and even in the evening. Although the door to the kitchen where she was sleeping was open that night, she did not hear when he returned. The next morning he left his room before 5 o'clock without talking to anyone and the administration of breakfast, as expected otherwise. Only on June 13 he returned to the V apartment. When asked where he had been the whole time, he said that he was in a hut. He probably means one of the tramps. He did not specify the exact place. Smudek stayed in Kladno until June 24th, then he went to Taus. Eineu b) The daughter of the quarter hostess has occasionally explained that in the night to the 8.6. in the inn to " Šams " / 228