In the early morning of this day he goes from his shelter at the Silesian station to the station Beusselstreet. He collects his uniform from the baggage storage and runs to the Jungfernheide park to change his clothes. He then goes to Stralau-Rummelsburg and from there by suburban train to Koepenick. He sounds the land out here, he particularly remembers the area around the city hall. Then he goes by north ring train to the station Putlitzstreet and shirks around on the Seestreet for some time.

Toward noon in the time of the changings of the guards he stops on the Sylter Street a bunch of guard soldiers which consists of four man and a sergeant. This troop comes from the army swim institution at the Plotzensee Lake and is on the way back to the barracks. The sergeant lets stand to attention and reports.
Under reference to highest cabinet order he puts his order in charge of the troop. He dismisses the sergeant so that he can inform his supervisors. Shortly after this he also commandeers the guard duty of a shooting range which is taken off and also dropping in. This troop consists of six man of the 4th guard regiment on foot.

With this quarrel power now being at his disposal he marches to the station Putlitzstreet and goes from there to Koepenick.  After arrival at the city hall, he is having guards stationed at the portals and side entrances and orders the gates to close. The local rural police is instructed by Voigt to provide law and order during the action.

In the anteroom of the mayor he arrests the town secretary Rosenkranz, after this he arrests the mayor Dr. Georg Langerhans. He lets the cashier of Wiltberg make a cashing-up and he then confiscates the amount of 4000 Marks and 70 Pfennig against receipt. After this he is having Dr. Langerhans and of Wiltberg transported to the New Guard Duty to Berlin.

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