Daniel Burros, 28, who was exposed in the press today as a Jew who had turned into an anti-Semitic Fascist and held office in the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party and other extremist, right-wing organizations, committed suicide here today, according to police. (See details on page 4.) Police authorities said Burros, whose home was in New York, shot himself fatally this morning here in front of three witnesses, after learning of the expose.
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