Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-11-30
ARREST OF Two JEWISH RAHHTS FUR
SELLING LOTTERY TICKETS.


One of Them Taken from the syuazoaus
While Teaehing-sThe OFFICERS Resfsted
by the JeTs--ThsiF Horror at she saeri-
Iege.
Yesterday afternoon Rabbi Lassiu. the lesiip0
RsbSi Of the Jews in this city, caue TO the MAYORS
ONCE with one Aaron friedman and stated tbat
certain Rsbbis Wers engaged in Illegal and immoral
practices; that many Of his people we're poor. and
upon investigating the cause found that they we're
largely Purchasing lottery tickets Of Rabbis whom
siness stepped
Mr.. Friedman then made sfidavils setting forth
that for more than year he has been in the habit OF
purchasing lottery tickets Of Rabbi Abraham JOSEPH
Asehs At 30 and S2 Mott street, and that Asoh Is
agentfor Prussian, Saxon and Hamburg lotteries in
this city; and that about three weeks ago he bought
ticket in lottery Of Sazony which was bogus also
that Rabbi Moses Levi. S83 Bro0me street. is agent
Tor Aseh and bas been in the habit Of selling tickets
fer year or more -
Warrants were issued for the apprehension Of the
parties, and Sergeant Bsrney, with squad Of men,
made q descent upon Asch, while another SQUAD
waited upon Levi. The sergeant found Aseh hi bis
synagogue, le Allen street, dressed in a white robe
and red cap, standing before lighted candle sur
rounded BY some four hundred Of his people, to whom
he was teaching BebFeW When the ofieer made
knoWn his errand the utmost horror and indignation
was manifested By the Jews. They exclaimed loudly
against the sserilege Of dragging priest from an
altar OF the holY temple and declared that be should
not be taken, st the same time rushing forward to
his tefenoe. Butthe officers were too pro in their
movements for the people, and hurFying him out,
locked him up in the station house
They then proceeded 20 his residence, which they
searched. The wife and daughter Of the rabbi haT-
iug been warned hsd tuPned the furniture INSIDE
down, probably destroying the tickets; bu. some
we're LEFT, which they tore up aad attempted to eat
They were determined that the house should not be
searched and attacked the officers with great spirit
At last little daughter Of the Rabbi ran up 10 the
sergeant and said:
8 Oh don't hurt my mother, and will tell you
where the tickets are"
Well" said the sergeant, 'Where are they7"
" In the synagogue, under the altar"
The sergeant Immediately returned to the syna-
gogu The Jews declared they should not enter
and made stout ressrsnce, but the officers forced
their way in and searched uDder the altar but no
tickets were found. If any had been kept there
they had been removed
The officers who arrested Levi were also resisted
unsueoessfully.
During the ght hundreds Of Israeltes visited the
station house. demanding thereesse ofthe prisoners
and exelaining that il was sacrilege to arrest a
Raobi, who could DO no wrong
The prisoners we're this morning taken before the
Mayor, whose ONCE was also thrOnged with Jews
They said it would have been better for the man who
made the complaint had he never been bora The
Rabbs were held to bail in the sum Of 81 600 each
to answer the charge in the Court Of General Sessions
-HsT York EDsaiag Post, Noe 25