The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-29
RELIGIOUS FANATICS.
Details Of an Outrage Perpetrated
on a Young Christian Girl.

An Odessa correspondent. writing to
the London Times. says: "At the small
town III. 900 inhabitants) of Tchighirin.
at which, in the earlier days of nihilism,
took place a famous trial Of more than
/. hundred peasants for agrarian crime.
in the government of Kleff. we're lately
tried by the following eleven Jews
namely: Gershko Sokolovsky. Itsky
Nckhamya, and Sroolya Krasny. Yam
kel Shreretovsky, Shsyleek (the Polish
Judaic for Shylock) Balagoor. Leib
Bootovetsky, and his SON and daughter.
Moshko and Rookya, and Felg and Mir
10 Brodsky, for having tried to force
Evdoklya Schevtchenkova, another
daughter Of Leib and Kama Bootovet-
sky. 10 again embrace Judaism, after
having seeded from it in order to be-
come a Christian. The following are
the facts OF the case as they came out
in the evidence: On the first Of March,
1884, Bootovetskv's daughter was bap-
tized at her own desire, but against the
wish of ner relatives and people, by the
priest Russian of course) of Boltishk,
the village in which she resided, and
took the name of Evdoklya (Eudoxia)
Shevtchenkova, after her godfather,
Emelian Shevtchenkc, small Russian
peasant of the same village, in whose
house she resided as his adopted daugh-
ter up till the nineteenth OF the month
of June in the same year. In the even
ing of that day, she went to battle in
the village pond. In Russia the women
swim quite as much and as well as the
men, and this habit is so common that
not only do the latter never in any way
modest the former, but they do not even
notice them or look at them when they
are in the water. There she found her
SISTER RooklYa, already in the water.
As soon as she had undressed and went
in herself. Rooklya ceased bathing.
speedily dressed herself and ran to her
parents house. Soon afterward four
Jews arrived at the pond with horse
and cart, gave Evdoklya only just time
enough TO put on her chemise, then
forced her into the vehicle and drove off
with her On the road the party was
met by Evdoklya's cousin aud sister
(Moshko and Rooklya Bootovetsky),
with a change of clothing for her 20 put
on as a disguise. and which she was
obliged to put on while still in the cart.
She was driven to a neighboriDg vii
lsge, Alexandroffka by name, where she
arrived that night. Itsko and Mex
hamya Krasny, two of her kidnapers.
there placed her in charge OF their
brother (Sroolya). who. taking her with
him some distance, thrust her into a
cellar, and there kept her for two days
and nights without food. While she
was there Nekhamya Krasny twice
visited her, and on each occasion vio-
iently pinched her, stuck needles into
back, and attempted to choke her while
why didst thou say
words to thy sister?
Promise to abjure the Christian faith.
otherwise will strangle thee" But in
the evening of the twenty-first of June.
Itsko and Nekhamya Krasny removed
her from the cellar. yet still tried all
they could to get her to renounce Chris
tlanity. At the same time Shayleck
Balagoor lent Itsko Krasny his horse
and cart in which to take her TO the
above mentioned town of Tchighirin,
whittier she was driven by Nekhamya
Krasny and Yankel Sheretovsky, VINO
who left her there, and then returned
to Alexandroffka; and her cousin, No
shO Bootovetsky. took her TO her rela-
tive Feig Broksky, who kept her for
whole week locked up in an isolated
room, and every time he and his wife,
sister-in-law) visited her in
order to ascertain If she wanted any
thing to eat. they tried to coax her back
TO Judaism. Nextappeared at Tchighi-
rim her father and an uncle (Gershko
with the object of remov-
ing her from there. As soon as they
were out of town, the former ordered
her to get into the cart of the latter, to
whom ne said: Take her to wherever
you like, so that my eyes never see her
any more" Thereupon Sokoloysky
drove away with her at full speed: and
IN answer to her inquiry: where he
was going to drive her to-" he in the
first place said: ITO Poltavia," and
then, apparently correcting himself.
ITO the Dom" He continued to drive
on without stopping at any place, avoid
ing the small towns and villages during
the day, and arranging to pass through
those he was obliged to at night. At
steppe. In the evening of the third
day of their journey the travellers ar
rived at the village of Dzoobanovka,
Kobilivatsky district. in the government
of Poltava. Evdoklya. fearing that she
would at last be forced to return to Ju-
diasm, managed 10 get away from her
uncle and ran to the village bailiff, and
made known to him her position. The
bsilif got the aid OF the village police
man ana had them both arrested, when
called Evdoklya his daugh-
ter. On the way TO Kobiliyatsky Jail,
Sokolovsky was asked why he was run
ming away with her. He answered:
ITO seek a husband for her." which
meant, il appears, that he wished TO
kill her. The arrest of these two led to
the arrest of all the others, and their
trial with the following result: Gersh-
ko Sokolovsky. Itsko. Nekhamya, and
SrOolya Kransky. Yankel Sheretovsky,
Sbayleek Balagoor. and Lieb Bootovet-
sky, were sentenced to the loss OF all
their rights and to eight years hard Ia
Dor each. and Feig Brodsky and Mosho-
ko and Rooklya Bootovetsky were sen
fenced 70 the loss of all their rights and
to five years and four months hard Ia
bJr each; Mario Brodsky was accquit-
ted. Evdoklya, three months ago, mar
NED Christian peasant of the govern