The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-10

Proceedlags ny which AFA. Levin Was Re-
Leased Frs9 Ne DssA Husband.
Frum the Louisville C0urier-JO0ruaA.
A woman was divorced from her dead
husband i'm this city yesterday. The ex-
traordinary event took place at the tenn
pie of the Bnai Jak0b congregation No.
137 West Market street. II wa said to he
the first time In the existence Of Louis
vile, and one Of the few times I'm the his
tory Of the western hemisphere, that q
like ceremony has been performed.
A phase Of the religious customs Of the
children OF Abraham, which 10 50 obso-
lete that more than half the Jews them
selves are mot aware that IL ever
existed, var evealed by the
Those OF the reformed Israelites who
knew of il spoke of IL with chagrin that
even the orthodox Jews should cling to
what they considered the relic of an UNI
enlightened age, or else they spoke of 10
with ridicule. But the orthodox Jews,
loyal to the teachings OF their remote fore
fathers, treated the matter i'm all serious
of the Hebrew testament necessitated the
About q undre persons, men
women and children, Witnessed the cere-
mony.
The person upon whom all attention
was conferred was Mrs. Emma Levin,
t tve sky years OF age, and Rer f Il "%ps
and form are quite attractive. She is the
widow of Joseph Levin, the Polish jew
manner, at the hands of two robbers, i'm
Builitt county, last hummer The circum-
stances OF. the killing of Levin and the
days later at Shepherdsville, are well re-
membered. Levin was attacked within u
few hundred yards OF a farm house near
twenty-five miles from Louisville, on the
morning of Wednesday, June "a, by Harry
and was shot down without even
a ss,ps Sa < I" H siss up riding h ! "'p liz
-.
at the approach of a man, who Witnessed
their deed from n distance. Levin was
brought to this city dying. The murder
day and lodged in the s~hepherdsviiie jail.
whence q mob took them before daylight,
July I; TO lynch them; Ardeli confessed
suade him from shooting. Upon this the
lynchers hung Ardell, whose father lives
near Pistsburg. Pa and rcturnsd Mitchell
where he now is. Levin fingered a day
and died. His wife was left q childless
w waaoJ:d I I'm ,s Srt a;sra sxs ssTlsn r seHsss s s1.
lowed the customs of the twelve tribes of
Israel, but q similar case to that of Mrs.
even to the most orthodox Jews.
The laws of the church, in effect ever
to-day, are that il a woman 10 childless
will OF her husbands oides; brother. The
latter may compel the widow to marry
him il he so desires. or he may free her
VIII tAbS ItNeStSINys Abut AhS Soh AACSSE
marry another without being divorced
from her husband and his brother. ac-
cording to the rites of the church. The
husband, on his deathbed, may release
his wife from any obligation to his brother
by a certain ceremony and a written in
Sif. %av OF 1en aiy9yes After In s sssh husbands Sass sfs
childiess wife is about to be left a
whsss sas !" um ans saSe came "i As sxa.
denly in the shape of n pistol ball,
il could not be followed. At least
the comedy widow began to yearn
freedom from the liability of being
called upon by Levin,s oldest brother to
his wife. She finally decided to be
freed according to the orthodox Jewish
requirements. To perform thisc
il was necessary to have two rabbits from
Dut of the city, those here not having the
power, according to the church laws, to |
grant the divorce. Two Chicago rabbits |
we're then communicated with. and il was
place here yesterday. The rabbits arrived
evening, and at 10 o'clock yes
ersiay morning everything was in readi-
The temple where the faithful Of the
3nai Jakob congregation worship. is a
one o OF the ,nmbis.doWn an row. Of squatsy
hree-story houses On the north side of
iarket street, between First and Brook,
' s%sie d ies j esnSe psd RHes.a. ras.p Ha sse1 and
ealers live and do business. A few doors
is where Harry Smart and his wife,.
Green and Belle Ward slept the
light before they started up the river on
be trip when Smart committed the double
murder for which he was hanged.
The way into the temple is through q
irty, dark passage and up a darker,
ritter flight of stairs. The hall occupies
l. whole OF the second floor at No. 137.
is large enough to accommodate sew
raj hundred people, but there are seats
Dr. only about fifty. The other furniture
OF three rough pine tables and a
i'm which are various Hebrew
rints.
The news had gone abroad among the
rthotiox Israelites of the event which
as to occur, and il was the engrossing
lerne of all their conversations. Long
the hour for the ceremony to be-
i'm they began to assemble on the block,
he Polish and Russian Jews being large
, predominant. An admission charge OF
cents was made to witness the
and fully n hundred were i'm
he hall when the time arrived to begin.
icarly as many more were gathered
long the sidewalk.
The ceremony began by the two rabbits
eating themselves at q table in n space
lclosed by wire, and opening two He
rev Testaments. On the table were
books, two single candle-sticks, and
three-Pronged candelabrn. The lights
rom the wax candles i'm these partially
ispelled the gloom, which even the broad
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