The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

that il the Jews had shown more self
reliance, the riot might have cost no more
than a lot of broken windows and bruised
heads, nothing worse. But, abandoned by
their rich brethren as well as by their
natural protectors, the police. the poor He
brews turned fatalists and allowed them
selves to be murdered and outraged, only
a few individuals raising a hand in pro-
test Not a single Jew was wounded on
the first day OF rioting, though much prop
erty was DESTROYED. On the second and
third days the mob resorted to physical vio-
lence, seeing that their victims acted like
a lot Of frightened sheep"
TALK WITH tEw-BAITERs.
The mayor took me into the city Jail.
where some 800 rioters and murderers, Sc
leased by. the Governor of Odessa. who con-
Quoted the first farcical investigation. but
rearrested by the Cars orders. are await
ing punishment. All these men are Molda-
vians and very few speak Russian. their
native tongue being Roumanian. A Rouma-
Man interpreter was called and your cor
respondent was permitted TO pick out, hap
hazard. fifty prisoners whom he desired TO
interview
These were seen singly in private room.
having had no previous opportunity to
agree on a story The substance of their
statements was as follows:
Originally we had no other thought but
to have some fun with the Jews. pull their
boards. get them to fight, chase and fright
en- thern-that was all. But on the next
day, seeing that no resistance was offered
and that the police neutrality favored and
encouraged us. we added robbery and bur-
glary to the outrages Of the day before,
broke into the cellars and saloons and stole
all the schnapps, wine and beer we could
find. Drunkenness put the devil into Us.
and murder and other acts of violence fol-
lowed
Aided by Mayor Schmidt. 1 talked with
over 800 lie aiding citizens of Kishnef. all of
whom declared that they had no fault to
find with the Jews and that there was no
reasonable objection to them, since they
mind their own business and never inter-
fere with anything or anybody. / re-
marked that on various occasions when Wis
iting public offices and other houses found
Jews in attendance there.
MUST HAVE HOUSE JEWS.
Those are the house Jews / was told.
mo Official or well-to-do person can do
without one. The house Jew acts as fnan-
cial agent for his patron. procures loans
on salary and obtains credit even in foreign
countries. AS most Russians live far above
their income, the house Jew is necessity,
and for that reason enjoys many privileges
and is generally liked.
Governor Won Raaben, as we'll as the
chief of police, have, and had. house Jews,
before and after the massacre, and IL goes
without saying that the latter and their
families were not molested.
LAS matter of fact, the house Jews
wieid a great deal of influence; IL they could
be induced to exercise ii in behalf Of their
poorer brethren, the low class Jews might.
indeed, raise their heads and aspire to
something like social and political equality.
But the well-to-do Jews seem 10 care only
for their own profit and advancement. They
allow the Jewish pariahs to grow up with
out knowledge of the Russian language,
Russian habits and the Russian government
system, causing them TO remain forever
strangers in the land of their birth"
In distributing the blame for the awful
massacre about Easter time, part of IL
must be charged 10 the rich Jew who left
his poorer brother in the lurch.
JAMES ALTMAN.