Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-01

 Ehe persons charged with being re, Bponsible for the anti-Jewish riots here in September, 1908. is proceeding slow ly and with open doors, and is attract Ing immense interest. There are eleven defendants, and sixty-nine othet persons who are under the same charges are being held under bail. Nine hundred and seventy five of the 1,101 witnesses are present. The gov ernment's witnesses are attempting to prove that the disorders of September IL, 1903, were in the nature of anti- Christian riots and not of an anti-J eW'- fish character 1t is claimed that the first riot was organized by Jews to take vengeance for the Kishineff affair, while the rioting two days after was a retaliation upon the Jews. The gov ernment produced evidence to prove that the Jews were thoroughly organ fixed and armed and had prearranged signals, regular leaders, adopted provocating attitude towards the Chris tfans and acted overbearingly,, insult ing peasants in the streets and jostling them off the sidewalks, The affair ot September Il. it is added, grew out of a trifiing quarrel between a Christian forester and Jew ess over the purchase of her ring The Jewess spat in the foresters face, fight followed and Jews ran tip and belabored the forest CT. Some Christians from the bazaar hurried to the rescue of the forester, the free fight then became general, the the Jewish signal was given and the whole Jewish population assembled, attacking the Christians regardless of sex or age a girl being dragged along .&y, Ilwr fhn n abandoned their goods in the bazaar and fed One of them was stabbed in the neck and killed. The police and lieutenant and four soldiers tried to restore order, but stones were showered upon them and they were fired at from windows of neighboring houses, the Jews shouting:
 eve are going to be avenged! This is not Kishineff!"
 The police and soldiers finally es- eaped owing to the interposition Of a rabbi Two days later some railroad workrnen who had announced that they intended to take vengeance on the Jews came into the town at noon. The police had been warned and a company of soldiers was brought in and halted the workmen at the bridge. The Jews assembled behind the sol- diers, the sides anathematfzing each other, finally hurling stones Appeals of the police chief to the rioters to disperse were in vain. At last a po7 liceman wits struck by brickbat and the workmen shouting '"The Jews have killed a policeman" surged across the bridge. Then there were revolver shots from the Jews where upon the captain commanding the soldiers placed his company between the opposing forces and the workmen finally were dispersed in the direction of the suburbs. But the Jews would not even listen to the rabbi who was present and the soldiers finally charg ed them with bayonets and access to the wealthy Jewish quarter was closed Tn the meantime the work men were reassembling on the out skirts of the town and began pillaging and a detachment of soldiers was con tiIual1y engaged in dispensing them. while the Jews elsewhere were at tacking every Christian they could find. The first volley fired by the sol- diers was in the quarter of Go1nel known as America - where two work men were killed. In all the troops fired three volleys, killing two more workmen and one Jew. The total re> suit of the rioting was three non-com- missioned officers, two soldiers, two Jews and two Christians killed, ana four Christians and four Jews wound ed. A number of policemen were also killed or wounded. About 250 houses and shops of Jews were pillaged
 The rioting continued all the after noon and only ceased at nightfall.