Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-22
Embassy Asked if Americans
Were. Involved in "Pogrom."
REPORT NOT CONFIRMED
State Department Unable to Give
Details to Simon Wolf.
DENIAL FROM ST. PETERSBURG
Synagogue Broken Into and Many
Jews Massacred Is Press Dis
patch From Berlin.

| At the request of Simon Wolf. acting
| as the representative of the United He
| brew Congregation and the B'nai B'rith
| the acting Secretary of State has sent. q
cable message to the United States charge
at st. Petersburg, asking for definite in
formation in regard to the recent alleged
massacre of Jews at Kieff.
The charge is asked to determine the
basis for the report and, in case the re-
port is true. to ascertain if any Americans
were killed or injured
Mr. Wolf called at the State Depart
ment this morning. He was informed that
no information had been received there
in regard to the alleged anti-Jewish up
rising.
Jews Massacred at Kieff.
BERLIN, September 22.-News reached
here yesterday of an anti-Jewish pogrom
at Kieff, Russia, which began on the
Jewish New Year. September 10. and con-
tnued for two days thereafter. The Rus
sian censorship succeeded in preventing
the news from reaching the outside world
until now.
1t is stated that eighteen Jews were
killed: eleven died later of their wounds;
$50 were seriously injured, and more than
a thousand less severely hurt. The Jews
in defending themselves killed three of
their assailants and wounded eighteen.
According to the stories published here
from Jewish sources the outbreak was
organized, like others that have occurred,
by the reactionary League of Patriots. in
consequence of the reform movement. The
leaguers brought mob Of peasants into
the town from the surrounding country.
They were made half drunk with spirits,
and their anti-Jew superstitions were
worked upon. Then with town hoodlums
they were let loose in the ghetto.
Synagogue Broken Into.
They first attacked a synagogue where
a new year service was going on. They
butchered the rabbi, drove the Worship
ers into the streets and pursued them
with clubs, axes and suchlike weapons.
Those who were not caught on the
streets were chased into houses, where
they were struck down, after which the
furniture in the houses was thrown into
the streets to furnish material for bon
fires. On one such fire two Jewish boys
were thrown and roasted alive.
Elsewhere rioters collected q number Of
Jewish women and girls, stripped them
naked and drove them through the streets,
the onlOokers jeering and splitting at them.
A few young Jews who had revolvers
stood with their backs to wall and kept
their assailants at bay for while, shoot
ing three of them. Ultimately the youths
were overwhelmed by numbers and
hacked to death with axes.
Boiling Water for Assailants.
In the meantime the owners of houses
that had not yet been attacked oarricad-
ed their doors and windows. and when
the mob began to batter at the doors
women poured boiling water on 1t
from the upper windows. The Infatuated
rioters finally forced their way into the
dwellings. caught the Jews supporting
the women and hurled them out Of the
windows into the streets.
Similar atrocities, regardless of age or
sex. continued for three days without
interference by the authorities. until
Jewish deputation finally persuaded the
governor to send troops, who dispersed
the mob and occupied the approaches to
the Ghetto.
None of the rioters was arrested. The
murdered Jews were removed to NOR
tuaries. Many of the wounded were
taken to hospitals.
Denial Of Anti-Jewish Riots.
LONDON, September pa special
dispatch received here from Kieff, Rus
STA, says that anti-Jewish rioting broke
out in that city and that as result
twenty persons have been killed and
several hundred injured. many fatally
ST. PETERSBURG, September "a
The report that anti-Jewish riots have
occurred at Kieff is officially denied at
the chancellory of Premier Stolypin
The official news bureau last night, in
response to a direct query. received
from it's correspondent in Kieff mes
sage reading:
mo riot has occurred here"
It is thought that the report is based
on an incident which occurred at Slo-
bodka, a suburb Of Kieff, on Septem-
Der Z.
A band of fifteen members of the Re-
dictionary League appeared on the
streets of Slobodka on that date and
fell on the promenading Jews with
cries of here is equality for you," and
began to beat Them Police quickly ap-
peared and the reactionaries fed.
There were no fatalities.