Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-16

KieV, Russia. May 1.-THE ability Of
the authorities To preserve public order
yesterday, the date reported 10 have
been set for Jewish massacre. has
had reassuring effect upon the jew
ish population. Nevertheless the ex-
odus Of the more wealthy Jews con-
tinues and the panic will not subside
completely under the circumstances of
the alleged ritualistic murder have
been explained and the responsibility
for the crime fixed.
on Feb. q last the body of a boy
named Yushchinsky was found hor-
rib1y mutilated IN a cave close ny the
Jewish quarter in this city. The lad
was j Years old, a Christian and a
student at the local orthodox Semi
nary. Certain circumstances Of the
killing. linked With the inability of the
authorities to detect the murderers,
resulted in the charge by their en-
emies that Jews had made the youth
a victim Of ritualistie murder, an al
legged religious ceremony which has
been the subject of controversy. of al
legations and denials for centuries.
An examination Of the body showed
an awl. \ post mortem made by Prof.
0bolinsky determined that the victim
mad been tortured and all the wounds
inflicted before life We're extinct. His
hands tied and gag in his mouth. the
boy had been held upright as the blood
flowed downward. seven deep stabs in
the region of the heart finally put an
end 10 his agony. When death ensued
the stripped body was re-clothed The
fact that there were no blood spots
found on the clothing led to the claim
that all the blood had left the body be-
fore the cutting was ended. When dis
covered there We're no signs of deCom-
position.
Prof. Obolinsky and DR. Tufanoff as
eertained that the body had been re-
moved to tie cave, five or six hours
after death but before the muscular
rightly set III. The supposition based
thereon was that Yushchnsky had
been tortured and murdered somewhere
in the neighboring Jewish quarter and
the body deposited in the cave at day
break, as the rules of the ineriminatea
Jewish sect Hassides are alleged TO
forbid the burial of ritualistic victims.
The character Of the details of the
murder are alleged TO resemble typical
features of ritual killings. The coinci-
denee Of the Passover with the diseoy-
cry of the crime enraged the enemies
of the Jews and the failure of the au-
thorities to trace the criminals further
inaamed the agitation. The boys moth
er was arrested on suspicion but later
released His step-father was then ae-
cused
The Jewish newspaper Hazman
printed an account of the murder.
orediting it to the step-father.
The authorities have adopted strin-
gent measures to prevent the local
newspapers from publishing anti-Se-
mite versions of the crime and also to
stop so far as possible the circulation
of Black Hundred sheets, the contents
Of which excited the passions of the
| people.
| The educated classes have empinvad
every effort to dispel tine legend of the
ritual murder.
| The Kiev Lianin. the leading Con-
servatiVe organ Of South Russia. to-
day eensures the Duma for It's recent
Interpolation on the matter and says
that it is not permissible to ascribe
every mysterious murder to the it W.
| ish ritual.