Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-19
WAVE Of CRIME
SWEEPS RUSSIA
Country Shocked Over Re
Voting Tale of Monas.
terial Infdelity

81 Petersburg. April is Sen s.,
tional lawsuits are fast hlurtinv %,
s"nsihiiities Of the Russian public
From one end OF the empire 10 M,
other. eissoliing views OF utter wick
edness and heinous crime are unfold
ing themselves 20 the wear, gaze o
a curious. but surfeited generation.
In the province Of Kharkoff caus.
celebre In which churches were sol,
has lust been terminated On 81
Petersburg a railway case is cominl
70 a close which shows how enormouI
sums OF money stuck 20 the officia
hands through which q should hay.
passed Today another legal drama
is beginning in which Officers of M,
com, '.0artmen' PLAY o. curl
Gus. but one uH. uad.tion
part Eut here the samou,.s b.
proceedings Is relieved b. a touch
Of low comedy: "a number OF smiling
splnsters flit railv across the scene.
receiving heavy fees for gupnlyinr
the army with boots. Willing away
the time Of the official purveyers. and
serving as focl 10 radiate frn and
good hrmor around them
Chamber Of Horrors.
In Petrokow- sleepy old town
In Poland tho tribunal e dealing
with a verltable chamber ~ horrors
4 number OF Catholic moaks. resi-
dent 10 'ho hollest people PILGRIMAGE
every wear are being tried for muir
der. immo-alitv saoriloge. emhozzle-
ment and what the ENGLISH monks
~ Abbott Sams0D's davs were wont
TO summarize as iaconda The re.
voting scenes of unholy love and
Jealous violence OF which tho cnlcnk-
or catches straw rlimpses within the
wallis Of 'haf little court ~ Justice
demand tho pens OF a Lucian and a
lrvoral combined
but there Is another case which.
although II has not vet come into
court is already casting Ms dark
shade" over things and people and
causlng painful anvietlcs among the
Jews u Is the ALLEGED ritual muir
der which took place In Kloff ovor n
year arc \ little Christian hoy.
named iushtshinskv. was found dead
with foriv-seten wounds In his body
which were evidently inflicted with
some sharp instrnmen, Ike knife
The corpse was absolutely bloodless
There was also mark around the
neeN which seemed a point TO the
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death which, presumably, was very
slow. had been caused by the knife
wounds. and that the marks OF siran-
aviation were made subsequently and
for the purpose Of throwing the police
of the scent For more than a year
the police have been at work study
Inc the question and moving heaven
and earth 10 elucidate the MYSTERY.
and nov, AZ last there Il an accused
m Indictment, and the certitude ~ a
trial
Meanwhile excitement borders on
passion The anti-Semites are pre-
barring for revelations while the
ludophiles are working night and
iav 10 rehut the terrible accusations
hurled indirectly against their com.
Tho lews issued hook
written 10 show that ritual murder
vas impossible among them, and
hey are now Distributing the work
gratis 10 tho judges, the possible
iurvwcn the counsel and the wit
nesses m tho coming case And the
press, which fayors them. is work
ne hard 10 show that there has never
In history been shred ~ evidence
In support of tho calrmniors charge
that the Jews commit willfnl murder
1y way Of a religious sacrifice.
Killed h, the Jews.
ON the other hand. the Semitic
press without insisting on any SWEEP
'ne Indictment AGAINST the Jews. is
making the most of ovorv new sc~ap
NJ evidence that turns up ana OF c,-
arv false move made hy their adycr-
s1rios IN some scml-p1huc places
Portraits ~ th" murdered boy are
exhibited with tho legend Killed by
the lows
throughout the lencth and breadth
Of Russia mo Jews are working har-
moniously 10 destroy the legend that
continues 90 east q Upas-shtdcw over
them. 4 galaxy Cf clover lawyers
has been retained 10 clear not so
much the accused man. Beyliss. rs
the whole Jewish race from the ca
nmnious indictment hurled against q.
The defense has called 30 witncssc
and eighteen experts for the purpose
Nmonr the latter Is Prince Obolen-
sky, the ev-0ber Procuratrr OF the
Most Holy Synod. and lay head Of
ihe Orthodox Russian church, a num-
Der q professors Of the Orthodox
Theological Academy. the St Peters
burg University and the University
.of Rerlin The case bids fair 10 be
one 81 mo most sensational on rec
ord, and win take rank among the
five kindred trials which In recent
times iu Russia, Germany and Austro.