The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-21
SURPRISE SPRUNG
BYPROSECUT|ON|N
TRIAL OF BE|L|SS
Documents Produced From
the Police Department to
Counteract. Important
Evidence of Defense

kiev, Russia, October 2O-A surprise
was sprung by the prosecution today
during the trial of Mendel Beiliss for the
murder of the Christian boy, Andrew
Yushinsky, in March, 1911.
Documents were produced from the po-
lice department to counteract the evi-
dence of the defense that the men Lam
dau and Ettinger, who had been said to
have been implicated in the crime, were
merely harmless visitors to Kiev, and
quite unconnected with the murder. The
court books show the names were COM
mon and were Austrian in origin in
crossing the frontier In 1911 These per-
sons emigrating to Russia included Is
Pael Landau, who crossed the frontier
in October, 1910, and recrossed on March
q. 1911, few days after the discovery
of the murder
According to the police. Israel Landau
was In Kiev on March "a.
The witness Landau testified that his
father, Israel Landau, died in 1908 at
Kiev and was buried In the Jewish ceme-
terry. He also swore that he did not
know of any Israel Landau or any other
Landaus outside his family.
The court admitted the documents, but
on the demand of the defense, ordered
the prosecution to produce details re-
garding Israel Landau by Wednesday or
else the defense would be authorized to
obtain the particulars from the police.
Makes Satirical Remark
Counsel for the defense remarked satir-
ically that the appearance of Israel Lam
dau was desirable as it would be inter-
esting to see at least zone members of
the sect which utilizes Christian blood"
Gaevsky, who was janitor at the house
where the Tcheberiak family, neighbors
of the Yushinskys' lived in 1911. described
some mysterious happenings he had OBJ
served.
He declared men arrived there in Of
ficial uniforms and later on left In work.
mems clothes and sometimes came in
workmens clothes and left in uniforms.
One day, Gaevsky swore. he overheard
Vera Tcheberiak say two of the visitors
were in the way and must be got
rid off,
Vera Techeberiak declared that Gaev-
sky was an employe who had been dis
missed for maltreating the children.
Geotroff, an artisan. who lived In the
Techeberiak's house in 1911, testified that
vigranoff, the former detective employed
by the government, and Brusskovsky the
newspaper correspondent connected with
the case had told him Mendel Beiliss was
innocent of the crime and that something
must be done to obtain his realese-
They vainly tried to persuade him to
place Andrew Yushinskys school books
in Vera Techeberiak's room SO that the
police could find them there.
It was hoped that the testimony OF the
newspaper man who investigated the case,
brusskovsky, would help to unravel the
b sltein of hearsay evidence which has
grown daily more a tangle since the trial
began. 1t had the reverse effect. Rruss-
kovslxy described an interview with Kras-
sovsky, the former head of the Kiev de-
tective service, after the arrest of Beiliss,
at which Krassovsky declared 'an inno-
4. cent man has been arrested"
/, subsequently Krassovsky said to him, II
know nothing; 1t Is all guess work. Vera
Tcheberiak Is the key to the enigma"
! This inspired Brusskovsky to make Vera's
acquaintance. She told him. he said, that
the Pridhikos. Yushinsky's mother and
stepfather and a man named Mlfle killed
Yushinsky. He arranged for an interview
with Vera IN the preesnce of a lawyer, at
which she promised to reveal everything,
I but nothing came of the undertaking. At
/. one time he testified the Tcheberiak wom-
an said to him:
81 am going to avenge myself. 1t was
Mary Mifle who poisoned my children
bcca ause burned the eyes of her son Paul
with yitriol'