The chronicle=news., 1913-11-11

compartment OF a furious anti-Scm-
itic autcry. largely kept up by the
Wiener Volksblatt. md Its notorious.
Iy ,anti-Semitic editor. Schwer. Huel-
Seh was brought 10 trial. found gull
Is and condemned to death. Appar.
emily the court accept the suggestion
OF ritual murder as the motive for
the crime. On appeal ths death SEN
tencc was confirmed Lut BY this
time all Jewry was In urms on be-
half OF Huelsen and the Emperor
Franz Josef committed the sentence
to Imprisonment for life. Since then
the agitation on his behalf has been
renewed from time to time. but with
out success. aud he has now been
many years In prison.
1891 q little boy WAS found mur-
dcred In barn In the little town of
Xanten In Prussia. c,ost to the Dutch
frontier. The throat wux cut TO the
vertebrae. a local butcher declared
II was case Of ritual murder. He
knew exactly how the Jewish butch.
ers slaughtered animals IN order to
drain the carcass OF blood. and swOra
that the child had been killed In
exactly the same way. Suspicion
fell upon Jewish butcher named
Buschhoff. A doctor who saw the
body declared thst Il had been bled
In aonic other place and carried
aitcrward to the barn. AZ the trial
lie withdrew this statement. A
drunken old man aud u little 10y
saId that they had seen the Busch
horls take the murdered child into
their shop. The mob OF tho place
organized u pOgr0n on small scale.
m Jewish shops ana houses were
bombardcd With stones. and the
Jews attacked In tho xtrcats. Tho
Buxchhoff family mad TO flee tho
town. A little later they were ar-
resi.d ON the charge of murder. hut
released for lack Uf evidence. Some
months later the male BuSchhOff WIS
again arrested mud charged with
murder. The prosecution broke down
utterly. The medical cvidcnc. 'haif
a dozen eminent authorities texti-
l,.db was that the 10y had not been
Ia the manner oi the
bu,ch.rx. and that the
bo,Iy had no, been blrd.
..z.- ~s ..,s.nue Nl.f,ruSsls sls.,
rlarcd that there wHs nothing In
the Ta,mud that countcnxnccd rit-
,,ai murder. or In the sacred hooks
Sonar amt Scscr iiaikutim. where
alleged thtt the guilty We
rrct wss to be found. The material
.vi,Icnccd. surprisingly like that Of
fcr.d in the KiGv essr. Was rejected
by ali parties - Goaseuse. anaI
i,usch hon wss acquitted BY request
Of the public prosecutor. II ID clear
fromthc reports Of the csss that II
was only brought 10 quiet the anti
Semitic agitation. and that tho pros
ccutlon did not believe In the guilt
OF the accused mIn NJ any stage.
although acquitted. was
ruined man aud died son'c years la
ter u pcnsioncr OH the bounty Of hts
Since the century began mn alleged
case OF ritual murder hss occurred
In Prussia. This time . schoolboy
named Winter vas found murdered
at Konits IN tue province Of West
Prussia. He wus old enough aud
from all accounta, quite Of tho char
acter TO get into mischief on his own
recount. suspition foil Oh the Jews.
the usual agitation was worked UP
and scurrilous ballad accusing
the Jews OF having murdered Winter
was sung about the German towns.
As usual. tine evil suspicion conccn.
trated on ths family of the Jewish
butcher. The family In question.
named Levy. became subjects Of hor-
ror and hate IN the town. One Of
them. u young man named Moritz
Levy. In some ~ the lcRal proceed
tnxs arising out Of the crime. de-
clurcJ on oath thst lie had had no
with Winter. Others
asserted that they liad seen him
with Winter. und Moritz Levy. in
fcbr!nry. 1910. wHs tried for pcr-
Jury. lie persisted that he had not
known Winner. Two Jewish girls
who were ,aid TO have been seen
with him aud Winter .S.ether de-