The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-05
OUTBREAK FEARED
BY JEWS IN KEW
State OF Terror Caused by Fear
OF Results OF Verdict in
Bciliss Trial.
ARGUMENTS BEGIN TO-DAY
Expected That Case Will Be
Given to Jury Saturday
or Sunday.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch !


kicv. November 4.-Thc Jewish
population of this city is In n state
bordering on panic and hundreds Of
the Weather class OF Jews are leaving!
The unrest is caused BY the fear that
the verdict in tho Beiliss case. which
is expected at the end Of tho week will
he followed by an outbreak of anti
Jewish feeling.
This state OF terror continues in
spite of the fact that a telegram was
received from tho Minister of the In
terror at st. Petersburg to-day order
| ing the police 10 arrest anybody who
should be suspected of starting a
rogrom. Those who know best say
, that there will be some kind OF an out
break on the part of the Black Hun
drcd no matter what the government
may say to the contrary.
The final speeches In tho case begin
tomorrow. and il is expected that the
ease will bc given 10 the jury Saturday
or sunday.
The correspondent OF the lnterna-
tlonal News Service had n talk with
Or Jechelmann. head OF the Jewish
Emigration Society tonight. Tho doe
tor is we'll known in New York. for
he has visited there several times, and
his society has sent 10000 Russian
Jews To the United States during the
past five years. lie was asked for an
opinion concerning the possible verdict.
He said:
1t Is Impossible for anyone To fore
tell what tho verdict in this case will
be. In my opinion. it will depend
wholly upon how the president Of the
court sums up the case. He is mem
Der of tho BLACK hundred" but curl
ously enough. he was against placing
Beiliss on trial. Again. there Is no
doubt that the government was deter
mined 10 convict Bciliss at the begin
ming of the trial, hut since tho case
has int. ~
government may now hesitate to 20
the limit
When tho correspondent told him
that one of the leading attorneys for
Bellies had said yesterday that he
feared that the defendant would be
convicted he replied:
That particular lawyer is always
9 pessimisi. He believes IN preparing
for the worst, then he can shout All
the louder if victory is achieved
Jcchelmann said that the defense
of Beiliss had cost an immense amount
of money, which had been contributed
by Jews all over the world. the money
having been collected under the ;tu-
spices of the International Committee.
Ridicule was poured upon the 'rit-
ual murder" theory to-day 10y rrofes
sors Iiokovtsetf and Tihomiron. both
noted theological experts. The for
mer said that the notion that Yushiu-
Sky boy had been killed for food would
be less absurd to his mind than the
theory Of ritual murder" Human
sacrifice had not been practiced 10y
the Jews since the day of the Tenn
pie 1T Jerusalem
1t had been replaced by prayers.
fasting and penitcnce. lie further de
clared that the passage in the ralmud
hiddims the Jews 70 kin thu hes. Of
the Indictment rs an indication OF
jewish hostility to non Jews. was from
w snT Ev was n nGr.S" Ht the ramua
The witness said he was una ware Of
any mention OF Christians in the Tai
craturc for many centuries had en-
joined a respectful treatment of Chris
tians and Mohamnednns. because al
thouSh not Jews they were neverthe-
less monothcists.
The prosecutor hero asked several
questions, indicating his reliance upon
and his wild statements
Was not it true that the Talmud
contained blasphemous. expressions Of
he asked
kokovtsen replied mat persons
Professor Tihomirofr denied the ex-
istehce OF ritual murder" and, am
SwcrinE questions about the alleged
! cases of the kind occurring In medic
val times. said that those instances had
been wrung from accused Jews in the
next witness; lie began with a
charge that this rase was an indict-
interrupted by the president OF the
court, who. declared that nobody had
been accusing the Hebrew people. The
rabbi then altered his phrase, and said
II Was an indictment against the Jew
isl! religion and doctrines Again the
president interrupted 10 say that the
question was either misguided or in
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