The Washington herald., 1913-10-13

that a lunatic perpetrated the murder OF
Yuschinsky, and also the question wheth-
er, IN the circumstances Of the case.
there are not clues as TO the purpose and
its assIxnabIlity 70 4 particular people,
calling, &C., the proposal that he should
furnish an opinion was made TO Prof.
sikorsky, OF Kisv University, who Is
well known by his work as a psycholo-
gist and alienist. In view Of the possi-
bility Of the suggestion that Yuschin-
sky fell as the victim OF religious fanati-
cism on the part OF sdperstitious Jews.
the opinion was sought by Prof. Troit-
ky, professor Of Hebrew languages and
Biblical archaeology at the Kiev Clerical
tis. master Of theology.
ITO the first Of the questions put to
him Prof. Sikorsky gave a negative re-
ply. He regards II as beyond doubt that
the murder Of Yuschinsky was perpe-
trated not by one person, but by several,
who had carefully pretneditated the
crime and carried It out according to a
plan. with the utmost technical skin.
He. therefore, comes TO the conclu-
sion that persons OF weak intellect could
not have committed such a murder, be-
cause, owing to the differences in the
nature Of mental diseases and mental
disposition, combinDtion for q common
purpose is out of be question; lunatics
would also not hafe ben able to keep
the crime secret; borrower. the compli-
Gated character ara the technical execu-
tion of the murd would be an impos-
sibility for q lyIatic owing to the Pc
culiarities Of hi. infirmity.
Murder Is Typical.
Finally. in regard to the assignabihty
of the murderers to q particular voca-
ton. or a particular section OF the popu-
lation, Sikorsky Is Of opinion, in view of
considerations Of historical and anthro-
biological character. that the murder Of
Yuschinsky, judging by its predominant
characteristics-slow evacuation OF blood,
torture, and then the death of the VIC
tim-is typical Of similar crimes which
from time to time have been perpetrated
both in Russia and in other countries.
The psychological basis of this type of
murder is, in SikorslIy's opinion. the race
hatred or vendetta of the sons of Jacob
against the members OF another race, and
the typical similarity of the manner of
revenge occurring in all lands is ex-
planned by the fact that the tribe which
this crime is dispersed
among the other nations and carries
with it the peculiarities of its racial psy-
Crimes like that Of the MUIR
uef VI IuoCnlnskg, EEOI- SthOEShy SOeb
on to say, cannot absolutely and exclu-
sively be explained by racial vengeance
This motive may explain the infiiction
OF tortures and death, but the fact that
children and young people
are selected as victims, and the
of blood, result from other
motives which, in the opinion OF Sikors-
ky, bear the character of a religious
act"
The Indictment contains a long passage
which deals with the alleged occurrence
Of ritual murders among the Jews. The
conclusion come to in the indictment is
that this was a murder
by religious fanatics for
ritual purposes" This unambiguous view
is preceded by the purely academic opin-
ions Of three experts, Profs. Glagoleff
and Troitzky and the priest Pranaitis-
Blood Not Used.
Profs. GIsgoleff and Troitzky. the in
Indictment says. replying on the sources
OF Jewish religious teaching as contained
In Bible and Talmud, expressed them
selves in q negative sense against the
of the use by the Jews OF
human and especially Christian blood for
religious purposes as far as these sources
Of the religious law are concerned.
In the opinion of Prof. Glagolen the
contained IN Ine MOSAIC law
against the shedding OF blood and
against the consumption OF blood of any
Kind, so far as he is aware, has neither
been abrogated nor modified in the Tai
mud or in, any other known rabbinical
work Consequently IL 10 impossible to
confirm the use Of Christian blood by the
Jews from the knowledge Of the ordinary
sources OF Jewish religious teaching. Such
use is in direct conflict with the char
rfa ~ fah Ia T..
thoritative sources, and IL cases OF the |
OF blood by Jews for religious |
purposes have occurred the origin thereof |
could not be the codified, official, and |
teaching, but the evil super
stition and inhuman cruelty of single in |
1ividuals. |
The indictment concludes with testi- |
mony alleged TO have been given by the |
children of Tcheberyak. Two Of these |
children are now dead.
Testimony of witness.
1t was impossible for the prosecution to |
Zhenya Tcheberyak with regard
o the two Jews he had seen In the house |
# Beiliss (reads the indIctmenU. This |
was received by the Prose-
uting Attorney after the death of |
who had suddenly become i'll |
With diphtheria and died in August, 1911. |
shenya's sister, Ludmila, nine years old, |
ave testimony concerning the two Jews. |
according to her story, she and her |
'rother Zhenya, on the way TO Belliss's |
Iouse, noticed two Jews there. The chill
ren were frightened. She noticed that
ne of them wore a cape and a high hat
4 black material.
She testified that the last time she had
cen Audrey Yuschinsky was a week be-
ore the body was found. Yuschinsky
anne to her house on that occasion at
clock in the morning and invited
ihenya to Zaitsev's brickyard 20 play
here. Ludmila testified that she ac-
omr anied Zhenya and another sister.
'alentina, seven years, old, and several
ther children of their acquaintance.
Ifter crawling through a hole in the
ence and after playing for while in
he yard they suddenly noticed Mendel
seihs running toward them, followed by
wO Jews. -
The children ran away. Ludmila and
he other children who were nearer the
ence succeeded in escaping Yuschinsky
nd Zhenya were caught. But Zhenya
fter all managed to escape, too. while
'eiliss led Yuschinsky by the hand