Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-11
Accuse Jews of
 Bribing the Jury
AGlTAToRS TRY TO INcITE RIOTS
 AT KIEV
JURY ACQUITS BEILISS
Declare Crime Was Committed at Brick Works. However-victirn of Murder Found In Cave in 1911.

Kiev, Russia, Nov. 10-MendeI Bel hss was acquitted by the jury today on the charge of murdering the boy, Andrew Yushinsky, in March, 1911.
 Be1less is not guilty, but the murder was committed in the Zaiteff works. This was the verdict returned shortly after six o'clock tonight by the jury after two hours deItberation.
 BeiIiss sobs convuIsiveIy.
 When Beiliss was taken out of the prisoners s room of the court for the last time and brought along the dingy corridor, 1t was seen that his guard nad been increased to five soldiers TWO officers entered the dock with him. Beiliss was outwardly calm, The jury then filed in and the foreman advanced few paces from the box and read the verdict.
 Be1I1ss was standing with his hands on the dock rail. He seemed to be in a state of coma, but was striving 10 collect his wits and comprehend what was being said. When he real lzed the meaning of the verdict he fell back into his seat sobbing convulsive- ly. His counsel approached the dock and shook hands with him warmly,
 An Uneasy Feeling.
 All afternoon the streets of Kfev were crowded and after the verdict was pronounced the police dispersed numerous gatherings all over the city
 An uneasy feeling prevails, for it Is not known what capital the Black Hundred will make out of the Jury's finding that the murder was commit ted in the Zaiteff brick works. Thus far, however, there have been no dis orders.
 Attempts to lnoite Riots.
 Antisemitic agitators, many of whom are students. are openly incit- ing mobs to pogroms by affirming that the Jews had purchased the verdict. The governor of Kev, however, called 8 meeting of representatives of Jews and promised that everything would be done to prevent outbreaks. He ask ed that the Jews on their part eschew jubilant demonstrations.
 The, president of the court in his summing up observed a tone of moderation, but said that all the evil dence pointed to the crime having been committed in the vicinity of the Zai- tef works and not Vera Tcheberiak's flat. He also dismissed all the testi- mony pointing to the Tcheberiak Wo- man and her band, and remarked how few were the witnesses who had given direct evidence against Beiliss.
 Beiiiss Still in Prison
 The jury must consider, he said, whether the possibility of such ritual murders had been proved, and, if proved, Berliss must be condemned Two questions were put to the jury the first of which made no men ton of Be1lfss, but simply inquired whether the crime as described was committed on the brick works prem ises. This was answered i'll the affirm ative. The second question, asking whether Bei1iss was guilty. was an- swered in the negative.
 Counsel for the defense protested against the mention of the Zaitem works as the scene of the crime.
 BeilisS remained in prison tonight.
 Victims Body Found in 1911.
 The trial of Mendel Beiliss, a Rus sian of the Hebrew faith, for the al legged murder for purposes of blood ritual'' of Andrew Yushinsky, a Chris tian lad, began on October 8. The mutflated body of the boy was found on March 5, 1911, in a cave near Kiev. The hands were bound behind the back and there were 47 wounds on the body. BeiIiss was shortly afterward arrested and charged with the murder. During the hearing many medical experts tes- tiled, their opinions varying as to the reasons for the crime. Other witnesses threw suspicion on a woman, Vera Tcheber1ak, alleged to be the harborer of a band of criminals.