The Washington herald., 1913-11-11
MURDER THREATS
FOLLOW VERDICT
BeiIiss Acquitted, BLACK
Hundred" Threatens
Massacre Of Jews.
TROOPS GUARDING CITY
Procedure Of Trial Said to Be Unpre-
cedented-Man May Visit
United States.
TROOPS GUARDING CITY
mccall cabl, 70 The washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Kief, Russia, Nov. 1o-Following the
verdict today that freed Mendel Beiliss,
Jewish laborer, from the charge OF
ritual murder" there was much excite
ment throughout Kien, because OF the
threats Of the representatives of the
Black Hundred, an anti-Jewish organiza-
ton, that they would start massacre
of Jews IL Beiliss were acquitted. Hun
dreds of peasants, who had gathered here
for the end of the trial, shouted their
denunciations of the verdict The Jews
remained in doors, and many barrtcaded
their homes 1t was estimated that sew
eral thousand have left Kieff since the
trial began. fearing a massacre in the
event of acquittaL Beiliss probably viii
go to America to live.
Following the verdict today freeing
Beiliss of the charge of ritual murder,
some of the most important persons con-
cerned in the trial discussed the result.
Foremost among these is Vladimir koro-
lenko, the famous Russian author:
'I am very happy at the result, he
said. There is little doubt in my mind
that the framing of the first question by
the court was entered to placate the
Black Hundred in recognizing the fact
that ritual murder does exist among the
Jewish race. If 1 were Jew would
not let the matter rest as it is, but would
take it to the Court of Appeals for
further hearing and have the inuendo re-
moved"
Proceedings Unprecedented.
Mr.. Saroudny. one of Beiliss' counsel,
said:
Nothing in the course of my whole
professional life caused me as much as
tonishment as this trial Never before
have 1 witnessed such an attitude as
nd Ntaa
president of the court in this case The
latter's summing up amounted to a
speech for the prosecution. This was un-
pardonable. There is not the slightest
doubt that the worldwide interest
aroused by the case influenced the YER
dict"
The trial of MendeI BeiIiss, which be-
gan on October S. aroused greater inter
est throughout tie world than any other
criminal trial since the Dreyfus case in
France. Although intrinsically only an
ordinary criminal case, the Kien trial
held the attention OF the world because
of the religious elements injected into 1t
by the Russian government. The anti
Semitic hostility of the government here
was given free play.
History of the Case.
The body of Andrew Yushinsky was
found in a cave on the outskirts OF
Kieff on March 25, 1911. NJ. Krassovsky,
chief of the Kief police, investigated.
His findings were reported and he was
deposed. A short time later the success
sOr of Krassovsky announced that evil
dence had been found indicating that a
ritual crime had been committed,
Beiliss, an employe in a brick works.
was arrested. He denied the crime and
his story was so plausible that a move
rnent in his favor was started. NJ.
GroGsenburg and other prominent Rus
sian attorneys were retained in his be-
half. The contention OF the defense was
that Yushinsxy had been killed because
he knew too much about the criminal op-
erations of a band headed by a woman
named Vera Tcheberiak.
BeiIiss was in prison for two years.
during which time he was subjected
from time to time to the third degree"
with all the traditional severity of the
Russian police. He remained steadfast
in his protestations of innocence and his
last words when the .ase went to the
jury were:
'I am innocent of any crime