Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-22
FOUND NO EVIDENCE
OF RITUAL MURDER
Former Chief of Police Testi-
fies at BeiIiSs Trial
in Kiev.
VERA TCHEBERIAk HOLDS
CENTER OF THE STAGE
Always Has Answer Ready When.
Confronted by Those Who
Accuse Her.

duplicating Vera Tcheberiak and her
companions in the murder of Andrew
Yushinsky, of which Beiliss is accused
was given today by Krassovsky. former
chief of ponce, who took the witness
stand when the triai of Beiliss was re-
sumed. krassovsky said that In the
course of his investigation of the murder
he had not found anything to show Bel
liss' connection with the CRIME, and his
original suspicious of the PrIdhiAos had
been soon aI.ayed. He had speeaiiy con-
cluoed that the theory OF a ''rituai mur-
der was unfounoed, ne sad.
In his testimony hrasso, sky recounted
4 story toia nm by SvatcnKo, feiiow-
Prisoner o, t,uolinsky, one cI Vera che
bcriaA $ associates. one night in Jasl
sva..nna overuea. d a prisoner ask kuu-
zinsKy: "Hhy uId you decora.e hlm ,iAe
lnaI?'
nudzinslky replied: ITO prevent him
IIuni uvcoinins Il Iraitor-tne uog!
Plan TO Piiiage CathedraI.
Rudzinsky also tod his Jail companion
4 pan NC ana others mad drawn up for
pliias,ng the Catnedral Oh ot. sophia, tfle
must interesting rensluuS euiuce III h.ev.
ne saiu the uoor oI the ca.neurai couiu
De forced, anu 1t was therefore ue.iueo
~ pass young uSnliishy Through u E.a,-
ms Ior Inc l,urpvoe vi ura~ ~.ns tne ooi II.
.nuer ,,ie SuAse u a .avsIo" fepvftcf
nrassvvsny tne a.uudlinsa.,Ce "a
I.i,neiiiie DianvnUn, liicnd "a vera
L Cneue, ie,k, aiiu ie;ai neu mat tic
Ia a DEN
;tiiu la Io,Jo, uurine the Outrakts dsa.iiSl
Jews. scrseu al uepooAsOry lvf
l,iiiaSeu SUOus.
.a.ner,ne Diakonoff related to hrass-
ovsny d STORY vi VISITS paia Dy her ~
veia IcncUeiidh > hat stDvvL the uine "a
the IiiuIuef ui iu.n.nsny. one saIu seia
ICheUeriaA nau u.sr.ayed uiucIi ast.a-
liVii. LIIee svuiiS i..cn WeIe I,iere " iieii
Sa.neilne D.anvnv1A aIrived, an tncy
scurrleu out "a the room as sne enIcfou.
Saw mysterious bundle.
She said she saw in the corner OF one
of the rooms a large bunoie and sue
asxcd wnat II contained. Vera 9cae-
per.ak repiied: Aii sorts OF stuns.
" nen Vera lcheDeriak neard Catnerane
L.al.0non haa teen summoned by the
poiice 10 give ev.0ence she MAS alarmpu
anu oese.u her visAIor 70 say iivtains
hDvut thIee nien, anuing that sne
wotid not pe Lsiken awe.
Seta lcneDefiak coiillndeS to De the
mot psonnaent iieure iii the trial lhe
s,UiiA<AtI oats Witn SpiiAnx-i4he expression
in front of the witness s.anu a..u As
never at a loss ior an answer when con-
IrVnteu wi.n those giving tes.,.nohy
wIa.n lmpii.dteS her.
Wnen A,noau Margoiin. one of the
priAoner lawyers Was Called yesterday
vera iCheDei LAX ioohe0 Inn up ahd
oown anu declared sine cOuid not luent.iy
niiu.
Margolin testified that Vera Tche-
berian, When sne was aSkeu now enc
Explained tne Systematic character o.
me nu,ueiOuS WVunus on young Ius-
n,iSsns DUuy, ans~ cred that frldAlAO
studied Ine0icIne.
had Bottle of Poison.
The lawyer asserted that Brusskovsky.
the JOURNALIST VINO Inves..saI1d tno
aiurder, hao toio MN he hao discovered,
at the time when he Interviewed Ser..
IcaeOerak, that she was carrying a
bottle oi poison. Nhen the journals
asked her why Sne had ii she replied
- got u, not knowing whether you Woulo
lor,uIe inc.
Vera Tcheberiak promptly denied this
: ~sIa.eiiIen. Al court
ai.eseo o.ier OIL reward, out vera Tche-
Der.an ieasserted Ihat SHE had been
promaseo S.v,vUU, foreign passport anL
otner Things II she Wou.u tane che Suiit
of the nuioer on her shoulders.
Margoiin toad the Court he considered
biusa novsky'S i.forma ion useful. in
asmuch as 1t had brought the i.fIng OF
a corner of the veil and revealed some
thing of Vera 1cheper.ak criminal
activities, winch hitherto she had SO
wei concealed.
Accused Him of Bribery.
The remainder of the day was devoted
to n long examination Of ex-Ch.ef OF
Police Krassocsky. who explained that
ne had reluctantly allowed himself to be
persuaded to investigate the murder as
an expert. He followed several clues. in
clud ng some which pointed to the possi-
oility Of ritual murder He had COM
pared the clay from the brick XII n with
Ine spiasheS of clay on Yushinsky s
c.othes, but found that they differed. In
fact, he said. in whatever direction he
went h suspicious always reverted to
Vera Tcheberiak. He hnaliy threw up Of
fetal connection with the case because
he was accused of following false trails
and OF beng brtbed, .whiie at the same
time a BLACK Hundred agitation was
got up against him. He continued inde-
penuent inquiries. however, am d.scov-
cred tnat the Tcheber ak children fell Ill
Just when they and other children were
beg inning to be frequently questioned
The mother neglected them, he said, and
iaiied to carry out the Doctors orders
but she became cheerful after their
death