Thursday, October 17, 2013

Mendel Beilis -- The Murder Weapons?

This is the summary of the 10th day of the Mendel Beilis trial, which occurred on 4 October, 1913 on the Julian calendar, 17 October, 1913 on the Gregorian calendar. 
 
This day occupies pages 361 through 402 of Volume I of the transcript.
 
See the translation of the transcript for day 10.
 
 
Today harness maker Gorbatko shows that the shvaiki found on Yurkovsky Hill August 25, were obtained from the harness maker Berko Gulko, who left them at the factory in April, during a search by Krasovsky, Polishchuk and Rapota conducted on August 18 at the stables to which Mrs. Beilis had moved, four months after Berko Gulko left the Zaitsev factory for good.  Krasovsky will testify that he showed them to the doctors who performed the autopsy and who gave him important information.  They were not, however, the murder weapons.
 
On this day 11-year-old Nikolay Zarutsky helps demolish the prosecution case.  At first he seems to uphold the prosecution theory that the kids including Andrey rode the pugger the week before Andrey’s body was found.  A few statements later, he says it was the week before Andrey moved to Slobodka.  Then Nikolay affirms that they only rode the pugger while the fence was broken.  When Nikolay tells, minutes later, about Vera trying to get him to change his testimony, the prosecution theory and anything the Cheberyaks said becomes road kill.
 
Today the rest of the government’s story, retailed by Lyuda Cheberyak on day 8, crashes and burns for two reasons.  One is that two witnesses, non-Jews, show that the Cheberyak children would not have gone to Beilis for milk in 1911 because he didn’t have a cow.  Another is that people in Lukyanovka believe that Vera murdered Andrey and rolled his body up in a carpet.  This supports the drunken gossip of Kirill Antonov, told second hand a few days ago, that she kept it in her apartment for three days.  By the end of day 16, this urban legend will be dead, but the idea of Vera as the murderess will have substantially more support. 
 
 
Judge:  Fyodor Boldyrev
 
Prosecution:
            Criminal Prosecutor, Oscar Vipper
            Civil Prosecutor Georgy Zamyslovsky
            Private Civil Prosecutor Aleksey Shmakov
 
Defense:
            Oscar Gruzenberg
            Nikolay Karabchevsky
            Dmitry Grigorevich-Barsky
           Alexandr Zarudny
           Vasily Maklakov

To Day 11, "Ettinger and Landau"
 
 
 
Page
 
Witness
Notes
Transcript
Translation
Statement
M. and E. Kalinovskaya
Little girls from Slobodka
361
824
1
Stepan Kalinovsky
Andrey’s friend in Slobodka
361
824
15
Petrenko
Knew Andrey growing up
In Lukyanovka
361
825
63
M. Nakonechnaya
Mikhail Nakonechny’s wife
Supports daughter’s timing on playing at the factory
362
828
131
Nazary Zarutsky
Lives on Zakharchenko property.  Supports actual timing of play at factory
Tells about Vera’s perjury attempt
363
830
199
Kucheryavy
In prison with Beilis
Discredits Kozachenko’s letter
368
843
490
Sinyaev
Reports Kozachenko was at stable fire at Zaitsev’s
370
847
547
Olimpiada Nezhinskaya
Andrey’s grandmother
Recalled about Shneerson
373
855
737
Faivel Shneerson
Recalled in attempt to  prove contact with Andrey
374
857
779
Andrey Melnik
Supposed to testify about Beilis’ letter to his wife
376
861
859
Vera Cheberyak &
Viktor Ordynsky
Confrontation and bickering
376
862
920
Voitenko
Called about brick-hauling
380
872
1127
Gorbatko
Called about Berko Gulko’s shvaiki
381
875
1233
Chernyavsky
Testifies to rumors Vera killed Andrey
383
880
1363
Maxim Vorobev
Zaitsev worker put up the fence; testifies to receipts
384
883
1442
Sinyaev
Testifies about harness repair
387
889
1599
Dudman
Testifies about Kozachenko and his own synagogue affiliation
387
889
1622
Zhuk
Co-congregationalist with Dudman; questioned about Chassidism
390
896
1770
Chaim Dubovik
Zaitsev factory manager
Testifies about operations, receipts
392
899
1839
Kolbasov
Luka Prikhodko’s boss, deceased; testifies by deposition
398
915
2187
Vasilevsky
Co-worker of Luka, testifies by deposition
399
918
2200
Vasilevich
Lived on Zakharchenko property; spinner of slanderous rumors
400
919
2208
 
 




© Patricia Jo Heil, 2013-2018 All Rights Reserved

No comments:

Post a Comment