Solomon Jacobson, eighteen-year-old watchman patrolling property belonging to the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth) was badly injured today in attempting to prevent the theft of stones from a quarry owned by the Jewish people.
Jacobson has been placed under arrest by government police on charges growing out of the incident.
When a group of Arabs descended upon the quarry on Jacobson’s beat in the Haifa Bay area with the intention of stealing some of the stone lying about, Jacobson attempted to stop them. The Arabs thereupon attacked the young Jewish watchman, using the stones as missiles. In the melee Jacobson was seriously injured and one Arab was killed.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
