The angry gestures of a member of the Vilna Kehillah Council in an argument with the Council President, Dr. Wygodski, led to an attack on the president which might have had a serious outcome.
During an argument between Dr. Wygodski and an Agudist member of the Council, Schick, editor of the journal, “Dos Wort,” Schick raised his cane in a threatening gesture against the Council President.
A tumult arose in the assembly, and Meyer Liberman, a Yeshiva student, struck Dr. Wygodski over the head, felling him in a faint. Only through the action of the police was Liberman saved from the danger of being lynched by the angry Council members.
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