Linsker, the Jewish druggist who committed suicide as a result of the court proceedings started against him by the Deutsche-nationale Druggists Association of Vienna, left a note in which he stated: “I die knowing that I am innocent. Inspector Hoyer of the Health Bureau falsified the tests and chose anti-Semitic experts in order to create another Beilis affair.”
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