(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Nine experts will be called today in the Kiev court when an unusual case to determine the paternity of a child claimed by a Jew and a gypsy will come up.
Mr. Jerusalimski, a resident of Kiev, whose 41/2 year old son was stolen a year ago was advised that the boy had been found in a gypsy camp. The father went to the camp where, he claims, he recognized the boy as his son.
Martiukov, a gypsy, insists that the boy is his son. The child, although it has no definite gypsy appearance, speaks only the gypsy language. This is no proof, however, Jerusalimski claims since the boy could have forgotten Yiddish and Russian during his year’s stay in the gypsy camp.
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