Action against demonstrants in the village of Boskowitz, Moravia, was ordered by the public prosecutor. A group of villagers in the town, alleging that a servant, poisoned by gas, had been killed by the local Rabbi for ritual purposes, threatened violence against the Jewish residents in the village. The energetic action of the police prevented an out-break.
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