Two Jewish National Fund boxes led to the discovery of the murderers of a Jewish family. The crime was committed last year in the village Uhanov, when the Jewish tailor Mordecal Hanz, his wife and son, were found killed. The police, after long investigation, were unable to discover the murderers and the matter was dropped.
Now, the Jewish hotel proprietor, Judenberg, came to the police and told that on the night of the murder he saw the peasant, Jan Kshatkovsky and his sister, hiding near the house of the Jewish tailor. Judenberg did not inform the police earlier because of threats made against him by Kshatkovsky, but he was unable to keep the secret longer.
Upon investigation the police were inclined to doubt Judenberg, because no proof could be found. However, just as they were giving up the search, two blue boxes, like those placed in many Jewish homes for collections for the Jewish National Home, were found in Kshatkovsky’s possession. The numbers on the boxes were checked with the Jewish National Fund office here and it ascertained that these boxes had belonged to Hana, the murdered Jewish tailor. Kshatkovsky was arrested and his trial is expected soon.
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