with the minority which voted against the verdict and saw it as the shedding of innocent blood.
“We have no right to keep silent. All in whose hearts there is a spark of God’s spirit—Jews and non-Jews alike—are duty bound to protest against this terrible sin and do all in their power to avert this miscarriage of justice and save the victim, Abraham Stavsky, who is clean of guilt, so his honor and freedom may be restored to him without delay.”
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