Three witnesses appearing for the antisemitic terrorist leader Kalpaktschieff, who is now standing his trial here, have been arrested on the order of the Public Prosecutor, for perjury.
One of the Jewish Counsel in the case, Advocate Buco Bassan, was insulted by Kaplaktschieff, while he was speaking in court, the prisoner shouting that he would not answer a “dirty Tschifuti” (Jew).
Bassan thereupon said amid applause from the public, “I am an ex-officer. I have fought for Bulgaria on the battlefield, and have left my arm there, and there are still bullets in my body that have not been extracted.”
A member of the Executive of the Bulgarian Sports Organisation Yunak” gave evidence with regard to the allegations of the prisoners that they had discovered that the Jewish sports organisation Macabee was a revolutionary, treasonable organisation. I know the Maccabee as a patriotic organisation, he said, and there is an eternal bond of friendship and close collaboration between the Yunak and the Maccabee.
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