NINE POLES WERE SENTENCED TO TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT RANGING FROM THREE TO SIX MONTHS FOR PARTICIPATION IN RIOTS IN CZESTOCHOWA LAST JUNE 19. EXECUTION OF THE SENTENCES OF SIX WAS DELAYED FOR THREE YEARS.
MEANWHILE, PARLIAMENT DEPUTY JOSHUA GOTTLEIB DEMANDED THAT THE MINISTERS OF JUSTICE AND INTERIOR TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT REPETITION OF THE DISORDERS. HE POINTED OUT 206 JEWISH FAMILIES SUFFERED LOSSES AGGREGATING 300,000 ZLOTYS ($75,000), 90 JEWS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND MANY MORE SLIGHTLY HURT. THE POLICE TOOK NO ACTION TO STOP THE RIOTS, HE CHARGED.
AN EPIDEMIC OF TYPHUS FEVER HAS BROKEN OUT AMONG THE JEWS OF CZESTOCHOWA. DOCTORS ATTRIBUTED THE EPIDEMIC TO UNDERNOURISHMENT OF THE JEWS.
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