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Markov, Anti-semite, Killed in Railway Accident

September 19, 1928
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Valerian Markov, notorious Russian anti-Semitic agitator and contributor to the “Novoye Vremija,” chief exponent of the anti-Semitic doctrine during the Czaristic regime, was killed today in a tragic railway accident.

While attempting to board a train near Zagreb, Jugoslavia, Markov made a misstep and fell on the tracks. The train getting into motion, passed over his body.

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