Charges that Jews were poisoning cattle owned by Polish peasants were headlined today in the Endek boulevard newspaper ABC.
Reports that peasants in the Piotrkow district were accusing Jews of mixing poisoned potatoes into cattle fodder explained that the motive for the alleged poisoning is the desire to frighten the peasants into accepting prices offered by Jewish dealers in bargaining for the cattle.
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