HORRIBLE VITRIOL OUTRAGE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1872, 30 March 1889, Page 3

HORRIBLE VITRIOL OUTRAGE.

The Ostroff correspondent of the Warsaw Dnevik reports another instance of the savage vengeance occasionally wreaked upon an apostate co-religionist by the orthodox Polish Jews. Franz Platkowski abandoned Judaism for the Greek Church some fifteen years ago, and believed that he had lived down the vindictive opposition of his friends and relatives. Platkowski, who was resident in the village of Dlugosseto, near Ostroff, lately lived on ostensibly good terms with his neighboring relatives. He received a visit from ©ne of these a few days ago, who invited him to return with him to Brok, another village in the same district, where the relative alleged some property had been left j to Platkowski, He unsuspiciously went with his relative. In passing through a wood he was suddenly attacked by his two brothers and uncle, who dragged him into a tarantas they 1 had waiting. After being severely beaten the victim was thrown on his back by one of his brothers, who knelt on his chest and pinioned his arms, whilst the other with his uncle's assistance, forced open aud poured into his mouth a quantity of vitriol, splashing the burning liquid over his face and head. Believing their victim to be dead, his relatives threw his body out of the cart and left. He was discovered next morning, and removed to the military hospital at Ostroff. Platkowski was scarcely recognisable by his friends. Both eyes, the tongue, and one ear were destroyed, and the head and face terribly burned. The victim, who was able to make his deposition, is not expected to recover.