THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A CHRISTIAN BY HUNGARIAN JEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4594, 26 September 1883, Page 2

THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A CHRISTIAN BY HUNGARIAN JEWS.

The Jewish Chronicle publishes the following as the true story of the death of Esther Solymossi, who, it was alleged, was murdered by the Jews at their Passover ceremonies : —

"Now tbat the result of the TiszaEsjzlar trial has removed the possibility of a murder of any kind having been committed in the ease of Esther Solymossi, room is open to conjecture as to the cause of her mysterious disappearance. It can only be attributed to suicide, brought about by the ill-treatment of her mistress, Frau Huri, whose interest it has thus clearly been to cast suspicion on the Jews. With a little trouble one can piece together the movements of the poor girl on the day of her death from the subjoined report,:—About twelve o'clock on April 1, 1882, Esther Solymossi, a girl of fourteen, about four feet 10 inches high, with dark eyes, leffc her mistress's home to obtain some whitewash,in the neighbouring village of Tisza-Kszlar. Tho poor girl, clad in a, dark, skirt, with red apron and neckerchief, walked slowly, as she bad been recently wounded in the right fool by the tread of a cow. On her way to the shop she was met; .by Gabriel Taungi, as he alleges, at eleven, but Herman Rosenberg also saw her, and : he was positive it was twelve, while his daughter Bosa, who saw her with her sister Sophia Solymossi, was confident it was one o'clock, as she had had dinner. Similar evidence was given by Julia Yamosi. In conversation with Esther's sister, Rosa heard that the girl was illtreated by her mistress. She probably returned with the whitewash t"b Fiau Huri, who was dissatisfied, and sent her back without her dinner. On the poor drudge S remonstrating, the mistress was heard by the coachman, Hatalwsky, saying, '• You can (? shall) go and come back three times before evening." This was at three o'clock, and Esther went back faint and despairing, probably after uttering some threat of self-dejtruction. For an hour afterwards Frau Huri was anxiously searching for Esther in the village. There she met Samuel Frankh, to whom she owned she had sent theigirl twice for some whitewash. After this, about five o'clock, she met Leon GrossberK t/ who had heard of her cruelty from Esther's sister,; and with whom she had the following conversation : —Huri: I sent that —— in the morning I for some colors, and she has not come back. —Grossberg: She will come. —Huri: I am so frightened at her remaining away so long. —Grossberg: WhyP Have you beaten her? j —Huri: No; but I have scolded her well for cleaning some dirty crockery in the bread trough. Meanwhile, the runiour of Esther's disappearance had reached her relatives, and it is significant; that the first place where her uncle sought for her was down the nearest wejls. Her mother, Frau Solymossi, met Joseph Scharf that evening and informed him of Esther's disappearance. He attempted to console her with the following words : " Esther will surely come to light again. I recall to mind a similar incident which occurred in my early youth, when a girl disappeared from Hajdu-Vanus. Not only was the girl given up for lost, but it v was even whispered that she had been murdered by the Jews. She, however, turned up not long afterwards, alive and well. The same will be the case with your daughter. These words, as Frau Solymossi confessed in court, were the first that aroused her suspicions. When on the Monday she reported her daughters disappearance to the police not a word was said about any Jew. It was only on Tuesday, April 4, that she informed the police that the Jews were suspected of having caused E3ther's death. What hand Frau Jiuri had in fanning chat suspicion the world will never, know ; but the laws of evidence lead us to look to the quarter where the greatest motive exists, and there can be no doubt that Frau Huri'a conscience was ill at easo at her threalment of the poor drudge.