The day book. [volume], May 09, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 10

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WWWP.
REAL SLAYER IN "RITUAL MURDER" CASE
FOUND IN AMERICA
New York; May 9? The greatest
murder mystery of this century has
at last been cleared up.
The secret of trie" Beflis case, which
has kept Russia in a furor for three
years, and "focused the. attention of
the world on. Kiev, ha? been ferfeted
out by the famous "Sherlock Holmes
of Russia."
America has furnished the cliching
evidence.
Nicholas Krasovskj, the detective
who ran it down, has just returned to
"w i ftofrtofiBiafc ,,
Httaaia' jitli'Jdavifei'thaUnot oiily
esiaoiisn we- ipnoowice ,ot menaei
Beilis beyond c4vlf,jbHtvflx.the crime
of killins Andrew -Yuachinsky upon
the real murderers. -. ,. , ,
Krasovsky ha abfQju,t9j3fiatab
lished the fact that it was 'Vera, Che
beriak, queen of a criminal gang in
Kiev, who killed young Yuschinsky,
assisted by her brother, Peter Singa
yevsky, and two other members pj
her'band, Boris Rudlnsky- and fraif
iJatisheV.
- More important than that, he -
unveiled the mystery that has ba;
every investigator the motive for
the killing.
The Day Book is today able to give
the first account ever printed, detail
lng the motives and precise facts of
the murder. , These authoritative
statements are backed by the affidavit
which Krasovsky will present imme
diately to the government at Kiev
Here is the remarkable story:
Vera Cheberiak, the wife of a re
spectable government official at Kiev,
has for years been the secret leader
of a little criminal group. Early in
1011 this band robbed a store and
stole about-85 revolvers. Stealing fire
arms is in Russia an offense punish
able wjth 25 years' imprisonment.
Mrs. Cheberiak, afraid to take the ,
weapons into ier house had them'
thldden in-a cave near by. ' ;
The woman's son, a twelve-.yar-old'hoy
named" Zhenya, was a neigh- "
b0r and playmate of Andrew YuschhW
sky, the liyear-old victim. One dy
wjien'they were playing around tnet
cave, Andrew happened to find a box?
of revolvers" Duried in the' dirt. 4-
"Ypji let those revolvers, alone !"
shoutedhe CheberialCJad They'be
long xo my mpiner. '
They quarreled, then. Andrew Yir&
schinsky went away, Two or three,
3
days later Vea Cheberiak was ar-t
rested pn suspicion of having robb&tf
the store. She was soon freed, how v
eve"r. Returning home, angry and '
suspiciousrshe'Jearned from her soiv
that young YiiscTjinsky knew about"
the revolvers and had made threats.
The, woman feared exposure' and
the ,2S..yjears: .'penalty. She must get
rid of .the meddling boy. There was
Motive No. 1, .
A, secong motive was the woman's
greed, , She told Iter followers .of-fthq
danger froniYuschinskj and rentfnigi
ed them of tiebJgrWpt'to be Tro."
the people'of Kiev w6re stirred up jfri
xl fresh attack aeainetrther Jews..aa?'
kwfey jnfght be by news- of a "ritual
rojaraerv; -ifleygceea.
Sta Urn. Gbeberiajc Jure4 the boy
to herjiousejuja-shgyd the three