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9/23/1928
Massena NY
12-year-old Barbara Griffith disappears
results in 1st inquiry by a US law official re the "Blood libel."
Local hate-rumor
ran rampant, hundreds of residents gathered at the police station when the
mayor ordered police chief to interrogate the local rabbi whether or not
Jews use Christian blood on their holidays.
By 10/5 there'd been a national outcry, press quotes from Jewish leaders,
Governer Al Smith ordered hearing, Mayor Hawes appologized in NY Times,
disciplinary action against the anti-Semetic accuser, Trooper HM McCann
and call for leniency for him by R' S Wise.
The same month Jews in Hungary, Yugoslavia & Poland suffered severe
pogroms & Blood Libel-caused persecution.
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