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Show CRIME IN THE NAME OF RELICiON. U.tirewa of Kunmll AcriM.,1 of otlrrinv up a Oreek Oirl a. a aueriile. AmtiANon.K, July 25. Great exc,;te-nieut exc,;te-nieut prevails here over the tragic events growing out of an accusation that tho Jew't.h butchers killed a I i reek child as a religious (menace. The governor gov-ernor of Uoiimolia has proclaimed the district uuder military law, fearing that otherwise the Inhabitants would rise against tho Jews. Tne alleged murder occurred at tho village of Mustapha Pasha, about twenty miles from this city. The corpse of a Greek girl, 8 years, of aa was found in the river, and the doctors doc-tors declared that she had nut been drowned, but strangled aud thrown into in-to the water. All the butchers in the' place are Spanish Hebrews except one Gruel; named Ntetfatiu, who 8 worn that tlm girl had been strangled in the manner of Jewish blood offering and that tho murder was undoubtedly a religious one. In the midst of tho excitement Ste-fano Ste-fano suddenly disappeared, and later, bis corpse was found in a sack on tho banks of the rivor. the body being covered cov-ered with stalis. Suspicion fell upon ! the men whom Stefano had accused, j and live of tl.a Jewish butchers and j tw o of their apprentices were arrested, j Ouo apprentice lad named Gianni con-I con-I teased that the lite prisoners bad murdered mur-dered Stefano and paid him (Giaini1) to carry the body in a sack to the river. The murder of the girl is asyctuu-solved. |