CRIME, JEWS AND NEWS AUSTRIAN AND HABSBURG STUDIES General Editor: Gary B. Cohen, Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota Volume 1 Austrian Women in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives Edited by David F. Good, Margarete Grandner, and Mary Jo Maynes Volume 2 From World War to Waldheim: Culture and Politics in Austria and the United States Edited byDavid F. Good and Ruth Wodak Volume 3 Rethinking Vienna 1900 Edited bySteven Beller Volume 4 The Great Tradition and Its Legacy: The Evolution of Dramatic and Musical Theater in Austria and Central Europe Edited byMichael Cherlin, Halina Filipowicz, and Richard L. Rudolph Volume 5 Creating the “Other”: Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism in Habsburg Central Europe Edited by Nancy M. Wingfield Volume 6 Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe Edited by Pieter M. Judson and Marsha L. Rozenblit Volume 7 The Environment and Sustainable Development in the New Central Europe Edited by Zbigniew Bochniarz and Gary B. Cohen Volume 8 Crime, News and Jews: Vienna 1895–1914 Daniel M. Vyleta vyleta-0prelims.qxp 1/5/07 10:12 AM Page iii C , J N RIME EWS AND EWS V 1895–1914 IENNA (cid:2)(cid:3) Daniel M. Vyleta BBeerrgghhaahhnn BBooookkss NEWProYvOidRenKce••OOXxFfoOrdRD vyleta-0prelims.qxp:vyleta-ch1 12/9/11 10:58 AM Page iv First published in 2007 by Berghahn Books www.berghahnbooks.com ©2007, 2012 Daniel M. Vyleta First paperback edition published in 2012 All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vyleta, Daniel Mark. Jews, news and crime : Vienna, 1890-1914 / Daniel Mark Vyleta. p. cm. -- (Austrian and Habsburg studies ; v. 8) ISBN: 978-1-84545-181-3 (hbk.) -- ISBN: 978-0-85745-593-2(pbk.) 1. Jewish criminals--Austria--History--19th century. 2. Jewish criminals--Austria--History- -20th century. 3. Antisemitism in the press--Austria--History--19th century. 4. Antisemitism in the press--Austria--History--20th century. I. Title. II. Series. GBA679066 bnb 305.89240436--dc22 2006355560 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Printed in the United States on acid-free paper ISBN 978-0-85745-593-2 (paperback) ISBN 978-0-85745-594-9 (ebook) C ONTENTS (cid:71)(cid:70) List of Figures and Tables vii List of Abbreviations Used in the Endnotes ix Acknowledgements x 1. Introduction 1 2. Scientific Tales of Criminality: Criminology and Criminalistics 14 3. Jewish Criminals 40 4. Paper Trials 70 5. Jewish Crimes 114 6. The Hilsner Ritual Murder Trials 178 7. Conclusions 218 Bibliography 229 Index 251 L F T IST OF IGURES AND ABLES (cid:71)(cid:70) Figures 4.1 Klein Trial. Collage of images. 79 4.2 Franziska Klein towering over the judge. 80 4.3 The court room as a dramatic space. 81 4.4 Crime scene illustration. Ottoman under which murder victim was hidden. 82 4.5 Crime scene illustration. Close-up of dismembered body. 82 4.6 Analysis of suicide. 83 4.7 Newspaper floor-plan of crime scene. 84 4.8 Police floor-plan of crime scene. 84 4.9 Kubowski Trial. Study of defendants. 89 4.10 Klein Trial. Expert Witnesses. 97 4.11 Kubowski Trial. Witnesses examine bloody bag. 98 4.12 Kubowski Trial. Study of witnesses. 98 4.13 ‘The robbers of past and present.’ 106 5.1 ‘The women’s favourite.’ 141 5.2 Theodor Beer before the judge. 142 5.3 Theodor Beer, close-up. 143 5.4 ‘Types from the procurer trial.’ 147 5.5 ‘The Secrets of Chinatown.’ 163 5.6 Investigation of the Elsie Siegel murder. 165 6.1 ‘Earned Dishonestly.’ 191 6.2 ‘Comparison.’ 191 6.3 ‘From the upcoming yearly report…’ 195 6.4 ‘In Pisek.’ 197 6.5 ‘The veiled picture in Pisek.’ 198 viii | List of Figures and Tables Tables 4.1 Publication and circulation data of key Viennese newspapers 74 4.2 Newspaper characteristics (overview) 75 L A U IST OF BBREVIATIONS SED IN THE E NDNOTES (cid:71)(cid:70) Archival Sources ÖS Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Allgemeines Verwaltungsarchiv SaW Stadtarchiv Wien PaHS Privatarchiv Harald Seyrl (Kriminalmuseum, Wien) Journals Archiv Archiv für Criminalanthropologie und Criminalistik Monatsschrift Monatsschrift für Kriminalpsychologie und Strafrechtsreform Newspapers AZ Arbeiter-Zeitung DV Deutsches Volksblatt Extrablatt Illustriertes Wiener Extrablatt Krone Illustrierte Kronenzeitung NFP Neue Freie Presse NWT Neues Wiener Tagblatt ÖK Österreichische Kriminalzeitung ÖW Österreichische Wochenschrift OR Ostdeutsche Rundschau RP Reichspost RW Reichswehr WIK Wiener Illustrierte Kriminalzeitung WT Wiener Tagblatt All references to newspapers are to the main (morning) editions, unless other- wise indicated. All translations are the author’s unless otherwise indicated.