Date (happened)
  • 5 October 1898 (probable)
    dateline 'New York, Oct. 5.' in the clipping body; year taken from the scan filename and confirmed by the media item's own AI dating pass
  • 5 October 1898 (probable)
    second scrape of the same clipping; dateline 'New York, Oct. 5.'
  • 5 October 1898 (probable)
    third scrape of the same clipping; dateline 'New York, Oct. 5.'
  • 5 October 1898 (probable)
    fourth scrape of the same clipping; dateline 'New York, Oct. 5.'
  • 5 October 1898 (possible)
    'New York, Oct. 5.—A negro, twenty-five years old...'; year from this copy's own media (377) filename-derived claim, 1898.jpeg.
  • 5 October 1898 (possible)
    'New York, Oct. 5.—A negro, twenty-five years old...'; year from this copy's own media (385) filename-derived claim, 1898octhebrew.jpeg.
A 25-year-old black man named Samuel Muskowitz, employed by a rabbi to write Torah scrolls, was arraigned before Magistrate Meade in the Essex Market court on a disorderly-conduct charge after a crowd gathered around him speaking Hebrew. Interpreter Schwartz and lawyer Coben testified he was a Hebrew who spoke no English; the report states there were about 300 such black Hebrews in New York, all said to have come from Jerusalem. The magistrate discharged him for want of evidence. A further independently scraped copy (node 4104) confirms the wording; no additional dating information. A further independently scraped copy (node 4118) confirms the wording; no additional dating information.