Actuated by the same motive, he induced the convert Paulus Meyer to write an account of a ritual murder which he pretended to have seen in 1875 in Ostrow, Russia. The story was published in the Vienna Vaterland, and the parties named as perpetrators in the crime brought a libel suit against Meyer and Deckert, the latter being sentenced (Sept. 15, 1893) to a fine of 400 florins ($160).
Driven by the same intention, he convinced the convert Paulus Meyer to write an account of a ritual murder that he claimed to have seen in 1875 in Ostrow, Russia. The story was published in Vienna Vaterland, and those named as perpetrators in the crime sued Meyer and Deckert for libel. Deckert was fined 400 florins ($160) on September 15, 1893.