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).
Motivated by a similar impulse, he encouraged Paulus Meyer to write about a ritual murder that he claimed to have witnessed in 1875 in Ostrow, Russia. The story was published in Vienna Vaterland, and the individuals named as perpetrators in the crime filed a libel suit against Meyer and Deckert, with Deckert being fined 400 florins ($160) on September 15, 1893.