The latter were arrested because they ventured to stay near their homes.

The following morning, the Christians were released and allowed to swell the ranks of the pillaging mob, while the Jews were kept in jail until the following day and freed only when the governor arrived.
On the following day, March 30, at four o'clock in the morning, a large number of peasants, amounting to about five thousand and armed with clubs, began to arrive in town, having been summoned by the Ispravnik [1] from the adjacent villages.

The arrival of the peasants was welcomed by the Jews, who thought that they had been called to come to their aid.

But they soon found out their mistake, for the peasants declared that they had come to beat and plunder the Jews.

Simultaneously with the arrival of the peasants, large numbers from among the local mob began to assemble around the Cathedral, and at eight o'clock in the morning signals were given to renew the pogrom.