Israel drove out in a gorgeous carriage, surrounded by a guard of honor.

The gubernatorial administration of Kiev, presided over by the ferocious Governor-General Bibikov, received intimations to the effect "that the Tzaddik of Ruzhin wielded almost the power of a Tzar" among his adherents, who did not stir with out his advice.

The police began to watch the Tzaddik, and at length found an occasion for a "frame-up." [Footnote 1: On Rabbi Baer see Vol.

I, p.

229 et seq.] When, in 1838, the Kahal of Ushitza, in the government of Podolia, was implicated in the murder of an informer, [1] Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin was arrested on the charge of abetting the murder.