פאליציי און זשאנדארען אין סיגעט איז אן אלטער טראדיציע

in the book Sochrai Hashem Behorai Hakarpatim, their is a mention of this incident,I thought its fiction, but it seems that it is a novel based on truth

For more details see http://hebrewbooks.org/20925 which reports the background from the T"B side.