, 1869-02-07
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A criminal has Just l,een t1.e2 ia No7lA+n
lndia on te1rih- G charge. 0ot Ran "1he.n,
\ Htndoo Of the EHzaFofe Di. l1>ct, tnok 10
D, Isouirg as relief fruro ennni. The nuJr-
Der OF hts ylctlms Is thus lar uuk-orc. Il.
has, however, killed twenty seven 70 y-ar
End a hall, and exhibited An especial t4s.e
for holy men on pfIgr1uag"s. A :soe1sty Il
Jears ago, btseas r Po'nmYia, Ga:icIe. ".
proved to have killed and eaten fourteen
children. During the fifteenth and Ef1,eealh
centuries caunibal1sm frequently mani,:s>d
Itself srnonG those supposed to be ciriliztd
On the 14th Of December, 1893. tbe Pr
named ChaIous, TO be burned alive for IT,
can1hropy. Tho evidence showed that H.
had dee05ed children lntu his shop or A.
tackled them when they stlaIea from ho.re,
a1d having torn them with his teeth anl
killed them, he dressed them as ordinary
4 whole ca.k of houcs was discovered in bis
hcuse. In 11iO Marechal dc Rctz, Il Matshl
Of France, u scholarly muu. = pa,riot, ant
man OF holy llfe," became suddenly pos
keszed by an uncomfortable desire to MURDER
children. During seveu years be continued
to ihTeisle little girls aud boys iuto bis CA.
lie at the rate Of about ten #esE. ard then
put them TO death In various ways, that
he might witness their agony ard
bathe in their blood = experiencing aner
eacp OcCtsl0n LEE uGst nFtooIua fcnl0rse, hut
led on By an trreksstible craving trrepvat the
crime. When this unparalleled ioiqu!ty was
finally brought to light, his castle vas found
to contain l!ns full Of nhfldreu's bones. Dur
iug the teyenteeth century Hungar7a- eoun-
tess named Elizabeth enticed young gfsla into
| her palace Oh divers prste1ts, aud t1eu cEu~
e'ly murdered them for e-puEpose cf bath-
Ing III their blood. The spectacle Of huznsu
| suffering at last became :uch delight TO her
that she would apply With her OVID hatds The
mGst excruclatl1g tor&urcs, keenlF lel1shlpg
the shrieks Of Of her Victims. IN this way
sho is said to have murdered $50 PET
sons before her career WAS bsou.hI 20
IN end. The old Resserkers, of ScaDdinavia,
killed human beings for the mere love OF the
thing Their chief amusement aud business
Was TO ret sail for some Pleasant ccuntEy,
Ike Spain OF France, and make Ill th coasts.
ard uayigable rivers hideous with rapluc nud
massacre. When At hcne In the Intervals
between their fteebootine expt tttss1ons- thoJ
we're liable to become possessed BY Nrans
fomtcadal madness, du, Ing which they wo9;d
forth by Light "to snap the back-hosce,
| smash The skulls, and sometimes TO drink
| with feudish glec the bio ID OF QnHary ttav-
| oilers or Ioitcscrs." The peasantty Of uany
secluded portions Of Eurone stIll chcri.h tat:
supersution Of the middle ascs cnuces. Ing
wese.rclyes. A were volt, 6r a ios,, aarea.
was = pcr*ou Who had the po*rs Of trans.
forming himself to wolf, ceing endowed
while IN this lupine state with the mteili4rnce
| Of q man, the ferocity Of wolf, and t1c iE.
re.lstlb:e strength Of demon. 'sktn
changers" Was smother name for these myth;
cal beirgs. Accordingfo the medieval theory
while the werewolf kept his human form,
bis hair grew ipwarls; when h- wished
to become = wolf he merely tuTca himself
fntide ont. According 10 Aro.hcr theory the
person possessed had merely 10 put on Z
wolf ekle In order TO ASSUME insfabtly th'
lupfrc form and character Bss;rg Gould. IL
EErlish wiiter, has recently produced VEL
| entertaining volume on this superstition
4 wherein he demonstrates from numerous IN.
stauces that it has a foundation IN fact t.
fome exstnt. He cites mag ca=es in whic!
tie homIcldal aud cannihai czari,g has bee'
accompanied BY genuine halluclnatIon, Il
! which miserable WEeickes have auPpcse'
themselves TO be wolves or other viii
| tnlu1als.