Mower County transcript., 1869-12-09
STARTLING i STORIES FROM RUSSIA:


A Mad Woll AtDaaktn1 . vlllayS-A
YssvA DaSnsd AAA 1ives Aess.a
The Russian papers publish an almost
incredible story from Russian Llthuania.
The following account is from the superln
tendent of one OF the largest estates in that
region:
! ION the other side of little river flow
ing by the estate # Bereeina lie some villa
ees and the forest of Solki. In the fields
between the latter and the village of Pocie
/ few women were working separately to-
wards evening, when suddenly an unusually
large wolf sprang out Of the forest and in q
few minutes had torn one OF tho women to
pieces. The other women, seeing this
event from the distance, hurried to the vii
lage for aid, but before the men returned
the wolf had disappeared. The body OF
the unfortunate. woman presented hOrrl-
bic appearance. The eldest OF the peas
ants Immediately informed the police of
the occurrence, and placed six men In
the neighborhood of the body to watch
over it until the officials came, TO. corpse
cannot be removed in Russia before the ar
rival Of the police. Alew hours later, as
the men were lying around fire, the wolf
again appeared a1d the peasants made the
best of their way to neighboring house on
the edge of the forest. Ore of the party,
strong peasant. WAS left behind by his
companions, and Iss, overtaken by the
animal and quickly torn to pieces. I'M
mediately atteYward the owner of the little
house, forest watcher, who was return
ing to his home, wa4 seized by the wolf,
and only reached his dwelling half dead.
The brute thsn--weat.-to the village of
Pocie aud Ptoranie, attacked . peasant
farmhouse, penetrated the dwelling room,
(which on acc01nt0f166 smoke was usually
left open) and wounded men and animals.
The wolf the3, sprang. upon the village
green, injured thFoe laborsIs and number
Of horses. and thenqe went to the estate OF
a fearful extent:
! Altogether the beast wounded ten ami
mails, and as the servants hurried to the
spot, he sprang upon them, wounded the
head of one, tho hand of another, and the
neck and thigh Of the sery mt girl of for
est watcher named Mar Nkiewicz, whose
horse she was landing. The wolf then left,
and went toward the villages Of Chonytony
and MakanyniSnkA Killing q woman in one,
wounding dogs, msn and cattle, and then
disappearing in, ,thstneighboring forest. In
the course Of few hours the brute had
killed three human beings, more or less
wounded thirty-one be-up persons, and
htty-iour aeao OF catue'
"Bot THIS oy- mo ineans oesclloeS tno ~.
jury done. tor TO ali appearances tne won
was affected with 'hyoroPhoDa' AN tne
wounded persons agree that theanimal mad
foam upon his Aaouthse ana the tail was
hanging down.. Only when attacking any
one did he raise, tho 1after; and sprang up
on the hind legs, always aiming at the
head. The strength OF The spring may be
inferred from the case OF young peasant
who had five teeth kHocked IN Dy inc jaws
OF the wolf. 1t Is very suspicious CIR
cumstance that'the VOL dad not eat tne
bodies. but fell uponthem from pure mad
ness. All this haRpensd y the nlent; tne
people were sened pefreotiy onawa5es, ana
could 90 out Astle 4nthel5 own ue1ence.
True, one peasant 1anaeoa 70 Snoot 'ne
wolf through one Of the bind legs, and an
other to drive shoemeeets aw1 into ms
carcass during an attack, and though nelth'
er of the wounds were 1ese!, tney contrlou-
ted much to the Reakeqlng OF the Deast'
which was kliled' on tne 1oNow1ng Gay, IN
remarkable manner. :.
"a great hunt was arranged, and peas
ants from all the surrounding nelghbor-
hood streamed toward the rendezvous near
the forest of Solkl. Not TAR from this place:
in the middle OF the fields, there ls small
patch OF forest, called the Dombrowa. In
order to approach this, division of peas
ants crept amid the young frs, endeavor-
ing toapprqaeh without being seen: #Snd.
denly one Of the peasants thoughs tnas
another of his companlo9s @ had seazed nm
by his. mfs nom behind Wltnout nav!ng
the slightest idea OF the wolf, ne put ms
hand behind him in mechanical way, ana
seized the brute accidentally oy the tnroaf'
simultaneously, he saw one OF the fore
paws at his SIDE, grasped tnis' ana knew
that he had to do with the dreaded mon
ster: He managed to press the bratee
back against the trunk OF mr. tree, and
held him there until his fellow.peasants-
who in the first fright had run away-came
to bis assistance and killed the animal with
their hay and manure-forks.
The dead volt was found 70 be OF extra:
ordinary SIZE. and 'ght gs IN color: or . me awl M
fore was found embedded in his carcass,
proving that it was the same animal that
had already committed such havoc. The
peasant whom the wolf had last seized was
only slightly wounded in the back: Child.
rem, fortunately, had not been oltten, 1or
at the late hour when the VOL made MS
~ e. .,,.o n1 oo1oov Il, &ho;r occnafor,Ad
n'e9os 10y "'4 ~, r., tn IF the oreot ovans 4
humber Of ofher wolves were seen in the
ne;ohborhood at thesaame time. but their
nnrsn;t proved withont result AS Goon as
the Authorities were informed 81 the oc-
cnrrance. @ fha chief of police and a
number Of doctors came upon the
scene, Tie wounded were taEen into
the school. house. where their wounds were
exomined and treated, The means applied
aoainst the hvdroDhobia were those of a
so.called "vonder Doctor" whose specific
for this diseass IL said previouslysto have
% sw;ms which had been bitten in tie 1illaeee