The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22
A Jealous Girls Revenge.

a short time since the korsacky sisters.
who created "A profound sensation In East
crn Europe n graceful acrObats. were am
nounced 10 appear on the tight-rope at the
'Iaginon Circus, in Moscow. The circus
was crowded To the utmost. aud when the
two girls made their appearance they were
greeted with "A perfect storm of applause
When the last tablcau came--cOnsisting of
the roses all uniting into one gigantic
Hover, with the two sisters seemingly
gliding through the air--thc elder OF them.
Leyina. suddenly uttered a scream of ter
ror, and fell heavily upon the stage
When assistance came she was inscnsiblc.
and both her legs were found To be- broken.
The cause of the accident was soon ascer-
tanned. The highest wire, on which She
had stepped Immediately before her fall.
had been rent in twain. The manager
said the accident was ineXplcable To him.
as the wires had been thoroughly tested
just before nightiall. Upon closer inspec-
ton, il was found that the wire must have
been cut. leaving ii sufficiently connected
not To snap asunder until the fair acrobat
had stepped upon il. This discovery led
to an investigation rs to who the persons
were that had had access 10 the wires after
they had been tested in the afternoon and
before the beginning OF the last piece,
when they were drawn across the stage.
The injured girl recovered soon enough
sufficient consciousness 10 tell the police
officials that beside herself and her sister
Brada, no one had been near the wires eX-
cept Lima WogratZ, the daughter of the
hotel-keeper with whom She had stopped.
Lima, she had noticed. had repeatedly
touched the wires, and had finally asked
TO be shown the one that would be high
est. This wire had been the thickest
Lima WogratZ had left before the close of
the performance. An officer was sent AZ
ter her. He found her AT her fathers ho-
tel where no one knew yet what had oc-
CURED az the circus. Strangely enough.
when the officer asked the girl 10 accom-
pany him to the circus she became visibly
alarmed, and exclaimed repeatedly, II
had nothing 10 do with it," The officer
said nothing until he arrived with her at
the circus, where she was searched AT his
suggestion. In her pocket was found a
pair OF small, but very sharp and power
full scissors. At the point the edges were
slightly indented. and when the two fray
ments of the wire were closely examined
where it was rent the indented spots on
the pair of scissors were found To CORES
pond with them. Lima WogratZ turned
deadly pale as she Witnessed all these pro-
ceedings. and then when confronted with
the poor acrobat she burst into tears. and
confessed that she had cut the wire be-
cause. during the week since the korsacky
sisters had been al her fathers hotel. her
Nina's) lover. Ivan Kruger. had seemed
To be- fascinated with the elder OF the two
sisters, and had made love TO her. I'm or
der TO revenge herself she had resolved to
cripple or disiigure Levina korsacky for
life. The younger sister. unaware OF her
intention. had told her the day before
what kind of scissors were required to cut
the wire. Levina korsacky recovered
from her terrible fall. and Lima Wogrhz
was sentenced 10 six years solitary con-
iinement.