The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-06-03
A JEALOUS GIRLS REVENGE.

ilaG a short lime since the hOrsacky Dis
tiers, who created . profound sensation il
Eastern Europe as graceful acrobats. were
announced 70 appear on the tight-rope al
the Tagihoff Circus, IA Moscow. = The cir.
|cus was crowded 70 the utmost, aud when
the twogirls made their appearance the,
were, greeted By q perfect storm of ap-
Iplause. When the last tableau came
Consisting Of the roses all uniting into one
Gigantic flower, with the two sisters seenl-
4iugIy gliding through the air--the elder Of
them. Lesinia, suddenly uttered scream
Of terror and fell heavily upon the stage.
When assistance came she was insensible,
and both her legs were found to be broken.
The caase of the accident was ascertmned.
The highest wire ON which she had stepped
Immediately beiofeiher fall, had beeR rent
iu twain. The manager said that the ac-
cident was incxplicable to him, as the
wires had been thoroughly tested just be-
fore nightfaIl. Upon closer inspection ii
was found that the wire must have been
cut. leaving il sufficiently connected mot
TO snap asunder until the fair acrobat had
stepped upon il. This discovery led to an
investigation ,as fo, who fbe persons we're
that had access to the wires after they
HAD been tested in tife afternoon an1 be-
fore the beginning Of thesiastpiece when
ihey we're drawn across tho stage. The
injured girl recovered SOM enough suffi
cient consciousness to tell the police Off
cials that beside herself and her sister Bra
do. no one bad been near the wires except
Lima Wogratz, the daughter OF the hotel
keeper with whom they badstopped. Lima,
she had noticed. had repeatedly touched
the, wires, and had finally asked to be
shown the one that would be highest. This
wire had been the tbickest. Lima Wo.
gratis had left before the close Of the per-
fonnance. An officer was sent after her.
He found her at her fathers hotel, where
no one knew yet what had occurred ut the
circus. Strangely enough. when the off,
Ger asked the girl to accompany hun TO
the circus. she became visibly alarmed.
and exclaimed repeatedly, Il haze, had
nothing TO do with IT. The officer said
nothing until he arrived with her u the
circus. where she was searched at his sug-
gestion. In her pocket was found pair
of small. but very sharp and powerful scis-
soro. Az one point the edges were slight
lly indented. and when the two fragments
of the wire were closely examined where
IL was rent the indented spots on the pair
Of scissors we're found to correspond with
them. Lima Wogrstbz turned deadly pale
as she witnessed all these proceedings,
and, when confronted with the poor nero
bat. she bust into tears. and confessed that
she had cut the wire because during the
week since tile Korsacky Sisters had been
at her father hotel. her I.ina's) lover,
Ivan Kruger. had seemed to be fascinated
with the elder Of the two sisters, and had
made love 10 her. In order 70 revenge
herself. she had resolved to cripple or dis
figure Levina Korsacky for life. The
younger sister unaware Of her intention.
had told her the day before what kind Of
scissors we're required to cut the wire.
I.eyina koracky recovered from her terri
bic fall, and Lipa wogntz was sentenced
to six years solitary confinement. b.