The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-15
A yealOns Girls Revenge.

/ A.short time since the Korsacky Sis
tiers, who created profound sensation
| in Eastern Europe as graceful aerobats,
were announced TO appear on the tight
rope at the Taginoff Circus, in Moscow.
The circus was crowded to the utmost,
and when the two girls made their ap-
pearance they were greeted by perfect
storm of applause. When the last tab
leau came-consisting of the roses all
uniting into one gigantic flower, with
the two sisters seemingly gliding through
the air-the elder of them, Levina, sud-
denly uttered a scream of terror, and
fell heavily upon the stage. When as
sistance came she was insensible, and
both her legs were found to be broken.
/ The cause of the accident was at once
ascertained. The highest wire on which
she had stepped Immediately before her
fall, had been rent in twain. The man
ager said the accident was inexplicable
to him, as the wires had been thorough
ly testled just before nightfall. Upon
closer inspection it was found that the
wire must have been cut, leaving it suf-
ticiently connected not to snap asunder
until the fair acrobat had stepped upon
it. This discovery led to an investigs-
tion as to who the persons were that had
access 10 the wires after they had been
tested in the afternoon and before the be-
ginning of the last piece, when shey
were drawn across the stage. The in.
inred girl recovered soon enough snf6-
cient consciousness 10 tell the police
officials that beside herself and her sis
ter Brada no one bad been near the
wires except Lima Wogratz, the daugh-
ter of the hotel-keeper with whom they
had stopped. Lima, she had noticed, had
repeatedly touched the wires, and had
finally asked to be shown the one that
would be the highest. This wire had
been the thickest. Lima Wogratz had left
officer was sent after her. He found
her at her fathers hotel, where no one
knew yet what had occurred st the cir
Gus. Strangely enough, when the officer
asked the girl to accompany h1m to the
circus, she became yisibly alarmed, and
exclaimed repeatedly, II had nothing
to do with it," The officer said nothing
until he arrived with her at the circus
where she was searched at his sugges-
zion. In her pocket was found pair of
small, but very sharp and powerful scis-
sors. At one point the edges we're slight
ly indented, and when the two fragments
of the wire were closely axamined where
it was rent the indented spots on the pair
of scissors were found to correspond with
them. Lima Wogratz turned deadly pale
as she witnessed all these proceedings,
and, when confronted with the poor ac-
rObat, she burst into tears, and confessed
that she had cut the wire because, dur
ing the week since the Korsacky Sisters
had been at her fathers hotel, her Lina's)
lover, Ivan Kruger, had seemed 10 be
fascinated with the elder of the two SIS
tiers, and had made love to her. In order
to revenge herself, she had resolved to !
cripple or disfgure Levina Korsacky
for life. The younger sister, unaware Of
her intention, had told her the day be-
fore what kind of scissors were required
to cut the wire. LeviHa Korsacky re-
covered from her terrible fall, and Lima
Wogratz was sentenced to six years sol
itary confinement