Richland beacon., 1876-08-19
,AhE HIGHLAND BEACON
RAYVILLE. LOUISIANA.
Saturday. August 10, 1876.
VAMPlRESN SERBIA.
A Horrible Siery of Il Yeung Girl
Killed by il Vampire.

IN Scrb'. ~ in no.; :. nlvnnic countries
exists popular hrhrf in vampires. dead folk.
who quI1 ihrir graves at night L. -ruucut the
living. Thr >j-n- 10y which the vampire j.
known are The Preservation Il the h,aly lrr u
4Iag rnc after II Should have d,sayrd rh,
fdidir al the blnni and the >ui itli,>> uf r,r,
limbs. Prn per '4ei'f-,'.e. "a rrr suar>c 81
lila travels WAS ;,ic wirl,.S> ui = cas- ui
alleged yampiri>m, which, hc drsr.ibcs ~
follow
In 1916 | was travelling on foot IN
Fargaraz and CHANGED TO stop at tie
little village OF Narboska My host
was one Nuck Pogionorith, wcIl-lo-,in
for the region, good fellow and su.ii-
GENTLY drunken His wife was vet
young and. fair, and his daughter, Il
cir! Of sixteen, charming. | would
fain have remained with him several
days, in order to shady the ruins %
the neighdorhood, but he would not
rem. fne II room, sting that | should
he his guest: and a. this invO.ved
holding my ow II with him at the wine
after dinner, the relation was not par-
ticularly pleasant.
One evening Tie woman had left rs
about an hour, and. 10 avoid being
compelled to drink, WIS singing 10
my hu.t, when we were startled by
Tic most fearful cries from The Sleep
ing apartment, which, as is the custom
of the country, was occnpirif BY The
whole household in common. Aiming
ourselves we hurried ihirhcr, and
hchcld Il fri"hiful siglI'-ihc mother,
pale and haggard. holding her still
more pallid daughter, who Was stretched
an her straw bed rs if dead. The
woman was shricking without pause,
A vampire! a vampire! My poor
child is deal
With great difficulty we restored
khava 10 consciousness she had, she
said, seen the window Opened aud Il
man, pale as ashes and wrapped in Il
winding sheet, bad flung himself upon
her, bitten her aud s,riven to s,ranglc
her. She was only able to shrek
aloud when the spectre fed and she
swooncd away, but she flncied she
had recognized in its features those of
Il villager named Wicczaany, dead
about fortnight. There was small
rcd spot on her throat, but | did not
know whether it might not be na,u.
raj mark or the result of tie bic of an
insect during the girls nightmare.
When, however, hazarded this con-
lecture. the father rejected il sulcnlv
the girl wcpt pitcously, and wrung
her hands and rocking to-and-Iro, kept
repeating: " Alas 7 To die ST. Young
and before ones wedding day p while
the mother loaded me with reproarhes,
declaring that she had herself seen
the vampire and known it to be
Weiznany. considered it, therefore,
the part of prudence to he silent. All
the amulcts in the vilIa,e were soon
hung round the sufferers neck and
her father took an oath that next dav
lie would disinlcr the corpse of WIccz-
many and burn IL Thus the night
passed in an excitement that nothing
could allay.
At daybrcak next morning the whole
village was cut, the men armed with
muskets or hangers, the women hear
Ing heated irons, and the children
sticks and stones. With cries CT ge
against the dead man they all ,hrongel
to the graveyard :. il was with diff.
Guilty that could obtain. and retain a
position from whence | could witness
the ceremony Of cxhumation. 1t was
slow, for as all strovc to take part in
it each inicrferrcd with the other, and
not q few serious wounds would nave
bceu inflicted by picl, or shovel had
not the Elders ordered two men only
to complete the work At the moment
that the STROUD was unrolied horf-
BILE cry fairly raised my hair ncnd.
1t proceeded from q woman liv my
side. =" 1t is n vampire" she shreked,
4" the worms have not eaten it :" and
her words Were taken up by hundred
mouths. Twenty musket shots shat,
tered the head o! the corpse to frag.
nents, while the father aud relatives
of Khava hacked the body savagcIv
with their long knives, and the women
dipped linen cloths in the red liquid
that oozed from the wounds 10 apply
to the sufferers throat. The body
was dragged from the grave and
firmly tied to the trunk of small tree
that had been cut dow and prepared,
then drawn TO the house of Poglouo-
vich, where a pile of faggots and straw
Aad been erected. Fire was set to it,
aud thu body tossed into the flames;
while the people yelling madly danced
round the pryc The aboninable
stencil frem the burning flesh soon
compelled me to take refuge in the
house.
The house was crowded with visi-
tors, the men all putting at their pipes,
the women all speaking at once and
overwhelming withquestions the sick
girl, who sat pare and stupelied, the
blood soaked bandagcs round her neck
forming gashtly contrast with her
white, half.naked shoulders. Little
by little the crowd diminished till we
were left alone. Khava grew more
and more uneasy as night came on.