The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-06
Killed by . Vampire.

In Serbia a. ia fnost Sslavouic coun
tries. exists q popular teiief in ysas-
pires. dead folk y 10 quu their grave.
o, nigh. O. 'sFmen, IA. living The
signs bv ~blch the ysmpire i. knowu
are the pfrsers siIon 4 the fedy for =
long time after !, shoaiti have siceayei
fuldIty OF the blvd. and .applsness
of the limb~. prosper M.r,mee. ia the
course Of hi. 'fayei-. WAS the wiine>s
Of = case Il sIlegesi saa,irlsm, which
hs Describes as f0liox-s
In l-i6 ) was travelling Gu foos ia
Varg@rex. and ehanc-i IL step into the
little village oT YAslposkA Ny hoe;
.as oue Vuck Pogl.asicb. weil-to-io
F for the reg ior'. . good 'sil-s~ AMI sui
feieutly drunken Ills sifv 80. YET
T yoang 4 tsir al ilis tanx bier. =
grl II stxt.ea. thsruling would
fa,n have rrma,ncd witli him several
days. Ia trG.r t.. >'ady the ruins in the
neighburlio 8 bat he ~ ,,.ii lot rrtit
me room. iIsi-tt+g Ia .houlI b.
h,s gue,i. AID Is ihi, ius Owed ho.dinx
INV own With him ~ the wine after
dinner. the relation va Lot particularly
{ pleasant.
One evening the wotnsH bad left Us
about ali boar. au.i ~ avoid being CON
PEELED 20 drink With him, | was singing
II INV hast when ve were startled by
the most fearful cries from the sleep
ing apartment. " hlch as Is the custom
of the codntry was occupied by the
whole hOusholi ia common Arming
ourselves. We hurried thitber, aud t.-
held frghtful sight--the mother, pa e
and haggard. holding her still more
pAllid daughter. who was stretched on
her straw bed as ii dea l. The woman
was shrieking without pause, A VAIN
pire. q vampire Ny poor child Is
dead
With great difficulty We r-stor. d
khava TO consciousness; she had, she
said. seen the window opened. aud a
man pale a. ashes aud wrapped ia u
winding sheet bad flung himself upon
her, bitten her, and striven 10 strangle
her. She VA. only able % shrek
aloud when the spcctr. fed, and she
s~ooned away. but she fAreied she had
recognized IN it, I. .aturcs those OF a
ylllager named Wiecxnany, dead about
"A fortnight There Mas small red
spot ia her throat. tut l did not know
whether ii might not Ia y natural mark
ar the rrsult uf bite of an insect dur.
ing the girls nightmar-. When. how.
+ ever. | ha3arded this COZ lecture. the ia
thor rejected 1t sallenly, the girl wept
piteonsly. aud. wringing her hands and
rocking Ia aud frp, kept repeating
"Ala>' Ia Iii. so young and before
ones wedding day while the mother
loaded me with feproach 5. declaring
/ she had herself seen the vampire and
/ known IL TO be Wiecknany. l consid-
cred IL. therefore. the part Of Lrudsnce
To i've silent All the amulets in the
village were soon hing round the SUI
ferer's meek, and her father took an
oath that next day be would disinter
the CORPSE of Wieczany and burn it,
Thus the night passed. in sn excitement
that no. hing could sllAy.
At dsyersak next morning the whole
village was out. the men armed with
muskcts or hangers. the women bearing
heated irons. and the children sticks
and stones. With a cry of rage against
the dead man. they all thronged TO the
graveyard It WAS with difficulty ,ha,
{. I coald obtain and retain = position
whence | could witness tho ceremony of
/ sxhu,aation. II was SLOW. for az all
stroye Ia take part In II each interf-red
with the other aud not few serious
wounds would have teen inflicted ty
pick at shovel had not the elders or.
LIT. Ia.
wuuk Al the moment that the shroad
va. untol.ed horrible cry fairly raised
my hair on vnd II proceeded from a
wonan hy my side lit il q vampire
+ sl,. shri.kcd the worms have not
eaten IL = and her words were taken up
+ by = hnndred mouths. Twenty muskes
+ shots shattered the had of the corpse 90
( fragments. while the fat her and relAtives
/ of khsva hacked the body savagely
with their long knives. and the women
dipped linen cloths IN the red liquid
that ooy,d 4 from the wounds ,o Apply TO
the sufferers throat The body was
dragged from the grave. and firmly
tied to y trunk of small tree that hal
been Gu, down AID prepared. then
drawn 10 the house of PogloEovich.
where pile of fsgots and straw h ID
been erected Fire was az, tn IL, and the
body tosaed into the flames. while the
Ieople. yelling madly. danced rourd the
pyrr. The ai,ou,inabl. stencil from the
+ burning flesh soon compelled me Ia take
refuge in The houst.
The hous.s WAS crowded with ,i.itnts.
3 al. as InP h..
women all speaking At once, and over.
wheiming with questions the sick girl
who sat pale and .sup,hed. the blood
soaked handages aroand her neck form
ing a rhastlv contrast With her white
hslf-nakcd shoulders Little by little
the crowd diminished till we were lef'
alone. khavc grew more and more un
easy as night came on. and insisted that
so,ne one should watch by the bedside
constantly As her parents were worr
cat with fatigue aud excitement.
offered my services a. nur~.. and they
were accepted Srs,efally
| shall never forget the night soen
by the bedside of this unfortunate girl
The cfesking of hoard. the very ,nur
mur cf the Wind made her start ant
shndder. She could not fail into a dor
without seelng visions of horror, an,
from time to time would wsse with .
fearful start and cry oi anguish. Sh'
Iai ore horrible dream. ani the vills-'
ruasips had succeeded 10 eomplesin;
the ruin Of her mind by narrating q
her all the f.ightfui stories sboat VAN
p,res thu. they could remember or N
rnn, Dftfn as sh. felt her eyes clnsin,