The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-12-26
A TERRIBLE STORY.
The Ravagss Of a Mad Wolf.

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The Golos, of October 18th, contains
the following account of the appearance
in Russian village of mad wolf, and
the injuries it inflicted on the inhabi-
tants. On October 7th, about Z a. m,
the peasants from the adjoining villages
had collected together at a fair which
was held at the settlement of Barvenkoff,
district of IZume, and the male portion
of the assembly had dispersed to the
drinking shops, to make bargains and
drink each others healths, leaving the
women and children in charge of the
carts. Suddenly there resounded
through the square heartrendlng
shrek for assistance, and then all was
quiet. The peasants rushed out OF the
drinking booths into the street, and be-
fore they had time to collect their
thoughts there appeared from behind Il
building situated on the edge of the
square an enormous wolf. Everybody
rushed in great confusion to their carts,
shouting Mad wolff"
Meantime the gigantic wolf, frothing
at the mouth, with his tongue hanging
out, made for the carts. A dreadful
tumult occurred. The horses and oxen
dashed in all directions, but the majority
got entangled, fell, overturning the carts,
while the noise made by the pigs, sheep,
geese, fowls, etc, added to the uproar
and confusion. The wolf, when with
in short distance of the group of carts,
turned round, sprang on a woman who
was running past, and in moment she
was PROSTATE on the ground, having lost
her nose, scalp and lower part of her
face.
The wolf then ran further, and attack
cd small lad of about seven years of
age; but just at that time pig rushed
at the wolf and bit its tail. The wolf
turned on its assailant, but not before
it had bitten the boys face and hand.
Leaving the pig, the wolf ran down
the main street, attacked woman with a
baby, then two boys about fourteen years
of age, and having bitten their heads
through to the brain, rushed up the
street and after biting several other per-
sons, turned off onto the railroad. BY this
time large crowd, headed by the village
elder, and armed with whips, guns,
scythes, &c, gave chase to. the terrible
animal.
They came up with the wolf about one
mile from the village, and a peasant, al
lowing it to approach him within about
fifteen PAGES, shot the animal in the open
maw Notwithstanding the wound he
had received, the wolf sprang up and at
tackled the peasant The latter did not
lose his presence of mind, and struck
the animal with the butt end of the gun,
which shattered at the blow, and the
wolf seized the peasant by the side, but,
owing to the man wearing three coats, his
skin was only scratched, The courage
Gus man then firmly gripped the animal
with both hands.
During this struggle between a man
a mad wolf, the crowd which had come
up hesitated, through fear, to attempt
the rescue of their comrade. Fortunate
ly local policeman galloped up at this
juncture, and drawing his revolver, shot
the wolf through the head.
The wolf had bitten no less than twen-
ty-two persons, ten of whom are IN q
dangerous state. The sufferers were $50
lated from the rest of the inhabitants,
and medical aid was at once administer
cd to them. 1t is reported that the wolf
came from the settlement of Dovgeni-
ken, situated about eighteen miles from
Barvenkoff, where a mad OK had died
and been buried, but so carelessly that on
the following morning his body was
found scattered about.