, 1880-10-30
Worse than the Blenders.
The shading Decds sf The Sawn~y R~sue
ana tee 1eoeers 81 His Nanersas Fan.
uy-rhe Dark Gave b. the >ea-

~ So<eIox uecus ~ tnf SaWney Branc
and the ne1eerS sf His Nanersas Ean.
uy-rhe Dark Gave BY ihe Sea.
history contains no parallel to the horrible
crueities and robberes that were Committed by
one SAwney Beane, . Scotehmxn, in the reign
OF hing James l., before he came to the crown
OF England by the demise of Queen EIiz beth.
Sawney Beane vas born about eight or nine
miles eastward of the city Of Edinbury. in the
county of East Lothian, OF parents who went
hedging and ditchiny ior their daily bread.
and y ho brought up this, their loo.ly-rnia.i-d
chiid, to the same occupation; but a. he grew
up. his dislo'iticn IA iilenAss no, permitting
him TO follow an honorable employment, he
lett Ms fatt er aud mother. ami ran into the
country. uheie, following a mns. wkke,i lie
and taxing up with n Woman as vicious as
himself instead "f living in any CITY. town ur
villi4 e. they took mp ,heir l~irin, on = r,,cl
the seaside, on the shore If Shire Galway,
where they livel for npwar! Of twenty fiv-
wears, having bath children and grandchildren
IN that tim-, whom they brought up so wick
ediy that they never separated, kept NJ other
company but themselves, and supported them
selves entirely by rubbiny, and, what Was
worse, th"v never committed a robbery with
out \ murder
LIVED uPoy THEIR PREY.
They never frequented any market for pro
visions. but sosn rs they had murdered anv
man. wanan or eh'li they dii not leave thr
carcass behind, but carried il To th-r den,
" lerr, cutting 1t into yu"rters, they MouIa
pickle them and live upon human flesh until
they got anotLer prey Of the same kind. But
they had generally sapertiuity. insomuch
that they oitentImes III the night time bat at
great distance from their sansuinary man
sion, threw legs and arms ~ snMe they had
ki led into the sea, which the tide frequently
cast mp al several parts Of tie country to the
great astnniShment of the iehollers Persons
who went about thei- lawful OCCUPATIONS fell
rver into the hands Of these merciless canni-
| has and never returned home again. III
raised a general cry among their friends and
relations. illsomuch that the whole country WAS
alarmed at such a common loss OF the people.
which frequently happened in travel n into
the west OF Scotland. and private spies we're
sent out into all parts t. find odt, if possible,
how these melancholy events happened For
length of time their strictest searches and in
quiries were to no purpose. However, several
honest travellers Were taken up on suspicion,
and wrongfully hanged upon hare circuustan-
| ees, besides several innocent iun-keep-
/ ers, who also executed for no her
! reason than that persons who had ben thus
| LIST were known 10 have lain in their h..use>
and were supposed To have bern IuSbrd and
murdered by them and their baiics privately
/ buried in obscure places Ia prevent di>c"rery-
! To such an extent WAS this carried that several
Inn keepers on the western road of Scotland
| ietr off their business for fear of bein;: made
| like examples. and followed other employ
msnts, 81 that travellers were gam put 10
| many incunvrnences for want uf accommodation.
| However. aft-r several had been ex-cutr1 AMI
, H. 0:.e made any confession e the Saliows, In;
| declared they We're innocent IT JIc crime tor
/ which they died, this rigorous way OF pi'.ceed-
| ing WAS given up. ami the finding out Uf t..Ss
uurierers left wholly to God.
SAVAGE FAMILY.
! Sawney Beane, with his wife. ~hili-en and
! grandchildren. still pursued their bsrharous
actions with impunity; anl heing somewhat
| numerous they would attack four. five six
men together, If they were IN foot As for
horsemen, two We're the most they would ever
set on. and then with such caution, rha: an
ambuscade WAS laid to secure them. ride which
way they they would, provide one or both
made their eScape from the first assailan's
! Thus, whose fortune sneyer it was To fall into
| their barharo,is hands, he or she never came
off with their lives The place was solitary
where they inhabited: and, when the tie
came mp, the water went for nearly 200 yards
| into their subterrancOus habitation, which
reached almost mile underground; So that
| if they were seen there lboa.s by any person,
it was not suspected that anything human re,
sided in >nch dismal place OF perpetual hor-
| rnr and darkness
The number of people they had killed was
not exactly known; but 1t was reckoned that
| in the twenty-five years they had reigrei in
| these inhuman s,aughters they had washed
their hands in the blood of above l,Gao n.en,
women and children At last the discovery
| of the cannibals was thus made:
| 4 man an his wife, vino WAS behind him or
| the same horse, coming one evening from {
| fair, aud falling into amhuscade of thes,
merciless wretches. they fell upon them In the
most furious manner; the man to save himself
as well as he could, fought it bravely against
| them with sword and pistol. riding some oi
| them down by main force of his horse, from
which his wife in the conflict fell off. and was
presently murdered before the husbands face
| for the female cannib:ls forthwith cut h.r
throat, sucking her blood with as great a ;uStu
as if i; had been wine, ripped up her belly, AM
pulled out all her entrails, which unDarall led
| harharity made the poor man make the more
obstinate resistance, expecting the same fate
| If he fell intn tn ir impioUs HAMS IL pleased
| Providence that twenty or thirty passengers
were riding that way from the same fair that
he had tern at, and Swan,y Beanc and his
blooodthirsty clan withdrew, made the best Of
their wav through solitary wood. and so re-
tired to their den.
ONE MANS STORY.
The man. who was the first that ever csme
off alive after falling into their hand, told the
passengers what had happened, and showed
them the bloody spectacle .f his wife, whom
the mur,lerers had dragged some distance of,
which struck them all with stup-faetinn and
| amazement They carried him with them u
Glasgow, and relating the matter 20 the Pro-
vost Of that city. he Immediately sent IN the
King about it. who, in three or four days, came
in person thither being dasirous Of seeing tn the
apprehendins of this vill.in, who, for SO many
years. had been the pest of the western part oil
the kingdom.
| 4 lbody OF about four hundred men. well
| armed set out on horseback with the King.
who had several hloodh0unds with him. and
| went with Il e nan tn the wood by which he
was attacked, bu. found no sign Of any hahi
tation all over it. They then went through n,
| which led down to the seashore, when the tide
| being out, and going along the shore, they
| nasseI by the cave Of Swaney Beane without
taking any notice Of it as place of habi,atiou.
until some Of the bloodhounds running into If
and setting up a most hideous barking, bowl
ing and yelping, the King and his attend 'nts
came back and looked into it; but seeing MOTH
iny but darkness, they cuuld not tell what to
think of it, but nevertheless, imagined some
thing more than ordinary by the bloOdhounds
making such noise there. going out Of sight
and appearin., quite unwilling to come out
Torches we're sent for and a great many men
| yentured INTO it; though there were several IN
tricate windinss and turnings in this private
recess from mankind. yet they at last came
to the
| APARTMENTS OF sAwSEY BEANIE,
Where to their great surprise, they beheld the
legs. arms, thighs. hands and feet of men, wo,
men and children hung u, like dried beef, and
sJme limbs living in pickle great mass "l
money. both gold and silver watches. rinss,
swords, pistols and great quantity Of c.othes,
b,th linen and WOODEN, which they hal taken
from those thev had murdered
All those they seized. took what human
f.,h they found there and buried It in the
sands. and brought out Sawney BeAne and his
numbering family, which, besides himself. con-
sisted Of hi. wife, eight sons, SIX daughters,
eighteen grandsons and fourteen granddaush.
te1s bepotten in incest They were piniont d
and carried TO Edinburgh. All the country,
a. they passed along, aocked in multitudes TO
| see thi. cursed tribe. who were no sooner come
to th-ir journey end than they were Pu. int
the T.lboth fos one night, whenc. the nsIl
day being conducted under strong guard tn
Ieith. the men, without process or any man
ner Of trial, had th.ir hands and le9s cut al.
by which amputation they bled in some hours
to death, all this torture being Justly inflicted
upon them in sight of the wife, daughters AM
grandchildren. They were then all burnrd IN
three separate fires, all dying, Ike the men,