St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-11-27
covINeroN faMAANY SATURDAY
NO. 45

wear, they Il Il reigmrd IN these in
human sl,.uyi,tcrs they had washed
their hands IN the Eiocd of above
one Thousand NTH. Numen md
children. The discovery of the
cannibals was thus made:
| A man and his wife. who WAS be-
hind him on the same horse, coming.
one evening from IL fair. and falliI <
! nto an anhu>cade os these mefa :.
less wretciles. they fell upou them
IN m,,st furious manner; the man.
To save hi,asel as well as he could,
fou. Int hrayely against them with 1t
sword and pistol, ritlin" some of
them down by force of his horse.
from which his wife. i'll the conflict.
fell of, aud WAS presently mErds red
Defufe the husbands fnce; for tho
/. Inaie eanhib.is forthwith cut her
throat, sucking he. blood with as
great 1t gu>to a> if it had been wine,
which unparalleled barbarity made
tine poor mHu make the more OBJ
>iih,ttte resis,ance, as expecting thu
same faie. It p.ensed Providenes
5'.at t"eIty or thilty passengers
'ere ridiug that way from the same
i.,ir that Le had been at. and
oawney Bsane and his blood-thirs-
ty clan withdrew, made the best of
their way through the solitary
wood. and SO retired to thsir deE.
The man. wing w,,s the first that
-s-r cane If nlhe ,ftel falling into
their hands. tod the passengers
what hal happend. and showed
them the bloody spectacle of his
wife. WlIom tie nurderert lad
'Iragysd sosae miles off, which
struck them all with stupefaction
ind amazement. They carried him
si'h tE".n "a Glas. gov. ans, relating
the matter to the Provost of that
city, they immediately sent to the
Ains about 1t, who, IN three or four
lays. came i'll perst,a tlrither, being
de>irous of seeing the experimenting
oi this villain, who, for SO many
yeaIs. had teen Tire est of the wea-
tern part OF bis Kingdom.
A body uf about four hundred
men. well armed set ul.t an horse
back with tbe King, who had sew
ernl blcod- hoandS with him. and
went with the nIan To the woods
where be WAS attacked. but fonnd
a" Si"n Of any i.aEitation all over
Il. They tt!en Went through 1t.
which led down to tie seaside,
wl,en. ta- ti,l'. being ont, and going
niong he share, they passed by the
cnve o. Sawnry Beane wthont TAX
.ng amy n"tice OF 1t rs q place of
h.:biialion, u I'll s,sae Of the blood
hounds running into it and setting
npn most hideous h;lrking. bowling
ard yelping. the King and his at
ten,iants came back and looked into
it. Seeing nothing bnt darkness
:hey did net know wImt tn think.
The blood hounds continued to
y.l,,. Torches were sent for and
many men vensnr-.d into it; though
there were several intricate turnings
and winnings IN this pri,ite recess
irons mankind. Yet they at last came
t. tie ..pp.ntment of Sawney Beane.
where, to t;eir great surprise. they
..-l,elil the legs. arms. thighs. and
feet IF men, woman and chil lreR
nurg up like ,irie,i beef. and some
limbs yin. i'll pickle. :. great mass
Di money. gold aud silver watches,
rings, swords, pistols, an a great
quantity uf clothes. b,tlr Inca and
which they ilad takenflom
hose they had murdered. All
IL, 1t. they sized, and took what
Ium.n fish ,hey f.sihd there and
,n ri,a II. They also brought ont
s.,unr, B,aue ard his murderons
ami!y, winch besides himself. eon-
.ist.,t Of lis wife, eight sons. SIX
eighteen .randsOns and
fifteen g;andI.,uyht-rs, be2otteD in
ucesi. they wer- nli I,inioued and
:lrried to E iinlur9h. All the CONN.,
~. ms they passed along, docked
..cr,,m Dis to see this cursed tribe,
Ia, ia, 40 sooner arrived ut their
ni,i.e,'a r,:d than they were put
u tie Toimoth for one night,
si:cuc, t.'e next day, being condne-
d uai.r i strong guard to Leith.
i,e nirn, without process "r any
!. nuer'of trial, Ind their hands
ila ie.s. Gus off. hy which nnputs-
i'm ti.,y bi-d lii some hours to
eatn. all ipis torture being Justly
lfictei upon them i'll sis.t OF tha
;lf-,. daanters and grandchildren.
ne 'ati-r were t., bnrned in