The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-24
A GREAT MYSTERY.
All Hungary Excited Over the Suspicious
Disappearance OF n Poor Peasants Daugh-
ter-The Government Exercised on the Sub

Al
ter-Thc Government Exercised on the Sub
Ject.
The following remarkable story Of the
disappearance Of Hungarian peasant child
| is narrated in 4 letter Of j. 5. to the st.
Paul (Minn.) Sunday Globe, dated Turin,
July Goth:
4 curious circumstance, no larger than
mans hand at first, was brought to light
some four months ago in Hungary, and has
since grown until its shadow now covers
the whole land. All the Hungarian papers
Of all partie, are full Of it, vet have found
| little mention made OF the circumstance
outside OF the Hungarian publications.
4 STOLEN GIRL.
Several months ago poor peasant sent
her daughter-a young girl, very plain, al
most delormed, and in no way attractive
to the store for some red earth. The child
| has never returned. This occurred in a
small village on the river ThiesS. that terri
| bic river which causes so much loss and so
many deaths by inundatiOn. Ii seems that
the floors in Hungarian peasants houses
are made OF a light-yellOw cement, and TO
make them more attractive the peasants
usually on Saturday evening put fresh
made OF mixture Of red earth and water.
The child went with her large colored
handkerchief for the earth, as her mother
needed il for that cYehing, and she is still
waiting. Search was at once commenced,
but no clue was found. However, in 4
few davs a jew called on the poor woman
and offered her $500 il she would take
child he had with him and declare it TO be
the missing one. She refused. News came
first from one part Of the country, then
from another, to the effect that
child answering the description was
at such place. The Government
took up the subject, and i'll each case
sent detectives to see il it were really the
child. Many were brought to the poor
mother. but she each time said 1t Is not
mine. Time went on. Suspicious began to
be whispered about, but each time some
thing seemed to be pointing towards soiv-
ing OF the mystery. News Would come
from some remote region that either the
child was found or her clothing, and more
time was used in finding this news to be as
false as all that had preceded it. In the
mean time two other Jews called
and offered large sums to the mother
il she would select n child out OF
several presented and call ii hers. At
last a body was found tied to raft in the
Thless. some twelve miles below the VII
lace. The body was dressed in the clothes
the Girl wore when she left h0me-eYen
thc handkerchief stained with the red
; earth was tied around her arm-but the
I body proved 10 he that OF a prostitute who
| died of consumption. The hair had been
shaved and the body badly bruised and i'll
, treated in the hopes Of putting it beyond
I RECOGNITION. but her grave was l0und
g cnipty and such proofs given that could
: not be doubted. Then came the question:
= IL those were the clotheS-and the mother
a soid thcv werc-wherc was the child ana
y how came her clothes on this BODY
u u JEWS IMPLICATED.
About the same time it was observed 'ha
=. only Jews had offered money to the poor
% mother. and only Jews sent lniorln''ioi
:, from different parts about the child hayn
Z h,en seen. 4 sort Of frenzy seemed t'
- come upon the people, which reached II
=, bcight when several woOd-chOpperS con
e fcssed they had been hired by jew t'
- drcss the body in clothes he gave then
! and IA tie il to the raft in the hope o
- motino il appear that the chlld ha'
- iailen into the river. About the same
~ time = son of one OF the officials an IN
u synococue confessed that he saw hi| falhe
~. and two Jew butchers take the glrl ihl
IL the synagogue and cut her throat on III
- evening ,he disappeared: hut he ana no
o. know why they did ii or where ihe Uou
i. was. The father, SOP, ana TWO Duichel
he are in prison. but the latter deny AL know
~ ~ Ind.,e on thc subject. II is whispered abo'
n tbat Jews in Hungary have KEPT more >tIio
~ Iv 10 rites than any other Jews, ana Il, t'i
bo on. times rumOr> have been ahoal 'iIA. ."'
an mived human llo0d with Their SacIl''Oc
Inc The idea seems to be gaming -lo,."
that the child was killed in moment
ic. religious fanaticiSm a sacIlhcc vi >"''
.ar kind. The child, a. ! have aireau! 'r.''
an was nearly dcfOrmcd. Her p'remIs az
n's the most miserable and poor Nv "J ~,
in crnment has placed larGc sum at lilt w '"
civ position OF a committee 10 lh,est'7'
he every detail that the clsc uescioPs; =
md society OF Jews have ehg1sep 20 VI o.,
,na ~" aIIest criminal lawyers IN feStii 10 COZ
W and take charge of thcir 'ide III INC oase'
,ev D, '''' EXCITEMENT INCREASING.
les Within the last fifteen days many ar'lt
II. have been published caiilng upon y, r
j. rn,'lic 70 reflect well what II does.
Eu- lpnnncbes pDb in the Diet say IL Is pet'er 10
=. n;ncty-nine guilty ones go Tree uI';,
lrd- mmn,sh one innocent person. iliai IL
-en, !. iound to be true that the ciIlu
all, sacrifced all Hungary VIII rise up, , "
Ida there will be such sla'l2n,oi , -, ~
<. was never before seen Oh tno a,;o,,s ~
eartb. This is all the nloi1 e. 'Sp Snudro
cause Jews are flocklnS III d.. y! I" ~ :,
dying from perssGuiSSn SnmSer IN they S usually ny
AND are double the n"' .a,ne 10 me from a
,XTs These curious facts came ~ ", Ill ,Jaced
tinguished Hungarian ll"? mind seems
% hear the truth, and whO't tho n, nossible is
shrink and shuddeT; ;IT T'rr trv to TO keep YOU
eeks ,ar',ad ., at least Of the result
little 'o' '''' " "-.
lden ~ u,,;,or Of the Dtpdtch'
and 10 "e E" o,blished account OF