Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05
A BRAVE RUSSIAN GIRL.
How She Saved Herself from Horrible
Death.
from tie Ru8sidn.

From the Russian.
The correspondent OF the NOtoStey ma
DAILY News writes that, near the village
Of Kogoshua a terrible murder was lately
committed. A Russian peasant, who had
been to the village To sell pair of oxen,
was returning home with his daughter, a
girl of IA years, when on his way ne
stopped Al a kObach "a drinking house
three miles from town. In the place were
several Notwithstanding persons, who
noticed the peasants money when repaid
for his drink. The unsuspectlng man
left the house and went on ms
way. Soon after. under cover OF the dark
ness, he was assaulted and killed. After
rihing the corpse the murderers threw the
body of their unfortunate victim INTO u
well. The girl, who bad been witness
of her fathers murder, returned to the
house where her father had stopped, ana
informed the owner Of what had occurred.
He told the girl to keep quiet, and per
sUaded her to stay at his place during the
night, and ne would see what could be
done in the morning. Hardly had he and
his wife had time to put the girl to beG
with his own daughter, n girl of the same
age, before the murderers returned.
The kobachnik saloon keeper ac-
Quainted them Of the girls return, where
upon they aVowed their intention OF com
pleting their bloody work by cutting the
throat Of the innocent child. The kobach-
mix objected to this mode Of dlspatching
the girl, as the body might be discovered,
and be an easy means of Identifying MIN
as an accessory 10 the murder of her ana
her father. He proposed to burn her alive
in the bread oven.
To this the others consented, and ac-
cOrdinglv he ordered his wife to prepare
Tho br1rr1iuQ M tho tritl WI the
oven was ready he directed his accom-
plices to take the girl, who was lying on
the outside of the bed. with yellow hand
kerchief bound around her head, and
throw her into the oven. At the same
time he cautioned them to be quick IN
their work in order to prevent her making
an cutlery. The girl, nervous and ag'tat-
ed by the dreadful work Of the night. had
not gone to sleep. She breathlessly list
ened to the preparations of the villains
for her own murder. Quietly rising nom
the bed, she looked about for means OF
escape, but saw none except window,
which was fastened with large nail,
the only other means Of exit being the door
through which she had been brought, and
which led directly 70 the room the muir
derers were IN.
The terror-stricken girl looked about in
hopes of finding some weapon of defense
10 use as last resort. Inere was noun
ing in the place but a cup filed with
water. Involuntary she grasped it, then
laid it down. Suddenly an idea seemed to
seize her. Turning toward the bed she
united the yellow handkerchief about her
head and tied it on that Of her sleeping
companion, taking care to draw it well
down on her face so as to conceal the tea-
lures. Then grasping the sleeping girl by
the shoulder. she rolled her over till she
rested on the front Of the bed. Then the
desperate girl crawled over to the inside
and waited. The murderers, acting on the
description given by the kobachuik,
seized the girl with the yellow handker-
chief over her face and threw her into the
oven. After completing their terrible
work they went to sleep, thus giving the
other girl a chance to escape. She imme-
diately made her way to town and gave
information TO the police. No time was
lost, and posse of officers, under the
guidance OF the girl, soon had the muir
derers in custody.