St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-21
BRAVE IRg%suAN GIRL.
How She Saved Herself from a Hor.
rible Death.

How She Saved Herself from a HOr-
rible Death.
From the Russian, by the San Francisco Call.
The correspondent of the Novostey Dna
DAILY News writes that, near the village
of Kogoshua, terrible murder was lately
committed. A Russian peasant, who had
been to the village to sell a pair of oxen,
was returning home with his daughter,
girl OF IA years, when on his way he stopped
at kobach "a drinking house, three miles
from town. In the place were several suspi-
ciouS-looking persons, who noticed the
peasants money when he paid for his drink
The unSuSpecting man left the house and
went on his way. Soon after, under cover
of the darkness, he was assaulted and killed
After rifiing the corpse the murderers threw
the body of their unfortunate victim into
well. The girl, who had been a witness of
her fathers murder, returned to the house
where her father had stopped, and informed
the owner of what had occurred He told
the girl to keep quiet, and persuaded her to
stay at his place during the night. and he
would see what could be done in the morn
ing. Hardly had he and his wife had time
to put the girl to bed with his own daugh-
ter. girl of the same age, before the MUIR
dererS returned
The kObachnix (saloonkeeper) acquainted
them OF the girls return, whereupOn they
avowed their Intention of completing their
bloody work by cutting the throat of the i'll
nocent child. The kObachnik objected to
this mode of dispatching the girl, as the
body might be discovered, and be an easy
means of identifying him as an accessory to
the murder of her and her father. He pro-
posed to burn her alive in the bread oven.
To this the others consented, and accord
ingly he ordered his wife to prepare for the
burning of the girl. When the oven was
ready he directed his accomplish to take the
girl, who was lying on the outside of the
bed, with yellow handkerchief 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 agitated by the dreadful work of the
night, had not gone to sleep. She breath
lesSly listened to the preparations of the
villains for her own murder. Quietly ris-
ing from 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 to the room the MUIR
derers were in.
The terror-stricken girl looked about in
hopes of finding some weapon of defense to
use as last resort There was nothing in
the place but cup filled with water In
voluntarily she grasped it, then laid it down.
Suddenly an idea seemed to seize her.
Turning toward the bed she united the vel
low 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 features. 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 kobachnik,
seized the girl with the yellow handkel-
chief over her face and threw her into the
oven. After completing their terrible work
they went to sleep, thus giving the other
girl chance to escape. She Immediately
made her way to town and gave information
to the police. No time was lost, and a posse
of officers, under the guidance of the girl,
soon had the murderers in custody.