The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-06-11
A BRAVE RUSSIAN GIRL.

Dna DAILY News writes that, near
the village of Kogoshua terrible
murder lately committed. A Rus
sian peasant, who had been to the
village to sell pair of oxen, was re-
turning home with his daughter, a
girl of fourteen years, when on his
way he stopped at a kobach Ga drink
ing house, three miles from town.
In the place were several suspicious
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 dark
ness, he was assaulted and killed.
After rifing the corpse the murder
ers threw the body of their unfortun
ate victim..into well. The girl, who
had been 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 morning.
Hardly had he and his wife had time
to put the girl to bed with his own
daughter, girl of the same age, be-
fore the murders returned.
The kobachnik Saloon keeper ac-
quainted them of the girls return,
whereupon they avowed their inten-
ton Of completing their bloody work
by cutting the throat of the innocent
child The kobachnik objected to
this mode of despatching 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 proposed to burn
her alive In the bread oven.
To this the others consented, and
accordingly 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 ay How handkerchief bound
around her head, and throw her into
the oven. At the same time he eau
toned them to be quick about 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
breathlessly listened to the prepara-
tons of the villains for her own MUIR
der. Quietly rising from the bed,
she looked about for means of es-
cape, but saw none except a 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 murderers were in.
The terror-stricken girl looked
about in hopes of finding some weap-
on of defense to use as last re-
sort. There was nothing in the
place bnt a cup filled with water.
Involuntary she grasped it, then
laid it down. Suddenly an idea
seemed to seize her. Turning to-
ward the bed she united the yellow
handkerchief about her head and
tied it on that of her sleeping COM
paniOn, taking care to draw it we'll
down on her face so as to conceal the
features. Then grasping the sleep
ing 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 wait
ed. The murderers, acting on the
description given by the kobachnik,
seized the girl with the yellow hand
kerchief 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 immediately made
her way to town and gave infOrma-
ton to the police. No time was lost,
and a posse of officers, under the
guidance of the girl, soon had the
murderers in custody.