The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-18
4 Brave Russian Girl.
HOW SHE SAVED HERsELFFRoN A HoR.
RIBLE DEATH.

The correspondent of Nouosteg Daa
DAILY News) writes that, near the
| village of Kogoshua a terrible murder
was lately committed. 4 Russian
peasant, who had been to the village
to sell pair OF oxen, was returning
home with his daughter. . girl Of a
years, when on his way be stopped at
kobach "a drinking house, three
miles from town. In the place were
several suspicious-looklng persons,
who noticed the peasants money
when he paid for his drink. The un-
suspecting man left the house and
| went on his way. Soon after, under
cover of the darkness, ne was as
saulted and killed After riaing the
corpse the mnrderers threw the
body of their unfortunate gicsim into
well. The girl, who had been
witness Of her fathers murder, re-
turned to the house where her father
had stopped, snd informed the owner
of what had occurred He told the
girl TO keep quiet, and persuaded
her to stay at his place dnring the
night, and he you'd see what eoald
be done II the morning Hardly had
lie and his wife had time to put the
Egirl to bed with his own daughter
girl Of the same age, before the mur-
Jderers returned.
The kobacbnik aloon:keepeEl 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 dispatching The girl, as
the body might be discovered and
be an easy means os Identifying him
as an accessory Of the murder q her
and her father. He proposed to burn
! her alive in the bread oven.
4 To this the others consented, and
! accordingly he ordered his wife 80
i 4 80 . II Il
prepare for the burning OF the gsri.
. When the oven was ready he directed
his accomphce to take the girl, who
: was lying bee
with yellow Handkerchief bound
; around her head, and throw her into
the oven. At the same time he can.
toned them to be quick in their
work in order to prevent her making
an outcry. The girl, nervous and
agitated by the dreadful work OF
the night, had not gone to sleep
She breathlessly listened to the
preparations of the villains for her
| own murder. Quietly rising from
the bed, she looked about for
| means Of escape, but saw none eS-
cept window, which was fastened
with large nail, the only other
means ofe1it being the door through
which she had been brought, and
which led directly to the room the
murdereas we're il.
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 filed with water
Inyoluntarily 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 aad tied 1t
on that of her sleeping companion,
taking care to draw itwen down or
her face so as to conceal the features.
Then grasping the sleeping girl by
the shoulder, she rolled her over fill
she rested on the front Of the bed.
Then the desperate girl craWled over
to the inside and waited. The nur-
derers, acting on the description
given by the kobachnik, seized tie
girl with the yellow handkerchief
over her face and threw her into the
oven. After completing their terri
bic work they vent to sleep. thus
giving the other girl a chance to
escape. She Immediately 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 murderers
in custody.
An Indian doctor in Utah recent
o,+;on+ oYd rvas rrouf,tly;