The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-03-27
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They disappeared from public notice.
Last winter a tremendous sensation
was caused in Paris by a creature which
was at first exhibited In small tent at
Montemartre, but which afterwards ap-
peared In some Of the leading shows Of
Paris. The moustrosity was known rs
the femme pdHthere, and was supposed to
be the joint offspring Of panther and q
human being. It was, in TACT, panther
In every particular except the face, which
was undoubtedly . Woman's, wearing q
very tortured expression, but, neveTthe'
less unmlstakably human. The propri-
etor Ot this unique show made money
rapidly. The mysterious animal was ex-
amined by number Of scientific men,
who appeared to be puzzled over it and
unable to explain its existence on any
other ground than those set forth BY Its
proprietor. Alter the show had netted its
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usys lStel =" Ai'S knew 'nA' 1t mao Oeen
.u n'oHeu oy . clever s~lnuler, anu . ta,e o.
'ne most in'uinan oarDarity was uniold'
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In the course OF the inquiry into heI
case instituted by the court it was dis
covered that the woman was the runaway
daughter OF the wine grower in the de-
partment Of the ChaTente, and her hus-
band no other than the mountebank
whose Wiies had led the foolish young
creature away from her sumptuous home.
AFTER years OF misery and tramping about
from city to city the mountebank, who
seemed determined to make the most out
oil his wife, conceived scheme for the
rehabilitation Of the family fortunes.
BY some means he managed to possess
himself oil a large panther's skin, which
was given to him, he claims, by the keeper
Of menagerie while yet warm after II
had been taken from the dead animal.
In order to make his scheme thorough
success the mountebank believed that II
would be necessary to ingraft the skin
onto his wife, whom he had determined
TO transfer into q woman panther. For
'nis purpose ne oiugged her with some
cheap Drandy' ana taxing her TO a lonely
spot IN tne WOODS proceeded to nay her
"nae sne was IN tne state Oh stupor ana
70 NJ 'ne pantnerS skin onto her BODY
lnmeuiateiy aiter"ard. What tortures
the poor woman must nave suffered
through oeing the Victim oil ms brutal
scheme is not Known out 1t is certain
tnat parts Oh the SKIN OF the panther at
leaSt 'ook roots on the "oman's Dooy and
preserved all tne appearance Of Iiie. 81
successful was tne mountebank in arTang'
ing the skin ana nxinV up his monstrosity
that When the woman recovered conscious
ness she was almost persuaded that she
had been bewitched and turned into a
panther' as her husband said she had.
FOR months the pa'r renamed In secln-
SION. the mounteoank meantime compel
ing bis victim 70 get accustomed to eat
ing raw meat and 70 adapting herself 70