The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-26
A Giri's Strange Mania For Blood.
Atlanta fTex.) dispatch.


malady of q most remarkable and dis
tressing nature has recently attacked the
young daughter OF Winthrop Davis, who
owns one of the largest sawmills in this
vicinity. The youl.g lady is in her six
tsenth year, and. when in her normal
health, of an amiable. rather shrinking,
disposition, and possessed Of no small
claim TO beauty, besides being intelligent
and we'll advanced in her studies. About
three months ago she fell into . low,
aversion To society, refusing entirely to con-
verse at times and exhibiting Q sullen,
angry disposition when questioned or re-
monstrated with. All food was rejected
for several days, until q piece of freshly
killed beef was accidentally brought into
her presence, when she threw herself upon
it with all the savage greediness of a FAM
ished animal and began to tear and rend it
with her teeth, sucking the blood with
shocking relish for the yet warm fluid.
Since then, at periods varying from
three TO seven days. she is seized with the
same thirst for blood, and when brought
in sight of it will drink il with avidity, in
spite of all efforts made to restrain her.
Such efforts are attended with rauch dam
ger. for during these attacks she fails 10
recognize even members of the family and
will snap and bite savagely at any one at
tempting to modest her.
Her entire appearance undergoes
change. her usually gentle expression be-
coming inhumanly ferocious, her eyes
bloodshot and giaring, while her jaws
snap furiousiy and she keeps up a hideous
snarling and growing. Her face becomes
suffased with blood and her hair bristles
on her head like that of an angry animal.
Once satiafed with blood, she fails into
deep sleep, as II from intoxication, and on
awakening seems to have no remembrance
whatever of her singular attack and is
once more her quiet, iady-iike self, only
complaining of severe headache. which
frequently lasts until her next seizure
Physicians who have seen her are at q
loss to account for the cause of her malady
and have up to the present failed entirely
to relieve her. BY the advice of several, at
tempts have been made To keep her from
the sight of human blood, bat the result is
so distressing that 1t is nox thought best 10
allow her - crafty her unnatural thirst.
Unable to do 30 otherwise, she attacked
her own flesh. tearing il without any appar-
ent pain and sucking the blood with
avidity.
On another occasion, when seemingly nj
herself. her attention Was attracted to a
younger brother, who. having cut his hand,
entered the house for the purpose of having
the bleeding cash bound up. She instantly
leapei across the room, and without warn
ing seized the boy . hurt hand in her mouth
and hlt him to she bone. Ii twas only with
the greatest difficulty that she could lie
made "a release him, and when finally
fercess 80 let 20. gave vent to her rage in
hoarse cries. or rather screams, ike a aid
beast cheated out Of lis prey.
Mr. Davis and his wife are persons of
education and refinement. and profess
themselves entirely ui.able To account for
their daughters peculiar affection, as on
both sides for generations there has never
been any insemrersnce or mental disease.
Young senator Alien.
Boesoa Record.
Senator Alien. Of Washington, is paving
the r.anaiy Of bis youthful looks. The other
day he attempted To so into the senate
chamber while that body was in executive
session The doorkeeper. who happened
20 be rev man, objected. saying that sem
ators' clerks we're not allowed on the ncor
during executive session.
But am senator. /" said Mr.. Alien.
"Yoa can I work that on ne. If Isu
new" said the doorkeeper. BESIDES. /
kaow yon are senator Sanire's clerk"
A brother senator came up just then and
passed the young man IN.
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