Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-06
A HUMAN VAMPIRE.
A MAN WHO HAS DRANK 4
BUCKET OF HUMRN BLOOD.
Several Victims Have Disappeared and
Never Been Accounted for-Drinks Dogs
Blood When he Can't Get Mans.
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Special 70 the Gazette.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAL, Aug. 5.-There is
lying in jail here Il man who, if his own
statement deserves credence, has drunk q
bucket of human blood. II is believed that
not less than twenty men have met death
NJ his hands il order 10 satisfy his desire
% drink the lifc-giving fluid fresh from
their veins. This man, lllario OrtcGo, d
Malay, is now serving SIX month ) sen
tcnce in the county jail for threatening the
life Of Alexander Morphy, ranchman or,
Stevens creek. This human vampire is 4
Manila Malay, and his whole appearance IS
most revolving. The fierce brute passion
shines from his eyes, which flash and
sparhle under deep, ovcrhan@iug browS
the hair of which grows together III the
center and hangs in Il tuft down over the
bridge Of his nose. His fiat nost"ils are eN-
banded and culver couvulsively as he talks
of his iriEhtful acts of the past. His thin
lips are drawn tight and partly disclose
set of wo!hsh teeth. His hair stands erect
and his small, pointed ears lie fiat and close
- his skull. His body is mis-shapen, sup
ported by distorted legs, while his long,
slender hands clutch convulsively at the
ends of knotted and gnarled arms. \ more
repulsiye appearing human being could
scarcely be conceived
He first appeared in this country in 1860.
Whenever lie formed an cnmity towards a
grauce was satisfied, but If this was long
delayed he would kill dog and drink its
blood while it flowed, yet warm from the
veins. Soon after his arrival he killed
bed-mate, named Manila Juan, and for this
he was convicted and sent to the pcnitcn
tiary for fifteen years. He was released IN
1873 and celebrated his release By trying 70
murder an old companion named Clement,
who had assisted him in burylug Juan. He
failed in tine attempt, but few days later
Clement disappeared, but he was Of such
character that no one took the trouble to in
yestigate his taking of. IlIario's next eS-
Capade was chasing Thomas Bcsanti over
the country and shooting at him with 4
rifle. He was tried for attempted murder
and was acquitted He then cursed the
judge from the dock for not sending him to
san Quentin prison, is he said it was much
easier living there than on Stevens creek.
Shortly after this, IllariO said that he was
getting old and needed q drink of blood TO
make him young again. He was prevented
from killing man known rs French Ben,
but Ben soon after disappeared and no trace
Of him was found.
Last March two young men named Nor
ply moved into the neiShborhood. The
Younger Of the boys looked 10 the Malay
ike lit victim. and on meeting him ON the
road he began telling the boy how easy il
would be TO put knife into him and how
good his blood would taste. He danced
around the boy, swinging his hat in his face,
and saying that that was the way he stabbed
people. The boy told him to put on his hat
and he would show him how white man
did it. The Malay put his hat on and the
boy drew his revolver and fired all his shots
through il except one He then told nlario
10 90 home which he did. cursing the boy.
To make his VOW of vengeance more bind
ing, he killed I dog and drank its blood.
Before an opportunity arose TO kill Morphy
the boy left the country, and the Malay de-
termincd to kill his brother. He openly
said he would kill him and drink his blood
He took 4 wooden bucket, AMI said that he
had already drank enough 10 fill it and
wanted more. Ii was while lying in wait
for NIorphy that he was arrested. The
keepers at the jail say that he delights in
catching rats, and will bite their heads off
while they are yet alive and suck their
hood