St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-07
Diabolical Cruelties and Tor
lures by a Vain European
Woman.
HER NUMEROUS MURDERS,
Smeared a Girl With Honey
and Left Her to Be Stung
to Death.

1eresS, who, almost unalded, deliber-
tely killed go people in six years, says
lhe New York World. Her diabolical
rimes ara described in a volume now
Ia press in leading publishing house
IN Breslau
The unprecedented feature of this
woman'S criminal career is that the
murders were committed from the pure
love of torture and blood. that she took
savage delight i'll the SutfaringS of the
,ictimS and THAI, while the knowledge
If the murders was widespread, the
criminal escaped punishment for many
ears because at that time the wealthy
lasses were practically exempt from
.egal responsibility.
The countess was one of the most
beautiful and accomplished leaders of
society in her day. posSessor of mag
iiticent estate. and mistress of unlimit-
I'd wealth. Her husband held an eX-
ulted post, and was led by his wife TO
become an accessory in the murders.
While he did not actually deal the
ieath-blow. he sat by and enjoyed the
excitement while his wife covered her
self with blood.
Herr Won Elsberg, well-known
writer in Breslau. vino has written the
life of the countess, makes his work an
interesting psychological study. forth
led with authentic documents. auto
graphs of the criminal, and papers
rom the state authorities that guaran-
Lee every assertion he makes.
In the gallery of famous portraits in
the Chateau de Gay Ugrocz. in Hungary.
here hangs portrait OF a woman of
the sixteenth century that has attracted
so much attention that visitors have
some from far and near in order to
look upon it. This is the portrait of the
Bloody Countess.
\ Famous Portrait.
1t pictures young woman. or
princess. in beautiful dress. The
figure OF the woman is tall and not at
all robust; the hands are beautiful in
shape, with a briliancy OF coloring
that makes them almost translucent, so
white are they; the eyes are blue and
OF extraordinary size, and are filled with
an ardent expression that is startling
when they come to be examined; the
forehead is unusually high for woman
and is crowned with wealth of blue
black hair.
Herr Won Elsberg says that he became
so Interested in this portrait that he de-
;ermlned to learn every detail of the
models life and give the wonderful
story to the public, and to that curios-
ty we are indebted for the Forthcoming
volume.
The Countess Elizabeth was the niece
of Bathorl. Or Bathory, king OF Poland.
and wife of the Hungarian Count Ma
dasky. She was born in the latter half
of the sixteenth century. The author
describes her as woman OF much ap-
parent refinement. slender in figure,
delicate in appearance, educated and
accomplished.
In her crimes she was aided by man
servant and two women, all of whom
seem to have entered into the villainy
with quite as much fervor as the mis-
tress herself. The man was frequently
employed in kidnapi. young girls
when it was found impossible to secure
a sufficient number by ether means.
Upon one occasion the countess, an
gered by some breach of duty on the
part of her maid. seized toilet article
with sharp point and plunged it into
the girls neck. The blow severed the
carotid artery. The blood spurted forth
in a great volume, covering the hands
of the countess and bespattering her
face. This maddened her and aroused
a new element in her nature. She
washed her hands in the blood, and, as
the girl lay PROSTATE on the floor, the
countess lIf ed her feet to a chair Sc
that the blood would more rapidly flow
towards her neck.
She caught the flow III a vessel. The
girl bled to death. and then the countess
discovered that the awful bath had
made her own skin much whittier and
softer than it had been before.
Fiendish Torture.
This was the beginning of her series
of murders and tortures. The count
became a party 10 the infamy. The
diversion of the couple did not stop al
murder, but it included torture of the
most ingenious and horrible description
The victims were prepared for the
torture by man servant named Fierko
Helena 10, who had been in the family
as nurse for many years, and a servant
named Dorothee Srentes.
The chateau had many dungeons and
passages well adapted for this crue
work. Here one night during the
Christmas holidays the countess spread
royal supper, and invited to it twenty.
five young damsels from the adjacent
districts. The girls naturally felt hor.-
Ored by the attention thus shown them
The supper was suuptuous, and the
tables We're loaded down with ric
plate. The banquet took place in 9
spacious hall underground. the better
to give the guests novel experience, as
the countess blandly explained.
At the conclusion of the Tepast the
maidens were invited one by one tC
inspect the subterraDean passages, and
as they went down the corridors with
their guides they were shown into
different cells and the doors closed
upon them. Then the work of slaugh-
ter began. The countess, with hel
party, visited the various rooms. The
thiCC StlfaHto ltil upon lie girls anC
dlsro5ed them, while the Count and
countess sat looking on.
When they were thus prepared, the
countess, causing the wretcned maid
ems 10 he held down that they might mo-
struggle, drew from her pocket sharr
knife and deftly cut the most sensitive
nerves in the girl. then cut off bits O
flesh. pierced the eyes and ended the
suffering by cutting the jugular vein OF
plunging the knife into the heart. Ii
each case the blood was preserved Will
great care.
In this manner, varying the mode O
torture to suit her increasing Savagery
the countess went from one cell to an.
other until she had with her own nant
killed the entire number Of her guests
Rathe6 in Fresh Blood.
One of the girls was spared until tn,
next day. when early in the mornin,
she was smeared over her entire bod,
With honey aud tied 10 post In TN